Annual Cappies Awards To Honor High School Theater Excellence - Students In 28 Broward And Palm Beach County Schools Compete For The Top Accolades

Nominees from 28 schools in Broward and Palm Beach counties will compete for awards in 49 categories honoring performers, orchestras, designers, technicians, publicists and creatives. Modeled after Broadway's Tony® Awards, the Cappies Awards ceremony will kickoff with an opening featuring students from the nominated schools, under the direction of Music Director Nic Aquino and Choreographer Madeline Dunn.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School’s Alice By Heart and NSU University School’s Hadestown: Teen Edition were tied for most nominations received for a musical production (21), closely followed by South Plantation High School’s Ride The Cyclone (High School Edition) with 19 nominations. A.W. Dreyfoos School for the Arts in Palm Beach County received the most nominations for a play (14) for the second year in a row, this time for the production of Metamorphoses. Archbishop McCarthy High School’s production of Arsenic and Old Lace was the second most nominated play with 13. With seven, Cooper City High School received the most nominations for criticism for the second straight year.

Nominations for Cappies Awards are submitted by student critics from participating schools who attend productions at other schools and write reviews. These reviews are then edited by theater educators and published on: www.FloridaTheaterOnStage.com. Winners are selected through a weighted peer-review voting process conducted by students.

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2024-2025 Cappies Awards Nominees By Local School

Archbishop McCarthy High School 13 nominations for Arsenic and Old Lace

• Play

• Lead Actor in a Female Role in a Play: Julia Gouldthorpe

• Lead Actor in a Male Role in a Play: Ernesto Fernandez

• Supporting Actor in a Female Role in a Play: Sofia Cabrera

• Supporting Actor in a Male Role in a Play: Dominic Grossi

• Featured Actor in a Female Role in a Play: Tamara Toma

• Comic Actor in a Female Role in a Play: Joselin Ruble

• Comic Actor in a Male Role in a Play: Braden Luongo

• Ensemble in a Play: The Aunties

• Stage Management and Crew in a Play: Allie Lynch

• Creativity: Tamara Toma (Dramaturgy)

• Sound in a Play: Callie Green

• Hair and Make-up in a Play: Olivia Pereira

Calvary Christian Academy Seven nominations for As You Like It

• Play

• Lead Actor in a Female Role in a Play: Lily Shein

• Lead Actor in a Male Role in a Play: Jesse Oliva

• Featured Actor in a Female Role in a Play: Desi Sewell-Browne

• Comic Actor in a Female Role in a Play: Aliyah Kallioinen

• Ensemble in a Play: Forest Folk

• Stage Management and Crew in a Play: Charleigh Huisman, Wesley Maye, Josh Godbey, Nicolette Suarez

Cardinal Gibbons High School Two nominations for Shrek the Musical

• Comic Actor in a Male Role in a Musical: Jacob Miers

• Special Effects and/or Technology: Deveyn Baptiste, Micah Boyce, Summer Helm, Angelica Zannella

Chaminade Madonna College Prep One nomination for Shrek

• Vocalist in a Female Role: Abigail Murillo

Cooper City High School 14 nominations for Sweeney Todd (School Edition)

• Lead Actor in a Female Role in a Musical: Brooke Shears

• Featured Actor in a Female Role in a Musical: Zoe Kent

• Featured Actor in a Male Role in a Musical: Maximus Dellaria

• Vocalist in a Female Role: Saeryn Jones

• Ensemble in a Musical: Townspeople

• Choreography: Isa Gomes and Company

• Lighting in a Musical: Avery Garfinkel and Company

• Sophomore Critic: Gavin MacArthur

• Junior Critics (3 nominations): Alexis Adler, Avery Garfinkel and Kenny Gervais

• Senior Critics (2 nominations): Abby Goldberg and Mia Wilson

• Critic Team – Lead Critic Kenny Gervais

David Posnack Jewish Day School Five nominations for Fiddler on the Roof

• Lead Actor in a Male Role in a Musical: Sacha Codron

• Featured Actor in a Female Role in a Musical: Alyssa Tuchinsky

• Dancer in a Male Role: Katelyn Lips

• Orchestra: The OYchestra

• Hair and Make-up in a Musical: Sasha Shor, Olivia Benson, Leah Wolf

South Plantation High School 19 nominations for Ride The Cyclone (High School Edition)

• Musical

• Supporting Actor in a Female Role in a Musical: Kay Regalado

• Supporting Actor in a Male Role in a Musical: Jaxon Reid

• Featured Actor in a Male Role in a Musical: David Denman

• Vocalist in a Male Role: Liam Bourbeau

• Dancer in a Female Role: Doris Diaz

• Ensemble in a Musical: Choir and their Interpreters

• Stage Management and Crew in a Musical: Armani Norris & Annie Frischkorn

• Creativity: ASL Team

• Choreography: Isabel Merritt

• Costumes in a Musical: Liam Bourbeau, Hannah Teston, Leah Millon

• Hair and Make-up in a Musical: Isabella Morales and Company

• Sets in a Musical: Jaxon Reid

• Song: The Ballad of Jane Doe

• Sound in a Musical: Avery Laganiere

• Special Effects and/or Technology: Brianny Frias, Lily Moscowitz, and Company

• Lighting in a Musical: David Denman and Company

• Marketing and Publicity: Damian Howson and Company

• Sophomore Critic: Annie Frischkorn

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