Nominations & Awards
2026 Cappies NCA Nominations & Winners
Winners will be highlighted in gold.
Andy Mays Rising Critic (9th-10th Grade)
Julian Hassi, McLean High School
Wyatt Collis, Oakton High School
Abby Marroquin, West Springfield High School
Caroline Wright, Westfield High School
Janine Khandker, Westfield High School
Maryland Theater Guide Returning Critic (11th Grade)
Erin Allen, Bishop Ireton High School
Gigi Okey-Eboh, Centreville High School
Noah Kirkland, Quince Orchard High School
Alden Walcott, South Lakes High School
Iris Cooper, Westfield High School
Bill and Jane Strauss Graduating Critic (12th Grade)
Madelyn Regan, Centreville High School
Naomi Bautista, Fairfax High School
Hayden Schweikert, McLean High School
Micah Chlan, McLean High School
Mary Campbell, Westfield High School
Marketing and Publicity
Lucy Baboyian, Angela Fuentes-Quinteros, Marcello Canniff, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Annandale High School
The A Monster Calls Public Relations & Marketing Team, A Monster Calls, South Lakes High School
Megan Sawyer and the Riverside Grease Team, Grease: School Version, Riverside High School
Lena Fleschner, Ella McAllister, and the In the Heights Publicity Team, In the Heights, Albert Einstein High School
The Something Rotten Publicity Team, Something Rotten!, Fairfax High School
Special Effects and or Technology
Emilie Fiske, Eamon O'Leary, Isabelle Philippe, and the A Monster Calls Special Effects Crew, A Monster Calls, South Lakes High School
Lillian Grace "LG" Branco, Between the Lines, Osbourn Park High School
Emy Fase, Clue: On Stage, Justice High School
Rebecca Drobnis, Bella Bean, and the Magical Special Effects Crew, Macbeth, West Springfield High School
Jonah Johnson and the SFX Team, Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at Certain School of Magic and Magic Young Wizard Edition, Westfield High School
Hair and Make-up
Lauren Lewin, Amadeus, Meridian High School
Kieran McCartney, Julia Sturgell, Ashley Rivera, Marie Scott, Arsenic and Old Lace, Herndon High School
LJ Rex, Cabaret (1998 Version), Lake Braddock Secondary School
Vivi Parsons, Peyton Olsen, Julia Zaiets, Disney's The Little Mermaid, Yorktown High School
Lily Fitzgibbons, and the JMHS Hair and Makeup Team, Zombie Prom, James Madison High School
Sound
Liliana Torres, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Annandale High School
Brooklyn Whyte and the A Monster Calls Sound Crew, A Monster Calls, South Lakes High School
Dylan Bryan, Kristen Pokryfka, Amadeus, Meridian High School
Danielle Vasiliev, Cabaret (1998 Version), Lake Braddock Secondary School
Chase Chapman, Leo Deangelo, Jared Marquez, Caitlin McCourt, The Phantom of the Opera, Colgan High School
Props
Avy Aubouin, Ian Wright, Rubina Dhungel, Joelle Dykstra, Arsenic and Old Lace, Herndon High School
Ava Check, Hunter Bombaci, Natalie Gilmore, Disney's The Little Mermaid, Yorktown High School
Margaret Hughes, Liv Rosenfeld, Katherine Hager, Men on Boats, McLean High School
Iris Cooper, Orin Kelly, Arushi Dasgupta, Natalie Talberg, Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at Certain School of Magic and Magic Young Wizard Edition, Westfield High School
Gauri Pillai, Charlotte Gould, Gary Czanrecki, The Play That Goes Wrong, Langley High School
Lighting
Alexandra Farrell, Eamon O'Leary, Sebastian Harman, and the A Monster Calls Lighting Crew, A Monster Calls, South Lakes High School
Sage Esarey, Cabaret (1998 Version), Lake Braddock Secondary School
Jude Buber, Matthew Tercero, and the GCTC Lighting Team, In the Heights, Our Lady of Good Counsel High School
William Waugh, Kareena Kasperowski, Natalie Mitchell, It's a Wonderful Life, South County High School
Susie Hoopes, Conrad Hirsch, and the Whitman Lights Team, The Mystery Of Edwin Drood, Walt Whitman High School
Costumes
Audrey Ihde, Kara Duble, and the Costume Team, Anything Goes, Oakton High School
Lila Halleran, Cabaret (1998 Version), Lake Braddock Secondary School
Vivi Parsons, Peyton Olsen, Josie Hadges, Disney's The Little Mermaid, Yorktown High School
CW Johnston, Nancy McDougal, Keira Shearon, and the BITA Costuming Team, Jane Austen's Emma, Bishop Ireton High School
Charlie Dyer, and the Costuming Crew, Zombie Prom, James Madison High School
Sets
Maya Sanchez, Sam Reksulak, Ida Selander, and the Set Team, Anything Goes, Oakton High School
Carson Brownlee, Mubeen Ahmad, Trevor Freeman, Serena Indrisano, Arsenic and Old Lace, Herndon High School
ITPA Scenic Design Team, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Independence High School
Rami Aboud, Emma Zheng, Shyla Rhodes, Arlo Kouzoukas, The Play That Goes Wrong, Langley High School
Sophie Sehring, The Play That Goes Wrong (High School Edition), Wakefield School
Orchestra
The Bow Blowers, Anything Goes, Oakton High School
The Kit Kat Club Orchestra, Cabaret (1998 Version), Lake Braddock Secondary School
Quince Orchard Theatre Pit Orchestra, Catch Me If You Can, Quince Orchard High School
The Whitman Pit Orchestra, The Mystery Of Edwin Drood, Walt Whitman High School
Colgan Pit Orchestra, The Phantom of the Opera, Colgan High School
Choreography
Nate Kauffman, Karolina Kellogg, Sophie Levine, Catch Me If You Can, Quince Orchard High School
Lily Knoll, Lindsay Brody, Alexa Gilligan, Makena Smith, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Independence High School
Nate Smith, Naomi Bautista, Libby Hansen, Something Rotten!, Fairfax High School
Charlotte Elliott, The Phantom of the Opera, Colgan High School
Katie Johnson, Lexi Stattel, Zombie Prom, James Madison High School
Creativity
Taylor Clawson, Emilie Fiske, & Isabelle Phillipe, Animations & Video Editing, A Monster Calls, South Lakes High School
Will Albaugh, Musicality, Amadeus, Meridian High School
Augie Russo, Director, Anastasia: the Musical, Alexandria City High School
Abeni Smith, Thomas Gay, and the TJTA Dramaturgy Team, Anastasia: The Musical, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Jason Ye, Composition, Zombie Prom, James Madison High School
Stage Management
Christine Dang, Cabaret (1998 Version), Lake Braddock Secondary School
Chloe Bernasconi, Tobey Phinney, Clue: On Stage, Justice High School
Mimi Wise, Veronica Zadecky, and the GCTC Stage Management Team, In the Heights, Our Lady of Good Counsel High School
Katherine Dailey, Men on Boats, McLean High School
Caroline Mayer, Vincent Struthers, Mia Nash, Stella Scannell, The Play That Goes Wrong, Langley High School
Stage Crew
Mia "Star" Halsey, Cooper Zissman, Samarra Belinsky, and the Anastasia Crew, Anastasia: the Musical, Alexandria City High School
The Kit Kat Club Stage Crew, Cabaret (1998 Version), Lake Braddock Secondary School
Sivani Vemuri, Madz Cramer, Zoe Tabor, Gauri Pillai, The Play That Goes Wrong, Langley High School
Lena Thepvongsa, Callaghan Crofton, Amelia Loht, The Play That Goes Wrong (High School Edition), Centreville High School
Euni Kim, Miles Wilder, Ryan Franck, The Play That Goes Wrong (High School Edition), Wakefield School
Ensemble in a Play
The Core Ensemble, A Monster Calls, South Lakes High School
The Witches, Macbeth, West Springfield High School
Men on Boats, Men on Boats, McLean High School
The Puffs, Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at Certain School of Magic and Magic Young Wizard Edition, Westfield High School
The Ancestors, The Cherry Orchard, Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Ensemble in a Musical
The Kit Kat Club, Cabaret (1998 Version), Lake Braddock Secondary School
Agents, Catch Me If You Can, Quince Orchard High School
The T-Birds, Grease: School Version, Riverside High School
The Washington Heights Community, In the Heights, Our Lady of Good Counsel High School
Evil Trio, Disney's The Little Mermaid, Yorktown High School
Featured Actor in a Female Role in a Play
Lua Songer-Johnson, A Monster Calls, South Lakes High School
Aubrey Marrow, Amadeus, Meridian High School
Sasha Guerra, Jane Austen's Emma, Bishop Ireton High School
Peyton Shuler, Peter and the Starcatcher, Robinson Secondary School
Jahzira Watkins, The Cherry Orchard, Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Featured Actor in a Male Role in a Play
Cohen France, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Annandale High School
Elijah T. Williams, It's a Wonderful Life, South County High School
Porter Friedl, Lend Me a Soprano, The New School of Northern VA
Noelle Brosnan, Peter and the Starcatcher, Robinson Secondary School
Aayden Dickens, The Cherry Orchard, Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Featured Actor in a Female Role in a Musical
Hannah Moline, Anastasia: the Musical, Alexandria City High School
Sofia Terpak, Cabaret (1998 Version), Lake Braddock Secondary School
Penelope Baker, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Independence High School
Addison Lim, Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical, Lightridge High School
Mia Templeton, The Addams Family Musical: School Edition, Loudoun Valley High School
Featured Actor in a Male Role in a Musical
Xavier Walker, Alice By Heart, Bullis School
Ailinn Colarulli, Anastasia: the Musical, Alexandria City High School
Ricky Matos Hernandez, In the Heights, Albert Einstein High School
Adrian Patiag, In the Heights, Our Lady of Good Counsel High School
Mauro Manganello, Something Rotten!, Fairfax High School
Dancer in a Female Role
Georgia Anderson, Anastasia: the Musical, Alexandria City High School
Holland Hasle, Cabaret (1998 Version), Lake Braddock Secondary School
Marley Williams, In the Heights, Our Lady of Good Counsel High School
Charlotte Ouimet, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Independence High School
Charlotte Elliott, The Phantom of the Opera, Colgan High School
Dancer in a Male Role
John Poncy, Anything Goes, Oakton High School
Shepherd Moe, Chicago: Teen Edition, Potomac Falls High School
Jojo Smothers, Grease: School Version, Riverside High School
Carter Sotoye, In the Heights, Our Lady of Good Counsel High School
Nate Wheeler Smith, Something Rotten!, Fairfax High School
Vocalist in a Female Role
Page Vogel, Anastasia: the Musical, Alexandria City High School
Elsa Harlor, In the Heights, Our Lady of Good Counsel High School
Alexa Gilligan, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Independence High School
Juliet Pascoe, Once Upon A Mattress, Mount Vernon High School
Nicoletta Theodora Pelekasis, Chicago: Teen Edition, Thomas A. Edison High School
Elizabeth Marshall, Disney's The Little Mermaid, Yorktown High School
Vocalist in a Male Role
Jackson Byrd, Chicago: Teen Edition, Thomas A. Edison High School
Krishnan Patel, Grease: School Version, Riverside High School
Abraham Perdomo Pacheco, Legally Blonde The Musical, Woodgrove High School
Colin Lee, Disney's The Little Mermaid, Yorktown High School
Ryan Sawyer Robbins, The Mystery Of Edwin Drood, Walt Whitman High School
Comic Actor in a Female Role in a Play
Kathleen Tran, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Annandale High School
Cara Ethington, Arsenic and Old Lace, Herndon High School
Daphne Lunn, As You Like It, Chantilly High School
Sophie Grzadzinski, Lend Me a Soprano, The New School of Northern VA
Sophia Christiano, The Play That Goes Wrong, Langley High School
Comic Actor in a Male Role in a Play
Anderson Wexler, A Midsummer Night's Dream, St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School
Ben Harper,Macbeth, West Springfield High School
Zion Belmar-Francois, The Cherry Orchard, Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Yann Lam, The Play That Goes Wrong, Langley High School
Patrick Reidway,The Play That Goes Wrong (High School Edition), Wakefield School
Comic Actor in a Female Role in a Musical
Savannah Day,Anything Goes, Oakton High School
Savin Criddle,High School Musical, Clarksburg High School
Emma Edwards,Legally Blonde The Musical, Woodgrove High School
Maya Vilchik,The Phantom of the Opera, Colgan High School
Allie Blanchet,Zombie Prom, James Madison High School
Comic Actor in a Male Role in a Musical
Adrian Lawlor, Anastasia: the Musical, Alexandria City High School
Timo Silberman, Catch Me If You Can, Quince Orchard High School
Cameron Best,Something Rotten!, St. Andrew's Episcopal School
Abby Landes,The Addams Family Musical: School Edition, Loudoun Valley High School
Jeremiah Gates,The Phantom of the Opera, Colgan High School
Supporting Actor in a Female Role in a Play
Lucy Baboyian,A Midsummer Night's Dream, Annandale High School
Arminé Heard,Lend Me a Soprano, The New School of Northern Virginia
Kira Gilligan,Peter and the Starcatcher, Robinson Secondary School
Juliah Perdue,The Cherry Orchard, Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Avery Messick, The Play That Goes Wrong (High School Edition), Wakefield School
Supporting Actor in a Male Role in a Play
Pascual Aguilar-Rodriguez, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Annandale High School
Will Albaugh, Amadeus, Meridian High School
Aashna Kapur,Men on Boats, McLean High School
Lukas Simcox,Peter and the Starcatcher, Robinson Secondary School
Aiden Brennan, Tartuffe: The Rhinestone Hypocrite: a world premiere of a very self-important play, Woodson High School
Supporting Actor in a Female Role in a Musical
Katie Musick,Catch Me If You Can, Quince Orchard High School
Janiyah Jackson, In the Heights, Albert Einstein High School
Aspen Johnson, In the Heights, Our Lady of Good Counsel High School
Laura Mlaker, Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical, Lightridge High School
Marney Shattuck, Disney's The Little Mermaid, Yorktown High School
Supporting Actor in a Male Role in a Musical
Prajeet Chitty,Anastasia: The Musical, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Romain Dairay,Anything Goes, Oakton High School
Kamdi Aghazu,In the Heights, Our Lady of Good Counsel High School
Jack Vosburgh,Legally Blonde The Musical, Woodgrove High School
Tristan Farmer, Something Rotten!, Fairfax High School
Lead Actor in a Female Role in a Play
Cecilia Marigliano, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Annandale High School
Sitina Tochterman, A Monster Calls, South Lakes High School
Bree Drake,Peter and the Starcatcher, Robinson Secondary School
Kayla Parker,The Cherry Orchard, Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Sydney White,The Play That Goes Wrong (High School Edition), Wakefield School
Lead Actor in a Male Role in a Play
Liam Birch, A Monster Calls, South Lakes High School
Mia Schatz, Amadeus, Meridian High School
Silas Blocker, Tartuffe: The Rhinestone Hypocrite: a world premiere of a very self-important play, Woodson High School
Tar'El Barnes,The Cherry Orchard, Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Landon Nilson,The Play That Goes Wrong (High School Edition), Wakefield School
Lead Actor in a Female Role in a Musical
Gabby Licayan,Anastasia: The Musical, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Meera Ayyar, Anything Goes, Oakton High School
Murphy Finnegan,Cabaret (1998 Version), Lake Braddock Secondary School
Elsa Harlor,In the Heights, Our Lady of Good Counsel High School
Erin Rigby,The Phantom of the Opera, Colgan High School
Lead Actor in a Male Role in a Musical
Aaron Guerrero,Green Day’s American Idiot, Hayfield Secondary School
Nathan Lee, Cabaret (1998 Version), Lake Braddock Secondary School
Myles Rathke,Catch Me If You Can, Quince Orchard High School
Elijah Flores, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Independence High School
Zayn Gruyters, The Mystery Of Edwin Drood, Walt Whitman High School
Song
Stay, I Pray You,Anastasia: The Musical, Alexandria City High School
I Don't Care Much,Cabaret (1998 Version), Lake Braddock Secondary School
Fly, Fly Away,Catch Me If You Can, Quince Orchard High School
Paciencia y Fe,In the Heights, Albert Einstein High School
96000,In the Heights, Our Lady of Good Counsel High School
Critic Team
Centreville High School
McLean High School
Quince Orchard High School
West Springfield High School
Westfield High School
Play
A Monster Calls, South Lakes High School
Amadeus, Meridian High School
Men on Boats, McLean High School
The Cherry Orchard, Duke Ellington School of the Arts
The Play That Goes Wrong,Langley High School
The Play That Goes Wrong (High School Edition), Wakefield School
Musical
Anything Goes, Oakton High School
Cabaret (1998 Version), Lake Braddock Secondary School
Catch Me If You Can,Quince Orchard High School
In the Heights, Our Lady of Good Counsel High School
Disney's The Little Mermaid, Yorktown High School
The Mystery Of Edwin Drood, Walt Whitman High School