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.

2023-2024 Season Critics Choices for Comic Actor in a Male Role in a Play


Eitan Amster, Albert Einstein High School, Lavender
Kourtlyn Eaddy (Howie Newsome), Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Our Town
Iris Reed, Gainesville High School, Macbeth
Finn Blackwell-Curtis, H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program, Clue: On Stage (High School Edition)
Erik Bilawski, James Madison High School, Deadwood Dick, or A Game of Gold
Alex Perry, Lake Braddock Secondary School, Romeo and Juliet
Daniel Qiu, Langley High School, Alice in Wonderland
Nathan Bass, McLean High School, Mr. Burns, A Post Electric Play
Mfwana Kidemu, Oakton High School, The Doctor in Wonderland
Benjamin Fredericks, Robinson Secondary School, Pride and Prejudice
Charles Cautero, Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Zach Smith, South County High School, Much Ado About Nothing
Lucas Kalo, St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School, Pride and Prejudice
Drew Reynolds, The New School of Northern VA, Red Herring
TJ Brescia, Westfield High School, Miss Holmes

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