The Connection

Sarah Marx, Homeschool ITS, of Chevy Chase won the Rising Critic Award.

Chelsea Cook, Homeschool ITS, of Burke won the Returning Critic Award.

Alexandria resident Rebecca Walker of West Potomac High School won the Female Dancer award for "Guys and Dolls."

Burke resident Sarah Purgal of Lake Braddock Secondary School won for Make-Up for "The Island of Dr. Moreau."

Falls Church resident Emily Sellon of St. Stephen & St. Agnes in Alexandria won Cameo Actress for "Metamorphoses."

The Robinson Secondary team won for Stage Crew for "The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940." (Pictured): Marisa Brown, Greg Hagar of Burke, Erica Kim of Fairfax, and Julieanna Novak of Burke.

Chantilly resident Chris Albrigo of Chantilly High School won Cameo Actor for "The Andersonville Trial."

Burke resident William Noguchi of Lake Braddock won for Props & Effects for "The Island of Dr. Moreau."

Reston resident Marshall Severin of South Lakes High School won Male Vocalist for "Beauty and the Beast."

(From left): Chris Beatley and Max Krembs of St. Stephen's & St. Agnes won Best Sound for "Metamorphoses." Not pictured is Andrew Groody.

The team from Robinson Secondary won for Best Sets for "The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940." (From left): Nicole Brzozowski of Fairfax, Kelley Rowan of Fairfax, Patricia Doherty of Fairfax and Christina Kahn of Clifton.

(From left): Centreville residents Mariam Haider and Lee Doubleday, both of Westfield High, won Best Costumes for Westfield's "The Wiz."

Fairfax Station resident Michael Criste of Robinson Secondary won Comic Actor in a Play for "The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940."

Arlington resident Miranda Webster of H-B Woodlawn won Comic Actress in a Play for "As Bees in Honey Drown."

Springfield resident Sara Meinhofer of Springfield High School won Best Choreography for "The Music Man."

McLean resident Peter Wiese of Langley High School won Comic Actor in a Musical for "Urinetown."

Alexandria resident Mary Stewart of St. Stephen's & St. Agnes won Featured Actress in a Play for "Metamorphoses."

Arlington resident Graham Hooper of H-B Woodlawn won Featured Actor in a Play for "As Bees in Honey Drown."

Centreville resident Jade Jones of Westfield High School won Featured Actress in a Musical for "The Wiz."

Centreville resident Russell Wagoner of Westfield High School won Featured Actor in a Musical for "The Wiz."

Arlington resident Sabrina Zeile won the Creativity Award for directing H-B Woodlawn's production of "As Bees in Honey Drown."

The Best Ensemble in a Play award went to Wakefield High's The Boys Next Door in the play of the same name. (From left): J.J. Nell, Gary Kennedy, Chris Stanton and Kevin Trudel, all of Arlington.

The Crapshooters — Alexandria residents James Custodio, Christopher Silva and Miguel Perez of West Potomac High School won Best Ensemble in a Musical for "Guys and Dolls."

Vienna resident Trey Ervine of James Madison High School won Lead Actor in a Musical for "Fiddler on the Roof." He portrayed the lead character, Tevye.

Bethesda resident Andrea Carroll of Walt Whitman won Lead Actress in a Musical for "Aida."

Chantilly’s Eddie Monk won Lead Actor in a Play for "The Andersonville Trial." He’s in costume here after performing a scene at the Cappies Gala.

Alexandria resident Natalie Walker of St. Stephen's & St. Agnes won Lead Actress in a Play for "Metamorphoses."

West Potomac won Best Song for "Luck Be a Lady" in "Guys and Dolls." (From left): Alexandria residents Hunter Link, Paul Disselkoen and Graham Jenkins.

The Best Critics Team was the Homeschool ITS team. (Pictured) Sarah Marx of Chevy Chase, Emma Lilburne of Alexandria, Elizabeth Angel of Fairfax. Leila Giles of Vienna, Alex Badley of Manassas, and Chelsea Cook of Burke (holding trophy).

The Best Play award went to H-B Woodlawn's "As Bees in Honey Drown." (Pictured): Montana DeBor, Jack Crawford-Brown, Tyson Brice, Sabrina Zeile, Miranda Webster, Graham Hooper, Caroline Brent (holding trophy).

Winning the award for Best Musical was Walt Whitman for "Aida." (Pictured) Stephen Kent, Catie Bartlett, Aaron Mouton, Elliott Rosenbaum, Mikayla Braun and Andrea Carroll.