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 Lead Actor in a Female Role in a Play


Caroline Evans, Albert Einstein High School, Lavender
Ruby Garritano, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Our Town
Callie Nicewonger, Gainesville High School, Macbeth
Kate Townsend, James Madison High School, Deadwood Dick, or A Game of Gold
Murphy Finnegan, Lake Braddock Secondary School, Romeo and Juliet
Ava Carter, Langley High School, Alice in Wonderland
Samantha Carey, McLean High School, Mr. Burns, A Post Electric Play
Abby Berg, Meridian High School, Frankenstein
Kaitlyn McCarley, Oakton High School, The Doctor in Wonderland
Ella Brown, Robinson Secondary School, Pride and Prejudice
Rose Zakrzwski, Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Caprice Aspland, South County High School, Much Ado About Nothing
Charlotte Nichols, St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School, Pride and Prejudice
Mia Morgan, The New School of Northern VA, Red Herring
Zoe Brennan, Westfield High School, Miss Holmes

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