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 Musical


Maria McLemore, Alexandria City High School, Bring It On
Kaya Thomas, Annandale High School, Mean Girls High School Version
Elina Viana, Bishop Ireton High School, Into the Woods
Madelyn Regan, Centreville High School, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (Enchanted Edition)
Bridget Dombro, Chantilly High School, Anything Goes
Elena Schwartz, Clarksburg High School , Mean Girls High School Version
Isabella McDonald, Colgan High School, Rent School Edition
Kaylee Williams, Fairfax High School, Anastasia: The Musical
Ellie Whitfield, Falls Church High School, Annie
Christine Mayen-Franco, Mount Vernon High School, The Addams Family
Savannah Smith, Osbourn Park High School, The SpongeBob Musical
Ava Turley, Quince Orchard High School, Chicago: Teen Edition
Itsuko Scoville, South Lakes High School, Big Fish School Edition
Lara Alarapon, St. Andrew's Episcopal School, Into the Woods
Nicoletta Pelekasis, Thomas A Edison High School, The Addams Family School Edition
Mahdeea Eshal, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, The SpongeBob Musical
Penelope Wagner, Wakefield High School, The Prom School Edition
Samantha Sanders, Walt Whitman High School , Cabaret
Kaylee Wisner, West Springfield High School, Sweeney Todd School Edition

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