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 Lead Actor in a Female Role in a Musical


Lilac Haynesworth, Alexandria City High School, Sister Act
Elina Viana, Bishop Ireton High School, The Music Man
Jayla Hamelin, Clarksburg High School, Once on This Island
Isabella Jackson, Fairfax High School, Sister Act
Mariela Palencia, Falls Church High School, Chicago: Teen Edition
Dawnie Huynh, Gainesville High School, Seussical
Hope Hill, Herndon High School, Kiss Me, Kate
Delia hunt, John R. Lewis High School, Legally Blonde The Musical
Valeria Peterson, Justice High School, Pippin
Miranda Simpson, McLean High School, Claudio Quest
Savannah Smith, Osbourn Park High School, Mean Girls High School Version
Giorgia Dallasta, Quince Orchard High School, Anastasia: The Musical
Abigail Camp, Robinson Secondary School, Disney’s Descendants: The Musical
Audrey Iglesia, Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School, Rodgers and Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA!
Emmie Caplan, South County High School, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Abigail Jamison, South Lakes High School, Bright Star
Charlotte Lobring, St. Andrew's Episcopal School, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Charlotte Nichols, St. Stephen's and St. Agnes, Mamma Mia!
Yasmin Kudrati-Plummer, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Pippin
Anneliese Odegard, Wakefield High School, Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
Maddie Belanoff, Walt Whitman High School, Legally Blonde The Musical

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