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 Featured Actor in a Female Role in a Play


Anastasia Wixson, Albert Einstein High School, Lavender
Nyla Mickel, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Our Town
Arshia Thapa, Gainesville High School, Macbeth
Josephine Horwitz, H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program, Clue: On Stage (High School Edition)
Fortune Picker, James Madison High School, Deadwood Dick, or A Game of Gold
Abigail Leegwater, Justice High School, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Elisa Mamani, Lake Braddock Secondary School, Romeo and Juliet
Katie Murchison, Langley High School, Alice in Wonderland
Micah Chlan, McLean High School, Mr. Burns, A Post Electric Play
Alexis West, Meridian High School, Frankenstein
Reese Wheatley, Oakton High School, The Doctor in Wonderland
Bella Ragona, Robinson Secondary School, Pride and Prejudice
Grace Hall, Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Julie Penska, South County High School, Much Ado About Nothing
Gracie Hunsicker, St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School, Pride and Prejudice
Sophie Grzadzinksi, The New School of Northern VA, Red Herring
Lillianna McNerney, Westfield High School, Miss Holmes

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