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.

2017-2018 Season Critics Choices for Featured Actress


Allegra Levone, Albert Einstein High School, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Rediate Zewdu, Annandale High School, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Lyndsey Lawrence, Bishop Ireton High School, The Addams Family
Elithia Arif , Bishop O'Connell High School, Romeo and Juliet
Siena McKnight, Bullis School, Medea
Emily Ellen, Chantilly High School, Pride and Prejudice
Madlynn Bard, Clarksburg High School, The Addams Family
Kimberly Rodriguez, Dominion High School, The Miracle Worker
Evelyn Wohlbier, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, The Rimers of Eldritch
Tyna Hesser, Fairfax High School, Disney's The Little Mermaid
Cecilia Nguyen, Falls Church High School, Into the Woods
Madeline Moran, Flint Hill School, The Crucible
Emily Heer, Freedom High School, Flowers for Algernon
Ciara Curtin, George Mason High School, Monty Python's Spamalot
Amy Beesley-Gilman, H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program, The Odd Couple
Taegan Chirinos, Hayfield Secondary School, RENT
Taylor Marshall, Heritage High School, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Shannon Fowler, Herndon High School, Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Naomi Bertha, J.E.B. Stuart High School, Disney's The Little Mermaid
Heather Colbert, James Madison High School, Macbeth
Lina Baumann, Lake Braddock Secondary, Shogun Macbeth
Kaylie Gibbs, Langley High School, Evita
Onna Thomas, Loudoun Valley High School, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Anna Kate Womack , McLean High School, 9 to 5 the Musical
Sydney Osei Tutu, Mount Vernon High School, Bye Bye Birdie
Meg Hale, Oakcrest School, Little Women
Anna Goodin, Oakton High School, Titanic
Emma Elston, Osbourn High School, Fiddler on the Roof
Cosette Rosales, Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, The Music Man
Katey Sue Ransom, Paul VI Catholic High School, Anastasia
Calley Mullins, Poolesville High School, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Sydney Jones, Potomac Senior High School, Alice in Wonderland
Brigid Randolph, Riverside High School, Hello, Dolly!
Skyler Estrella, Robert E. Lee High School, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ivy Mitchell, Robinson Secondary School, Monty Python's Spamalot
Crystal Claros, Rock Ridge High School, Mary Poppins
Sophia Barrick, Saint John Paul The Great Catholic HS, Frankenstein
Hannah Chester, South County High School, Legally Blonde
Lindsey Hirshfeld, South Lakes High School, Phantom
Ashley Webb, St. Andrew's Episcopal School, Sister Act
Jen Lansing, St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School, Tartuffe
Ainsley Steger, Stone Bridge High School, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Melissa Handel, The Madeira School, Up the Down Staircase
Kaitlyn Oliver, Thomas A. Edison High School, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Madelyn Khoury, Thomas Jefferson High School for Sci/Tech, Mary Poppins
Alyssa Herman, Thomas S. Wootton High School, The Music Man
Teryn Cuozzo, Tuscarora High School, Disney's The Little Mermaid
Mavis Manaloto, W. T. Woodson High School, Pippin
Retta Laumann, Wakefield High School, The Drowsy Chaperone
Audrey Brown, Wakefield School, Charley's Aunt
Cailyn Murray, Washington-Lee High School, J.B.
Sheridan Phalen, West Potomac High School, Dogfight
Madeline Howard, West Springfield High School, Into the Woods
Kaili Fox , Westfield High School, The Phantom of the Opera
Sadie Sullivan, Woodbridge Senior High School, Our Town
Caroline Roden, Woodgrove High School, The Addams Family
Emma Younger, Woodrow Wilson Senior High School, Legally Blonde

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