Please note that the listings below are NOT nominations. The following names are the choices the critics made on Cappies show night. These names will be the names on the ballot from which the top five nominees will be selected.

2023-2024 Season Critics Choices for Creativity


Ray Jewell, Gavin Johannson, Composing and Musicianship, Albert Einstein High School, Lavender
Yahney-Marie Sangare, Student Director & Cheer Choreographer, Alexandria City High School, Bring It On
Diana Modu Atogo, Maria Cleary, Paige Martin, Sarah Petz for Dramaturgy, Bishop Ireton High School, Into the Woods
Isaac Frenze, Kat Pascual, James Wise for Dramaturgy, Fairfax High School, Anastasia: The Musical
Owen Boucher, David Myers, Director, H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program, Clue: On Stage (High School Edition)
Morgan Butler, Assistant Director, Herndon High School, Fiddler on the Roof
Bailey Pavitt-Graff, Composer Musician, James Madison High School, Deadwood Dick, or A Game of Gold
Mariajose Fernandez-Vargas, Jasper Geer, Zainab Zia, Assistant Directors, Justice High School, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Leah Rajnik, Dramaturgy, Lake Braddock Secondary School, Romeo and Juliet
Vishwa Surabhi, composer, Langley High School, Alice in Wonderland
Noah Chlan, Jackie House, Music Composition/Director, McLean High School, Mr. Burns, A Post Electric Play
Carlos Ortiz, composer, Meridian High School, Frankenstein
Zach Maguire, Director, Oakton High School, The Doctor in Wonderland
CeCe Villanasco, Dramaturge, Robinson Secondary School, Pride and Prejudice
Lauren Gear, Mallory Meier, William Waugh, Assistant Directors, South County High School, Much Ado About Nothing
Eliora Janow, Assistant Producer, Alec McManus, Assistant Tech Director, George Winfree, Assistant Director, South Lakes High School, Big Fish School Edition
Tate Commission, Music Composer, Arranger, Director, St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School, Pride and Prejudice
Thomas Gay, Sri Vellakkat for Dramaturgy, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, The SpongeBob Musical
Leo Myers & Lyndley Thurkins, student directors, Wakefield High School, The Prom School Edition

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