Sydney J. Risk Foundation – Jessie Richardson Awards
(Year Recipient Amount Presenter)
- 1988 Ian Weir “The Idler” $400 Presenter: Presenter: Donald H. Risk & Lois McLean
- 1989 Alex Brown “The Wolf Within” $400 Presenter: Donald H. Risk & Lois McLean
- 1990 Morris Panych “Seven Stories” $400 Presenter: Donald H. Risk & Lois McLean
- 1991 Morris Panych “The Necessary Steps” $500 Presenter: Joy Coghill
- 1992 Gordon Armstrong “A Map of the Senses” $500 Presenter: Donald H. Risk & Lois McLean
- 1993 Katherine Schlemmer “Iceberg Lettuce” $500 Presenter: Donald H. Risk
- 1994 Linda A. Carson “Dying to be Thin” $500 Presenter: Donald H. Risk
- 1995 Michael MacLennan “Beat the Sunset” $500 Presenter: Michael Pidgeon
- 1996 Dorothy Dittrick “When We Were Singing” $500 Presenters: Lois McLean with Garth Drabinsky at the Ford Theatre
- 1997 Colin Heath “For Art’s Sake” $600 Presenter: Donald H. Risk with Peter Hinton, Director of the Playwrights Theatre Centre
- 1998 Kathleen Oliver “Swollen Tongues” $600 Presenter: Bill Millerd on behalf of Presenter: Donald H. Risk
- 1999 Jennifer Griffin “Drinking with Persephone” $600 Presenter: Donald H. Risk
- 2000 Peter Zednik “Time after Time” Green Thumb Theatre $600 Presenters: Donald H. Risk with Glynnis Layshon, Artistic Director of Playhouse
- 2001 Kevin Kerr “Unity (1918)” Touchstone Theatre $600 Presenters: Donald H. Risk with Kendra Sprinkling, convenor, producer of Starry Night – an AIDS fundraiser
- 2002 Lucia Frangione “Cariboo Magi” $600 Presenter: Lois McLean
- 2003 Drew McCreadie “The Cat Who Ate Her Husband” Ruby Slippers Theatre $600 Presenter: Donald H. Risk
- 2004 Amiel Gladstone ”Lena’s Car” $600 Presenters: Donald H. Risk & Drew McCreadie
- 2005 Michele Riml “Rage” $850 Presenters: Donald H. Risk and Amiel Gladstone
- 2006 Tara Jean Wilkin “My Father’s House” $ 850 Presenter: Donald H. Risk
- 2007 Tanya Marquard “Lounge” $ 850 Presenter: Donald H. Risk
- 2008 James Long “The View From Above” $ 850Presenter: Katey Wright
- 2009 Kevin Loring “Where the Blood Mixes” $ 1,000 Presenter: Donald H Risk
- 2010 John Murphy “True Story” $ 1,000 Presenters: Jillian Fargey & Katey Wright
- 2011 Dave Deveau “My Funny Valentine” $ 1,000 Presenter: Donald H Risk
- 2012 Meghan Gardiner “Role Call” $ 1,000 Presenter: Donald H Risk
- 2013 Gilles Poulin Denis “Statu Quo” Theatre la Seizieme $ 1,000 Presenter: Donald H Risk
- 2014 Billy Marchenski “Slowpoke”RADIX Theatre$ 1,000 Presenter: Donald H Risk
- 2015 Christine Quintana “Selfie” $ 1,500 Presenter: Donald H Risk
- 2016 James Gordon King “Rivulets: 3 short plays about a Flood” $ 1,500 Presenter: Donald H Risk
- 2017 Quelemia Sparrow: “O’Wet/ Lost Lagoon” $ 1,500 Presenter: Christine Quintana
- 2018 Rachel Aberle “The Code” $1,500 Presenter: Donald H Risk
- 2019 Kim Senklip Harvey ‘Kamloopa’ $2,000 Presenter: Donald H Risk
- 2020 Derek Chan ‘Chicken Girl’ $2,500 Presenter: (virtual, online, COVID)
- 2021 Donation of $2,500 to Jessie Richardson Awards Society (Jessie’s cancelled due to COVID)
- 2022 Savage Society in honour and memory of Taran Kootenhayoo, for “White Noise”, $2500, Presenter: Donald H Risk virtual, online via Zoom
- 2023 The Arts Club Theatre Company, Emerging Playwright Unit, $2500.
- 2024 Pippa Mackie, “Hurricane Mona”, $2500.
Total Awarded: $38,900