Cappies

Has anyone out there heard of the Cappie Awards program. And/or is anyone a part of it?

Kate

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yeah, I'm a cappies critic on my high school team. It's really fun and its nice to get some recognition as a high school theatre dept. It does get a little political though sometimes...

yeah- im really grateful to the cappies program, but i have to say that the whole thing has this pretentious air to it that really irks me sometimes, I guess it also depends on the individual critics and the mentors..the mentor at our last show was just mean and awful and downright rude, it was really disheartening to see...are you a NCA critic?
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"Founded in 1999, this path-breaking "Critics and Awards Program" is adding excitement and public acclaim to high school theater. Through the Cappies, high school student critics attend and review each other's shows, publish their reviews in local newspapers, and participate in a year-end, Tonys-style Cappies Gala. "

That’s from the website...basically what it is is a program where high school students review other high school shows, and then at the end of the year there is an awards ceremony at the Kennedy Center in D.C (like the Tony's but for students).

It is a great program, but reason and Penalers are right...it can get political.

My school just had its show and the reviews came out today!!!

Kate

www.cappies.com for more info

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Oh, cool!! Do they have a division in Ohio?? We would lose, but it would be fun anyway!!

Yeah. I wasn't nominated last year. grrr. haha. no i love cappies, i'm in the DC division, i'm not a cappie though. I don't really understand a lot of the way that it works. but i was at the cappie gala last year. if anyone wants to, i'd be interested to discuss VA cappies. PM me.

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Virginia

kate

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Just felt like reviving this post. I am one of the Critics for my school. (Which is in MD and I have to trek to Northern VA to see most shows).

Has anyone ever had thier reviews published? I got selected for the Post this year.

I also hate some of the snobbishness, but so far its not from my mentors, only other critics. But I still love it.

Our school theatre department recently had a debate as to whether or not to join.

The majority wanted to, but I lead the group who was against it.
I am glad that I was part of the decision that lead to us eventually not joining.

In my experience with it, CAPPIES is political and elitist and goes against what high school theatre should be about: community.

And I see many high school shows, and the winners are sometimes so absurd. Last year, the girl who won Best Actress in my region gave one the most horrenous perofrmances I've ever seen, and there were many, many girls who gave much more deserving performaces.

But still, the whole idea of high school theatre awards bothers me.

It is a great concept to bring high school theatre departments together. But a poorly executed concept.

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My high school participates in the Helen Hayes Awards, which are a little like the Cappies, but for schools in Westchester, NY and surrounding counties, and a group of judges acome and see the shows and in June there is a big tony-like awrds ceremony. My high school has faired very well with them (winning best overall production and best director two years in a row), but they do get competetive, and sometimes people can be nasty about the whole thing.

Updated On: 12/21/04 at 12:54 PM