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 Comic Actor in a Female Role in a Musical


Arwen Hager, Albert Einstein High School, My Favorite Year
Neya Alper, Alexandria City High School, Sister Act
Isabelle Phillips, Bishop Ireton High School, The Music Man
Vanessa Baraza, Centreville High School, Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka
Lauren Williams, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Animal Farm
Isabella Jackson, Fairfax High School, Sister Act
Dara Kearney, Falls Church High School, Chicago: Teen Edition
Kaitlyn Couvillon, Gainesville High School, Seussical
Hope Hill, Herndon High School, Kiss Me, Kate
Samuel Wheeler, John R. Lewis High School, Legally Blonde The Musical
Angel Stanfield, Justice High School, Pippin
Franny Hemsley, McLean High School, Claudio Quest
Khailah Schroeter, Osbourn Park High School, Mean Girls High School Version
Ava Turley, Quince Orchard High School, Anastasia: The Musical
Emma Fleck, Robinson Secondary School, Disney’s Descendants: The Musical
Lindsay Scarola, Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School, Rodgers and Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA!
Sarah Peckham, South County High School, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Elana Kirwan, South Lakes High School, Bright Star
Nicole Pathak, St. Andrew's Episcopal School, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Emma Lacy, St. Stephen's and St. Agnes, Mamma Mia!
Ella Tysse, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Pippin
Kat Larrick, Wakefield High School, Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
Ellie Arenstein, Walt Whitman High School, Legally Blonde The Musical
Lydia Nelson, West Springfield High School, Something Rotten!

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