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 Male Role in a Play


Boaz Levone, Albert Einstein High School, Lavender
Blake Robinson, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Our Town
Kel Nejedly, Gainesville High School, Macbeth
Finn Blackwell-Curtis, H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program, Clue: On Stage (High School Edition)
Jonah Uffelman, James Madison High School, Deadwood Dick, or A Game of Gold
Elijah Kassa, Justice High School, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Alex Perry, Lake Braddock Secondary School, Romeo and Juliet
Nathan Bass, McLean High School, Mr. Burns, A Post Electric Play
Hugo Ratheau, Meridian High School, Frankenstein
Rigley Mostafavi, Oakton High School, The Doctor in Wonderland
Lukas Simcox, Robinson Secondary School, Pride and Prejudice
Alexander Ramer, Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Parker Bryant, South County High School, Much Ado About Nothing
Max Gehlhoff, St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School, Pride and Prejudice
Jonas Walker, The New School of Northern VA, Red Herring

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