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 Dancer in a Female Role


Eleo Aposporos, Albert Einstein High School, My Favorite Year
Neya Alper, Alexandria City High School, Sister Act
Sofia Meller, Bishop Ireton High School, The Music Man
Katie Wood, Centreville High School, Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka
Sierra Flowers, Clarksburg High School, Once on This Island
Aaliyah Lee, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Animal Farm
Isabella Jackson, Fairfax High School, Sister Act
Pauleen Kabiling, Falls Church High School, Chicago: Teen Edition
Kaitlyn Couvillon, Gainesville High School, Seussical
Jane Keifer, Herndon High School, Kiss Me, Kate
Clare Shannon, James Madison High School, Much Ado About Nothing
Zuyemi Cortez-Cardenas, John R. Lewis High School, Legally Blonde The Musical
Valeria Peterson, Justice High School, Pippin
Maia Le, McLean High School, Claudio Quest
Molly Mostow, Meridian High School, The Love Doctor
Kailah Augustine, Mount Vernon High School, She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurers Edition
Katie Scharlat, Osbourn Park High School, Mean Girls High School Version
Ava Turley, Quince Orchard High School, Anastasia: The Musical
Erin Oedemann, Robinson Secondary School, Disney’s Descendants: The Musical
Alice Reid, Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School, Rodgers and Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA!
Keira McLaughlin, South County High School, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Elana Kirwan, South Lakes High School, Bright Star
Maddie McDowell, St. Stephen's and St. Agnes, Mamma Mia!
Diana Prudius, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Pippin
Angie Sukhee, Wakefield High School, Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
Kiara Pearce, Walt Whitman High School, Legally Blonde The Musical
Ruby Carlon, West Springfield High School, Something Rotten!

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