CAPPIES
The CAPPIES, Critics and Awards Program is a program through which high school theater and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews in local newspapers like The Washington Post, Cincinnati Enquirer, Dallas Morning News, Kansas City Star, and The Philadelphia Inquirer.
At the end of the year, the student critics vote for awards that are presented at a formal CAPPIES gala. In July and August, many of the top award honorees from around the U.S. and Canada are invited to participate in the CAPPIES International Theater, where they perform shows at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
At the end of the year, the student critics vote for awards that are presented at a formal CAPPIES gala. In July and August, many of the top award honorees from around the U.S. and Canada are invited to participate in the CAPPIES International Theater, where they perform shows at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
CAPPIES Gala - June 10, 2012
2011 Winner ofBest Musical
Best Song Megamix Lead Actor in a Musical Kevin Clay Comic Actor Colby Dezelick Choreography Colby Dezelick, Avery Hobbs Costumes Carrie Nye, Katelyn Reimer Ensemble Joseph's Brothers: Mitchell Buckley, Nick Burroughs, Chaz Coffin, Colby Dezelick, Jake Ehrlich, Max Ehrlich, Trevor Knickerbocker, Ben Nelms, Connor Scudder, Adam Thomas, Ozzy Tirmizi Sound - Kieran Claffey Critics Team Joey Biagini, Elisabeth Bloxam, Madeleine Bloxam, Kerowyn Brewer, Mitchell Buckley, Abby Picard, Brittany Simmons, Zoe Tippl, Sunny Vinsavich Returning Critic Joey Biagini Nominated ForOrchestra
Creativity Sunny Vinsavich Featured Actor Daniel Braunstein Featured Actress Madeleine Bloxam Featured Dancer Avery Hobbs Graduating Critic Elisabeth Bloxam Graduating Critic Zoe Tippl Lighting Andy Talavera-Roca, Elisabeth Bloxam Make-Up Rosemary Palack Props and Effects Alice Plonsky, Mandy Sachs Stage Crew Elisabeth Bloxam, Taylor Reese, Erica Schmidt | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
 Kevin Clay as Joseph
Westfield's production of Joseph earned the cast and crew 21 CAPPIE Nominations and 10 CAPPIE Wins
Best Ensemble of Joseph's Brothers
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Brighton Beach Memoirs
| 2010 Winner ofLead Actor in a Play Kevin Clay
Critic Team Joey Biagini, Elisabeth Bloxam, Kerowyn Brewer, Shivani Deopujari, Lani Fu, Emily Howell, Michelle Kearns, Brittany Simmons, Zoe Tippl Returning Critic Elisabeth Bloxam Rising Critic Joey Biagini Nominated for
Best Play
Comic Actress in a Play Phoebe Dillard Props and Effects Kerowyn Brewer, Laura Kapinos Costumes Michelle Kearns Sets Alex Butterfield, Annie Dykstra Sound Taylor Aucott, Kieran Claffey Returning Critic Brittany Simmons |
2009 Winner of Rising Critic Elisabeth Bloxam
Nominated forBest Play
Lead Actress in a Play Leslie Roth Costumes Megan Bentley, Meredith Murgia Choreography Leslie Roth Creativity Claire Manship, Russell Wagoner Critic Team Samantha Henry, Alex Miller, Alexander Kruszewski, Cameron Schupp, Elisabeth Bloxam, Jeremy Rommel, Kerowyn Brewer, Leslie Roth, Shivani Deopujari | A Doll House
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The Wiz
| 2008 Winner of Costumes Mariam Haider, Lee Doubleday
Featured Actress in a Musical Jade Jones Featured Actor in a Musical Russell Wagoner Nominated forBest Musical
Best Song I Was Born Male Dancer Chris Wildy Female Dancer Leslie Roth Male Vocalist Garrett Henson Comic Actress in a Musical Sarah Cowdery Lead Actress in a Musical Martina Green Make-Up Erin Calabrese, Rachel Harrington, Megan Bentley Choreography Lindsay Thomas Lighting Mo Krause, Daniel Calabrese Critic Team Leslie Roth, Samantha Henry, Jonathan Goldsmith, Kalyna Jowyk, Leah Trosianecki, Daniel Calabrese, Peter Hawes, Lindsay Thomas, Sarah Cowdery Returning Critic Samantha Henry Returning Critic Leslie Roth Graduating Critic Leah Trosianecki |
2007 Winner of Lighting Alex Merrill
Ensemble Sarah Cowdery, Jade Jones, Chelsea Stenger Nominated for Cameo Actor Nate Peterson
Cameo Actress Sarah Pike Lead Actor Stephen Hatch Creativity Samantha Henry, Leslie Roth, Russell Wagoner, Dan Hrebenak, Jessica Jordan Critic Team Courtney Knickerbocker, Jonathan Goldsmith, Chelsea Stenger, Elizabeth Reed, Sarah Cowdery, Sarah Pike, Stephen Hatch, Lindsay Thomas Critic Jonathan Goldsmith | Macbeth
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Our Town
| 2006 Nominated forBest Play
Lead Actress in a Play Sarah Pike Lead Actor in a Play Will Quinn Cameo Actor in a Play Paul Bozzo Cameo Actress in a Play Jade Jones Ensemble Branson Reese, Natalie McLarty Male Vocalist Kevin Manship Lighting Mike Gendreau Sound Ken Storch |
2005 Winner of Best Musical
Lead Actor in a Musical Barry Armbruster Choreography Megan Meadows, Michell Murgia, Tara Mitchell Nominated forBest Song L'Chaim
Cameo Actor Branson Reese Female Vocalist Carolyn Agan Featured Actor in a Musical Kevin Manship Creativity Bethany Morris Sound Michael Gendreau Lighting Helen Lynn Costumes Tara DeVincenzo, Leandra Jacobson Props and Effects Katie Grimsland, Kelsey Gaber Orchestra WHS Orchestra | Fiddler On The Roof
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
| 2004 Winner ofBest Play
Comic Actor Branson Reese Lighting John Bennett Nominated for Featured Actor Derek Rommel
Cameo Actor Reeves McElveen Sound Emily Brown, Kristen McDermott Ensemble Kevin Knickerbocker, Reeves McElveen, Megan Thrift, Chris Ercolano, Michelle Polera, Joe Schumacher, Katie Hanna, Jon Lawlor, Laura Koons |
2003 Winner of Ensemble in a Play Reeves McElveen, Branson Reese
Lighting John Bennett Sound Blake Goss, Danielle Feuerberg, Kristen McDermott Nominated forBest Play
Lead Actor in a Play Brent Biondo Featured Actor in a Play Derek Rommel Comic Actor in a Play Reeves McElveen Featured Actress in a Play Ashley Ford Cameo Actor in a Play Branson Reese Sets Andrew Polski Make-Up Georgette Flood, Stephanie Rapp Props and Effects Cheryl Cordingley, Bridgett Finley, Jennifer Lowe | Hamlet
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Godspell
| 2002 Winner of Best Musical
Lead Actor in a Musical Jon Lawlor Sound Jimmy Lawlor Lighting Katie McElhaney Nominated forBest Song Bless the Lord
Featured Actor in a Musical Derek Rommel Featured Actress in a Musical Kylene Short Comic Actor in a Musical Kevin Knickerbocker Female Vocalist Courtney Reed Ensemble Derek Rommel, Brent Biondo, Will Chaffin, Blake Goss, Kevin Knickerbocker, Jesse Leahy, Pat Mitchell, Kyle Rommel, Joe Schumacher, Josh Stickles, Emily Brown, Jennifer Carley, Natalie Chicas, Ashley Ford, Megan Henry, Ashley McManamay, Kelly Moran, Antonia Natlieri, Suzanna Ramsey, Stephanie Rapp, Courtney Reed, Diane Rogers, Kylene ShortProps and Effects Reeves McElveen, Jackie Hansen Orchestra |
2001 Nominated for Cameo Actor in a Play Robert Taylor
Featured Actress in a Play Angie Waggoner | The Glass Menagerie
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