Congratulations to Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School for winning three Cappies, the area's prestigious high school theater awards. Colgan High’s theater program competed against other high school theater programs across northern Virginia, D.C., and Maryland, earning top honors during the Cappies award ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
“Earning these awards is a nice validation of the caliber of work that our students put into every show,” said Lanny Warkentien, theater teacher and director at Colgan. “These are some of the hardest working and most talented students I have ever encountered and for others to see and acknowledge that is very rewarding. It's great to know that others see in our students what we have always known to be true.”
Congratulations to the following PWCS students:
2025 Winners:
- Vocalist in a Male Role
- Andrew Serrano-Bremer, sophomore, Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School, Hadestown: Teen Edition
- Supporting Actor in a Male Role in a Musical
- Jeremiah Gates, junior, Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School, Hadestown: Teen Edition
- Song
- Wait For Me, Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School, Hadestown: Teen Edition
2025 Nominees:
- Sound
- Kenrick Philpott, senior, Leo Deangelo, junior, and Chase Chapman, junior, Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School, Hadestown: Teen Edition
- Stage Management
- Hailey Vuong, senior, Riley Russian, senior, Emily Schmitt, junior, Harry Dunick, sophomore, Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School, Hadestown: Teen Edition
- Ensemble in a Musical
- The Fates, Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School, Hadestown: Teen Edition
- Supporting Actor in a Female Role in a Musical
- Mariam Trigui, junior, Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School, Hadestown: Teen Edition
- Lead Actor in a Female Role in a Musical
- Cam Carter, sophomore, Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School, Hadestown: Teen Edition
- Musical
- Hadestown: Teen Edition, Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School
From the website, the Cappies is a writing and awards program that develops writing, critical thinking, and leadership skills in high school theatre and journalism students. Student critics attend productions at other schools and write critical reviews with the aim of getting published by local media. The winners for the Cappies are all voted for by eligible student critics to decide who among their peer performers and technicians should be recognized.