Recap
The second national Drama Festival was successfully held in Guyana from September to November 2012. This year, the festival saw over 30 plays competing in the junior, Secondary Schools, One Act and Open categories with the finals held at the National Cultural Centre. The curtains came down with a Grand Awards Ceremony held at the National Cultural Centre on the 16th November where the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony applauded the various groups who participated in the festival and encouraged creativity and dramatic involvement at all levels so that the Cultural Heritage of the nation is upheld and developed as a prominent sector of the society.

This year’s festival saw ‘83 Million Gees’ winning in the Open category, ‘Till Death’ winning in the One Act Category, ‘Let It Shine’ winning in the Junior Category and ‘Tears In The Gayelle’ winning in the Secondary Schools Category.

Full list of winners in each category are:
BEST SET DESIGN & USE – JUNIOR CATEGORY- Debutantes
I Should Have Been There
BEST SET DESIGN & USE – JUNIOR CATEGORY- Youth Groups
Imprisoned
BEST SET DESIGN & USE – SECONDARY SCHOOLS CATEGORY
Ti Jean and His Brothers
BEST SET DESIGN & USE – OPEN CATEGORY [SHORT PLAYS]
Between the Covers
BEST SET DESIGN & USE – OPEN CATEGORY – FULL LENGTH PLAYS
Life?
BEST LIGHT DESIGN AND USE – JUNIOR CATEGORY- Debutantes
Let It Shine
BEST LIGHT DESIGN & USE – JUNIOR CATEGORY- Youth Groups
Ensnared
Dancing In Circles
BEST LIGHT DESIGN & USE – SECONDARY SCHOOLS CATEGORY
Ti Jean and His Brothers
BEST LIGHT DESIGN & USE – OPEN CATEGORY [SHORT PLAYS]
The Blind Truth
BEST LIGHT DESIGN & USE – OPEN CATEGORY – FULL LENGTH PLAYS
Sizwe Banzi Is Dead
BEST USE OF SOUND – JUNIOR CATEGORY- Debutantes
Let It Shine
BEST USE OF SOUND – JUNIOR CATEGORY- Youth Groups
Dancing in Circles
BEST USE OF SOUND – SECONDARY SCHOOLS CATEGORY
Ti Jean and His Brothers
BEST USE OF SOUND – OPEN CATEGORY [SHORT PLAYS]
Sometimes at Midnight
BEST USE OF SOUND – OPEN CATEGORY – FULL LENGTH PLAYS
83 Million Gees
BEST COSTUMING – JUNIOR CATEGORY- Debutantes
I Should Have Been There
BEST COSTUMING – JUNIOR CATEGORY- Youth Groups
In Her Quest For Love
BEST COSTUMING – SECONDARY SCHOOLS CATEGORY
Ti Jean and His Brothers
BEST COSTUMING – OPEN CATEGORY [SHORT PLAYS]
Saving Grace
BEST COSTUMING – OPEN CATEGORY – FULL LENGTH PLAYS
Sauda
BEST ORIGINAL GUYANESE PLAY – JUNIOR CATEGORY- Debutantes
Let It Shine (Randolph Critchlow)
BEST ORIGINAL GUYANESE PLAY – JUNIOR CATEGORY- Youth Groups
The Color of Race – SONIA YARDE
BEST ORIGINALGUYANESE PLAY – SECONDARY SCHOOLS CATEGORY
Daddy’s Daughter – TANEKA CALDEIRA
BEST ORIGINAL GUYANESE PLAY – OPEN CATEGORY [SHORT PLAYS]
Till Death – TASHANDRA INNISS
BEST ORIGINAL GUYANESE PLAY – OPEN CATEGORY – FULL LENGTH PLAYS
Virtue – COLLETTE JONES-CHIN
BEST DIRECTOR – JUNIOR CATEGORY- Debutantes
Neetu Davie (I Should Have Been There)
BEST DIRECTOR – JUNIOR CATEGORY- Youth Groups
Dacia Whaul – ENSNARED
BEST DIRECTOR – SECONDARY SCHOOLS CATEGORY
Shaundel Phillips & Errol Chan – TEARS IN THE GAYELLE
BEST DIRECTOR – OPEN CATEGORY [SHORT PLAYS]
Randolph Critchlow – BETWEEN THE COVERS
BEST DIRECTOR – OPEN CATEGORY – FULL LENGTH PLAYS
Sonia Yarde – VIRTUE
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – JUNIOR CATEGORY- Debutantes
Shonette Waterman – (Life Is What You Make It)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – JUNIOR CATEGORY- Youth Groups
Shameza Husain – THE COLOR OF RACE
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – SECONDARY SCHOOLS CATEGORY
Anita Philander – THE PREACHER’S DAUGHTER
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – OPEN CATEGORY [SHORT PLAYS]
Lisa Punch – BETWEEN THE COVERS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – OPEN CATEGORY – FULL LENGTH PLAYS
Sonia Yarde – SAUDA
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – JUNIOR CATEGORY- Debutantes
Carlos Griffith – (Can’t Give Up)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – JUNIOR CATEGORY- Youth Groups
Paul Budnah – THE COLOR OF RACE
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – SECONDARY SCHOOLS CATEGORY
Terrence Giddings – TEARS IN THE GAYELLE
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – OPEN CATEGORY [SHORT PLAYS]
Nikose Layne – THE BLIND TRUTH
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – OPEN CATEGORY – FULL LENGTH PLAYS
Mark Kazim – VIRTUE
BEST ACTRESS – JUNIOR CATEGORY- Debutantes
Gladdis Sukhnanan – (I Should Have Been There)
BEST ACTRESS – JUNIOR CATEGORY- Youth Groups
Nurriyyih Gerrard – ENSNARED
BEST ACTRESS – SECONDARY SCHOOLS CATEGORY
Nickacy French – DADDY’S DAUGHTER
BEST ACTRESS – OPEN CATEGORY [SHORT PLAYS]
Clemencio Godette – TIL DEATH
BEST ACTRESS – OPEN CATEGORY – FULL LENGTH PLAYS
Lloyda Nicholas – VIRTUE
BEST ACTOR – JUNIOR CATEGORY- Debutantes
Tejraj Chitranjan – (I Should Have Been There)
BEST ACTOR – JUNIOR CATEGORY- Youth Groups
Kijana Lewis – ENSNARED
BEST ACTOR – SECONDARY SCHOOLS CATEGORY
Julian Alleyne – TEARS IN THE GAYELLE
BEST ACTOR – OPEN CATEGORY [SHORT PLAYS]
Kijana Lewis -TIL DEATH
BEST ACTOR – OPEN CATEGORY – FULL LENGTH PLAYS
Mahadeo Shivraj – 83 MILLION GEES
Ron Robinson – SIZWE BANZI IS DEAD
Open Category [Full Length Plays]
BEST PRODUCTION 83 Million Gees
BEST PRODUCTION 1ST Runner up Virtue
BEST PRODUCTION 2ND Runner up Sauda
Open Category [Short Plays]
BEST PRODUCTION Till Death
BEST PRODUCTION 1ST Runner up Between The Covers
BEST PRODUCTION 2ND Runner up Saving Grace
Junior Category
BEST PRODUCTION The Color of Race
BEST PRODUCTION 1ST Runner up Ensnared
BEST PRODUCTION 2ND Runner up Imprisoned
Junior Category [Debutantes]
BEST PRODUCTION Let It Shine[Timothy King]
BEST PRODUCTION 1ST Runner up I Should Have Been There
BEST PRODUCTION 2ND Runner up Can’t Give Up
Secondary Schools Category
BEST PRODUCTION Tears in The Gayelle
BEST PRODUCTION 1ST Runner up Ti Jean & His Brothers
BEST PRODUCTION 2ND Runner up Daddy’s Daughter