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.

2022-2023 Season Critics Choices for Creativity


Abigail Gerstein, Student Director, Alexandria City High School, Sister Act
Aidan McNerney for Musicianship as assistant music director, Bishop Ireton High School, The Music Man
Wyatt Unrue, Alex Wolf for Music Composition, Colgan High School, Eurydice
Emmett Justice, Abdullah Muhammad, Autumn Whetstone, Music Composers, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Animal Farm
Jake Bae, Orchestra Conductor, Fairfax High School, Sister Act
Charlotte Keshap, Katrina Nelson, for Directing, H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program, Eurydice
Jenna Ainge, Student Director, Herndon High School, Kiss Me, Kate
Simon Johnson for Music Composition, James Madison High School, Much Ado About Nothing
Carlos Ortiz, Music Composer and Conductor, Meridian High School, The Love Doctor
Hayley Asai for Dramaturgy, Quince Orchard High School, Anastasia: The Musical
Antonio Gutierrez for Dramaturgy, Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School, Rodgers and Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA!
Zibby English, Abby Sharrett, Kamryn Shuler for Directing, South County High School, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Hannah Frieden for Student Directing, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Pippin

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