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 Male Role in a Play


Leila Sibayan-Goldfarb, Albert Einstein High School, Lavender
Isiah Alston-Gambrell, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Our Town
Sydney Martin, Gainesville High School, Macbeth
Melanie Ordoņez, H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program, Clue: On Stage (High School Edition)
Maxwell Roberson, James Madison High School, Deadwood Dick, or A Game of Gold
Habib Kamara, Justice High School, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Aidan Chomicki, Lake Braddock Secondary School, Romeo and Juliet
Brady Kastner, Langley High School, Alice in Wonderland
Rafik Hanna, McLean High School, Mr. Burns, A Post Electric Play
Dante De Sio, Meridian High School, Frankenstein
Colt Craddock, Oakton High School, The Doctor in Wonderland
Jackson Foerster, Robinson Secondary School, Pride and Prejudice
Dominic Brunsman, Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Zach Smith, South County High School, Much Ado About Nothing
Lucas Kalo, St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School, Pride and Prejudice
Nick Giuseppe, The New School of Northern VA, Red Herring
Yishak Kefyalew Kelkay, Westfield High School, Miss Holmes

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