Cappies nominees for the 2024-25 show season
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This year the program boasts the participation of 22 schools and student achievement is celebrated, whether it is on stage, writing music, building sets, managing the props, collecting costumes or applying prosthetics and make-up.
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Critic Team Nominees
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Top Critic – Junior
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Helen Rochon, All Saints High School
Victoria Sigur, Immaculata High School
Silvi Assaf, St. Francis Xavier High School
Gianna Dufresne, St. Joseph High School
Sophia Di Iorio, Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School
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Top Critic – Senior
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Samuel Khosla, Colonel By Secondary School
Sadie Hanley, Elmwood School
Chiara Frangione, St. Pius X High School
Beatrice Tobin, St. Pius X High School
Rasha Alli, Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School
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Marketing and Publicity
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Henry Hamilton, Jack Lockhart, Almonte and District High School, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
The Dead Don't Post Marketing Team, Immaculata High School, Evil Dead: The Musical – High School Version
The Marketing Mermaids, St. Patrick's High School, Disney's The Little Mermaid
Ad Me A Favour Publicity Team, Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School, Carrie the Musical
Rovin Dewan, Chiara Frangione, Maeve Ludmer, St. Pius X High School, Die Verwandlung
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