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Marketing and Publicity

• Gracie Denton, Jordon McCray, Ben Roberts, Peter Serle, West Potomac High School, Spamalot

Sound

• Kimberly Fonseca, Lydia Bennsky, Hayfield Secondary School, Marvin’s Room

Lighting

• Kristen Chiama, Allison Tickner, Westfield High School, Little Shop of Horrors

Sets

• Natalie Jurkowski, Ella Moore,WPHS set crew, West Potomac High School, Spamalot

Costumes

• Lesya Melnychenko, Becky Lehner, West Potomac High School, Spamalot

Make-up

• Lecia Stock, Clare Smith, Nurbanu Dayaz, Charlotte Martin, Washington Lee High School, Macbeth

Props

• Stephen Cox, Sarah Dickenson, David Koenigsberg, Emily Tobin , Westfield High School, Little Shop of Horrors

Special Effects and or Technology

• Chantilly Tech Team, Chantilly High School, The Front Page

Stage Crew

• Darby Binford, Vicki Clinch, McKenzie Moskowitz, Marybeth Ward, Fairfax High School, 9 to 5: The Musical

Orchestra

• West Potomac Rice and Beans, West Potomac High School, Spamalot

Choreography

• Kaila Anderson, West Potomac High School, Spamalot

Creativity

• Nate Welsh, Composer, H-B Woodlawn, The Tempest

Ensemble in a Play

• The Sisters, Washington Lee High School, Macbeth

Ensemble in a Musical

• The Barber Shop Quartet, Annandale High School, The Music Man

Featured Actress

• Nikki Amico , West Potomac High School, Spamalot

Featured Actor

• Julian Sanchez, Westfield High School, Little Shop of Horrors

Female Dancer

• Gabrielle Bullard, The Madeira School, Footloose

Male Dancer

• Elijah King, Robinson Secondary School, Curtains

Female Vocalist

• Alie Campbell, Loudoun Valley HS, Legally Blonde

Male Vocalist

• Vinny Okechukwu, Heritage High School, Les Miserables

Comic Actress in a Play

• Cindy Funes, Hayfield Secondary School, Marvin’s Room

Comic Actor in a Play

• Patrick Moore, Wakefield School, The Importance of Being Earnest

Comic Actress in a Musical

• Paige Cilluffo, James Madison HS, The Music Man

Comic Actor in a Musical

• Jack Gereski, South County High School, The Producers

Supporting Actress in a Play

• Lily Brock, Langley High School, The Children’s Hour

Supporting Actor in a Play

• Nicholas Cadby-Spicer, Wakefield High School, Rebel Without A Cause

Supporting Actress in a Musical

• Grace Vaughan, Loudoun Valley HS, Legally Blonde

Supporting Actor in a Musical

• Eddie Perez , West Potomac High School, Spamalot

Lead Actress in a Play

• Alicia Hartz, Washington Lee High School, Macbeth

Lead Actor in a Play

• Stephen Coakley, Tuscarora, Noises Off

Lead Actress in a Musical

• Samantha Dempsey, Westfield High School, Little Shop of Horrors

Lead Actor in a Musical

• Alex Stone, McLean High School, Catch Me If You Can

Song

• You Won’t Succeed On Broadway, West Potomac High School, Spamalot

Play

• The Children’s Hour, Langley High School

Musical

• Spamalot, West Potomac High School

The Cappies, “Critics and Awards Program,” is a program through which high school theatre and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews in local publications.

Rising Critic

• Yvonne Nguyen, Hayfield Secondary School
• Tyler Larkworthy, Langley High School
• Gillian Wright, McLean High School
• Jack Posey, McLean High School
• Sarah Santoro, Stone Bridge High School

Returning Critic

• Emma Paquette, McLean High School
• Marielle Burt, McLean High School
• Isabel Zapata, McLean High School
• Gavin Moore, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
• Talia Brenner, Walt Whitman High School

Graduating Critic

• Jamie Joeyen-Waldorf, Langley High School
• Emilia Brennan, Oakton High School
• Yena Seo, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
• Chris Doan, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
• Stuart Pratuch, West Springfield High School

Critics Team

• Langley High School Critics Team, Langley High School
• McLean High School Critics Team, McLean High School
• Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Critics Team, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
• West Potomac High School Critics Team, West Potomac High School
• West Springfield High School Critics Team, West Springfield High School

Marketing and Publicity

• Sarah Heaton, Amanda McGuire, Renee Rozell, Katie Tomney, 9 to 5: The Musical, Fairfax High School
• Jamie Joeyen-Waldorf, Madeleine Chalk, Andal Paul, The Children’s Hour, Langley High School
• Legally Blonde Marketing and Publicity Team, Legally Blonde, Loudoun Valley High School
• Sahana Arkalgud, Sequoia Carrillo, Katherine McCool, Legally Blonde, South Lakes High School
• Gracie Denton,Jordon McCray, Ben Roberts, Peter Serle, Spamalot, West Potomac High School

Sound

• Samantha Christoff, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Bishop Ireton High School
• Kimberly Fonseca, Lydia Bennsky, Marvin’s Room, Hayfield Secondary School
• Garrett Bell, Noah Boothe, Sally Kim, Les Miserables, Heritage High School
• Sarah Boyle, Victoria Burnham, Maggie Duke, Stuart Olivera, Macbeth, Stone Bridge High School
• Peter McAninch, Morgan Carter, The Lady from Maxim’s, West Springfield High School

Lighting

• Sarah Heaton, Jonah Hurley, Alex Pepin, Will Schovelier, 9 to 5: The Musical, Fairfax High School
• Kyle Dannahey, The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra, Lake Braddock Secondary School
• Tristan Froats, Emily Pruyn, Emily Robinson, Catch Me If You Can, McLean High School
• Sarah Bowman,Katie Kamara,Joe Slattery, Spamalot, West Potomac High School
• Kristen Chiama, Allison Tickner, Little Shop of Horrors, Westfield High School

Sets

• AnnaLin Woo, Samantha Christoff, Megan Brusnahan, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Bishop Ireton High School
• Marielle Burt, Ben French, Catch Me If You Can, McLean High School
• Brett Wood, Adara Hotaling, Noises Off, Tuscarora High School
• Natalie Jurkowski, Ella Moore,WPHS set crew, Spamalot, West Potomac High School
• Brandon Sanchez, Little Shop of Horrors, Westfield High School

Costumes

• Amanda McGuire, Jessica Moore, Renee Rozell, Tabatha Ryberg, 9 to 5: The Musical, Fairfax High School
• Shannon Finney, Samira Pakmehr, The Music Man, James Madison High School
• Miranda Creason, Emily Robinson, Gillian Wright, Catch Me If You Can, McLean High School
• Lesya Melnychenko, Becky Lehner, Spamalot, West Potomac High School
• Zoe Hawryluk, Morgan Perigard, Little Shop of Horrors, Westfield High School

Make-up

• Francesca Cesaro, Nicole Stiles, Sam Dickison, Sami Schellenberg, Marvin’s Room, Hayfield Secondary School
• Victoria Benton, The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra, Lake Braddock Secondary School
• Jayden Bell, Lina Dinh, Sammie Elliott, MacKenzie Nolan, The Wizard of Oz, Thomas Edison High School
• Lecia Stock, Clare Smith, Nurbanu Dayaz, Charlotte Martin, Macbeth, Washington Lee High School
• Destinee Bricko, Zoe Hawryluk, Morgan Perigard, Little Shop of Horrors, Westfield High School

Props

• Chantilly Props Team, The Front Page, Chantilly High School
• Camille Calderon, Kevin Pfeil, Brittany Regas, Emily Robinson, Catch Me If You Can, McLean High School
• Jessica Matera, Noises Off, Tuscarora High School
• Margaret Gorguissian, WPHS props crew, Spamalot, West Potomac High School
• Stephen Cox, Sarah Dickenson, David Koenigsberg, Emily Tobin , Little Shop of Horrors, Westfield High School

Special Effects and or Technology

• Megan Brusnahan, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Bishop Ireton High School
• Chantilly Tech Team, The Front Page, Chantilly High School
• Leo Grandinetti, Isabel Zapata, Catch Me If You Can, McLean High School
• Lindsey Rubin, Naod Haddish, Curtains, Robinson Secondary School
• Ariel Pizzamiglio, Lecia Stock, Joe Myers, Macbeth, Washington Lee High School

Stage Crew

• Darby Binford, Vicki Clinch, McKenzie Moskowitz, Marybeth Ward, 9 to 5: The Musical, Fairfax High School
• Hayley Clawson, Mary Conklin, Rayshawn Dyson, Emma Olson, Les Miserables, Heritage High School
• Allison Brandmark, Anna East, Will Laney, The Music Man, James Madison High School
• Katie Studabaker, Hayley Wenk, The Children’s Hour, Langley High School
• Sam Poole, Alysse Denton, Kate McConville,Black morph suit crew, Spamalot, West Potomac High School

Orchestra

• Heritage Pit Band, Les Miserables, Heritage High School
• James Madison Pit Orchestra, The Music Man, James Madison High School
• The Kansasland Band, Curtains, Robinson Secondary School
• West Potomac Rice and Beans, Spamalot, West Potomac High School
• Little Shop of Horrors pit orchestra, Little Shop of Horrors, Westfield High School

Choreography

• Logan Floyd, 9 to 5: The Musical, Fairfax High School
• Katie Allison, Shannon Roux, The Music Man, James Madison High School
• Marielle Burt, Catch Me If You Can, McLean High School
• Kaila Anderson, Spamalot, West Potomac High School
• Selena Clyne-Galindo, Meredith Mehegan,Ola Pozor, Little Shop of Horrors, Westfield High School

Creativity

• Nate Walsh, Composer, The Tempest, H-B Woodlawn
• Jack Goodin, Justin Pirrochi, composition, Elephant’s Graveyard, Oakton High School
• Adam Weiss, composer, Macbeth, Stone Bridge High School
• Alyssa Sera Joseph, director, Noises Off, Tuscarora High School
• Ariel Pizzamiglio for Dramaturgy, Macbeth, Washington Lee High School

Ensemble in a Play

• The Mystery Figments, Figments, Albert Einstein High School
• The Witches and Minions, Macbeth, Northwood High School
• Walter & the Dirty Boots, Elephant’s Graveyard, Oakton High School
• Tech Crew, Noises Off, Tuscarora High School
• The Sisters, Macbeth, Washington Lee High School

Ensemble in a Musical

• The Barber Shop Quartet, The Music Man, Annandale High School
• The Students, Les Miserables, Heritage High School
• FBI Agents, Catch Me If You Can, McLean High School
• “Production Team” Craig Allison, Maya Armstrong, T.J. Gouterman, Sam Weggeman, The Producers, South County High School
• Jet Boys, West Side Story, Woodrow Wilson High School

Featured Actress

• Marisa Chaffee, The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra, Lake Braddock Secondary School
• Bridget Fitzgerald, The Children’s Hour, Langley High School
• Nancy Pruett, Catch Me If You Can, McLean High School
• Celene Daniels, Macbeth, Northwood High School
• Nikki Amico , Spamalot, West Potomac High School

Featured Actor

• Cameron LeDucq, 9 to 5: The Musical, Fairfax High School
• Nate McGraw, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Freedom High School
• William Mitchell, Les Miserables, Heritage High School
• Dan Evans , Spamalot, West Potomac High School
• Julian Sanchez, Little Shop of Horrors, Westfield High School

Female Dancer

• Shannon Roux, The Music Man, James Madison High School
• Kathy Oh, The Producers, South County High School
• Gabrielle Bullard, Footloose, The Madeira School
• Nikki Amico, Spamalot, West Potomac High School
• Molly McIntyre, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Woodgrove High School

Male Dancer

• Rolf Lundberg, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Bishop Ireton High School
• Daniel Serpati, 9 to 5: The Musical, Fairfax High School
• Neal Going, The Music Man, James Madison High School
• Elijah King, Curtains, Robinson Secondary School
• Robel Kabtyimer, Legally Blonde, South Lakes High School

Female Vocalist

• Amanda Harvey, 9 to 5: The Musical, Fairfax High School
• Sophie DeLeo, Oklahoma, George Mason High School
• Alie Campbell, Legally Blonde, Loudoun Valley High School
• Aaliyah Dixon, Hairspray, Thomas S. Wootton High School
• Yana Madrid, West Side Story, Woodrow Wilson High School

Male Vocalist

• Vinny Okechukwu, Les Miserables, Heritage High School
• Ashton Schaffer, The Music Man, James Madison High School
• Jacob Rozmajzl, Guys and Dolls, Paul VI Catholic High School
• Cameron Powell, The Producers, South County High School
• Peter Serle , Spamalot, West Potomac High School

Comic Actress in a Play

• Michiko Feehan, Figments, Albert Einstein High School
• Kayla Gatling, Plaza Suite, Falls Church High School
• Sophie Nicholakos, The Tempest, H-B Woodlawn
• Cindy Funes, Marvin’s Room, Hayfield Secondary School
• Carly Smith, Noises Off, Tuscarora High School

Comic Actor in a Play

• Connor Gillooly, Funny Money, Centreville High School
• Gonzalo Izquierdo, The Front Page, Chantilly High School
• Gulet Isse, Plaza Suite, Falls Church High School
• Patrick Moore, The Importance of Being Earnest, Wakefield School
• Joshua Elliott, The Lady from Maxim’s, West Springfield High School

Comic Actress in a Musical

• Loren Gant, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Bishop Ireton High School
• Emily Ennis, 9 to 5: The Musical, Fairfax High School
• Aiden Orr, Les Miserables, Heritage High School
• Paige Cilluffo, The Music Man, James Madison High School
• Brigid Kilner, Schoolhouse Rock Live!, Oakcrest School

Comic Actor in a Musical

• Doug Klain, 9 to 5: The Musical, Fairfax High School
• Drew Lytle, Seussical, Herndon High School
• Jack Gereski, The Producers, South County High School
• David Jarzen , Spamalot, West Potomac High School
• Zack Walsh, Little Shop of Horrors, Westfield High School

Supporting Actress in a Play

• Allisha Edwards, Marvin’s Room, Hayfield Secondary School
• Lily Brock, The Children’s Hour, Langley High School
• Sierra Carlson, Macbeth, Stone Bridge High School
• Jordan Goodson, A Taste of Honey, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
• Ellen Abood, The Lady from Maxim’s, West Springfield High School

Supporting Actor in a Play

• Noah Mutterperl, Marvin’s Room, Hayfield Secondary School
• Sam Hanoura, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, TC Williams
• Jake Gonzalez, A Taste of Honey, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
• Ben Fuhrmann, Noises Off, Tuscarora High School
• Nicholas Cadby-Spicer, Rebel Without A Cause, Wakefield High School

Supporting Actress in a Musical

• Abby Giuseppe, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Bishop Ireton High School
• Eva Paterson, 9 to 5: The Musical, Fairfax High School
• Grace Vaughn, Legally Blonde, Loudoun Valley High School
• Hannah Sikora, Curtains, Robinson Secondary School
• Katelynn Barack, Footloose, The Madeira School

Supporting Actor in a Musical

• Jack Posey, Catch Me If You Can, McLean High School
• Jamie Green, Curtains, Robinson Secondary School
• Eddie Perez , Spamalot, West Potomac High School
• Brandon Sanchez, Little Shop of Horrors, Westfield High School
• Sam Van Vleet, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Woodgrove High School

Lead Actress in a Play

• Brooke Johnson, The Front Page, Chantilly High School
• Katie Wattendorf, Marvin’s Room, Hayfield Secondary School
• Madeleine Chalk, The Children’s Hour, Langley High School
• Alicia Hartz, Macbeth, Washington Lee High School
• Catherine Ariale, The Lady from Maxim’s, West Springfield High School

Lead Actor in a Play

• Diego Encarnacion, The Front Page, Chantilly High School
• Stephen Coakley, Noises Off, Tuscarora High School
• Josh Mohney, The Importance of Being Earnest, Wakefield School
• Jeffrey Warren, Macbeth, Washington Lee High School
• Forrest Browne, The Lady from Maxim’s, West Springfield High School

Lead Actress in a Musical

• Caroline Silas, 9 to 5: The Musical, Fairfax High School
• Shelly Walsh, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Freedom High School
• Abby Rozmajzl, Guys and Dolls, Paul VI Catholic High School
• Anjum Choudhury , Spamalot, West Potomac High School
• Samantha Dempsey, Little Shop of Horrors, Westfield High School

Lead Actor in a Musical

• Joey Ledonio, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Bishop Ireton High School
• Alex Stone, Catch Me If You Can, McLean High School
• Spencer Boyd, Curtains, Robinson Secondary School
• Peter Serle, Spamalot, West Potomac High School
• T.J. Vinsavich, Little Shop of Horrors, Westfield High School

Song

• “Lida Rose/Will I Ever Tell You?”, The Music Man, Annandale High School
• Brotherhood of Man, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Bishop Ireton High School
• Don’t Break the Rules, Catch Me If You Can, McLean High School
• You Won’t Succeed On Broadway, Spamalot, West Potomac High School
• Dentist, Little Shop of Horrors, Westfield High School

Play

• The Front Page, The Front Page, Chantilly High School
• The Children’s Hour, The Children’s Hour, Langley High School
• Noises Off, Noises Off, Tuscarora High School
• Macbeth, Macbeth, Washington Lee High School
• The Lady from Maxim’s, The Lady from Maxim’s, West Springfield High School

Musical

• 9 to 5: The Musical, 9 to 5: The Musical, Fairfax High School
• Les Miserables, Les Miserables, Heritage High School
• Catch Me If You Can, Catch Me If You Can, McLean High School
• Spamalot, Spamalot, West Potomac High School
• Little Shop of Horrors, Little Shop of Horrors, Westfield High School

• In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), by Sarah Ruhl, Late Fall 2014
• Shining City, by Conor McPherson, Late Winter/Early Spring 2015
• Stick Fly, by Lydia R. Diamond, Late Spring 2015

Please go to the Port City Playhouse web site for more information. Submissions due by Wednesday, April 16.

• The Game’s Afoot, September – October 2014
• 13, January – February 2015
• Barefoot in the Park, May 2015
• The Sound of Music, July 2015

More information may be found at the McLean Community Players web site. Schedule is subject to change due to performance rights conflicts or other issues. Specific dates of auditions are yet to be announced.

• Fool For Love, September 2014
• Fetch Clay, Make Man, October – November 2014
• The Nutcracker, November – December 2014
• Rapture, Blister, Burn, January – February 2015
• Uncle Vanya, April – May 2015
• NSFW, May – June 2015

More information may be found at the Round House Theatre web site. Schedule is subject to change due to performance rights conflicts or other issues.

• The Island of Dr. Moreau, September – October 2014
• Beauty and the Beast, December 2014 – January 2015
• Much Ado About Nothing, February – March 2015
• Hunting Cockroaches, May – June 2015

More information may be found at the Synetic Theater web site. Schedule is subject to change due to performance rights conflicts or other issues. Specific dates of performances and auditions are yet to be announced.

• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
• Go Back for Murder
• To Kill a Mockingbird

More information may be found at the Rockville Little Theatre web site. Schedule is subject to change due to performance rights conflicts or other issues. Specific dates of performances and auditions are yet to be announced.

• Musical TBA, July – August 2014
• A Streetcar Named Desire, September 2014
• The Rocky Horror Show, October – November 2014
• The Game’s Afoot, January 2015
• God of Carnage, February – March 2015
• A Flea in Her Ear, May 2015
• Dirty Blonde, June 2015

More information may be found at the Little Theatre of Alexandria web site. Schedule is subject to change due to performance rights conflicts or other issues. Specific dates of performances and auditions are yet to be announced.

• Brighton Beach Memoirs, September 2014
• A Shot in the Dark, January 2015
• Suite Surrender, May 2015

More information may be found at the Prince George’s Little Theatre web site. Schedule is subject to change due to performance rights conflicts or other issues. Specific dates of performances and auditions are yet to be announced.

• Godspell, September – October 2014
• Annie, November – December 2014
• The Dixie Swim Club, January – February 2015
• 1776, March 2015
• Much Ado About Nothing, May 2015

More information may be found at the Port Tobacco Players web site. Schedule is subject to change due to performance rights conflicts or other issues. Specific dates of performances and auditions are yet to be announced.