Award Eligibility

  1. Critics, and cast and crew in Cappies Shows, will be considered for ("Cappie") Nominations and Awards.
  2. To be eligible for a Nomination and/or Award, a Candidate must currently be a student in grade 9 through 12.
    1. A middle or intermediate school student will be eligible for Awards only if currently in ninth grade.
    2. The work of a student of grade 8 or below will not disqualify a Cappies Show from Award eligibility in any Category, as long as more than half of all work in that Category is done by students in grades 9 through 12.
    3. The work of an adult, or a student beyond grade level 12, may disqualify a Cappies Show from Award eligibility in one or more Categories, even though more than half of all work is done by students in grades 9 through 12.
  3. Students in grades 9 through 12 who attend schools other than the Performing School are Awards eligible, for work in a Performing School's Cappies Show.
  4. The designation of performer categories by Play or Musical will be determined by the Award eligibility of the Cappies Show for the Play or Musical Category.
    1. A Musical is any Cappies Show with six or more musical numbers, sung by the performing cast.
    2. A Play is any Cappies Show that is not a Musical.
  5. A Candidate in a Play or Musical will be eligible for any Award, except for those specifically limited to either Play or Musical by title or Rule, except:
    1. For a Candidate in a Play to be eligible in the Dancer and/or Vocalist Categories, the dance and/or vocals must be integral to the Play.
    2. A musical number in a Play is not eligible for the Song Category.
  6. The ineligibility of a Cappies Show in any one Category (including Play or Musical) does not affect its eligibility for any other Category.
  7. A Steering Committee will determine a Program's Rules for individual Critics Awards, and whether a Program will have two or four Featured awards.
  8. Award Categories with a gender designation will be limited to persons of that gender, regardless of the gender of any character portrayed by that person.
  9. A student will be limited in the number of Nominations (and Awards) s/he can receive in any single year.
    1. In a Program that allows one Cappies Show per Participating School, for any Cappies Show:
      1. A named student may receive no more than one Nomination (and Award) in the performing Categories, and one nomination in non-performing Categories (not including Critics Awards).
        1. The "non-performing" awards include Marketing and Publicity, Sound, Lighting, Sets, Costumes, Make-Up, Props, Special Effects and Technologies, Stage Management and Crew, Orchestra, Choreography, and Creativity.
        2. A named individual who receives a Nomination or Award may be an unnamed part of a group Award (e.g., Ensemble, Song, Play, Musical), without limit.
        3. If an individual who receives another Nomination or Award is a named part of a group Nomination, his/her name may be taken off the group Nomination or Award, in a manner consistent with the Award Rules.
      2. A Candidate may receive any Critics Nomination (and Award) in addition to any of the above, without limit.
    2. In a Program that allows two Cappies Shows per Participating School, for any Cappies Show (Each Cappies show is considered its own entity):
      1. A named student may receive one Nomination (and Award) in the performing Categories, or in non-performing Categories (not including Critics Awards), in each Cappies show in which s/he performed.
      2. A named student may receive more than one Nomination in one Category.
    3. If a Candidate is named in more than the allowable number of non-performing Category, with one or more of those categories including the names of a group of Candidates:
      1. The Candidate's name will be kept on any Category:
        1. For which s/he wins an Award,
        2. (If no Awards are won by that Candidate): In which the Candidate is the only named individual, or
        3. (If neither of the above conditions is present): In which the Candidate's group has received the highest Mean Evaluation Score.
          1. The Candidate's name will be removed from the other Category.
          2. The Candidate will not be notified of any name removal required by this Rule.
    4. If a Candidate is named individually in more than one Category:
      1. In performing categories, the Candidate will be nominated in:
        1. Whichever Category the Candidate wins an Award.
        2. If the Candidate does not win an Award, or would win more than one Award in the absence of these Rules, the Candidate will receive a Nomination in the following priority ranking of Categories: Lead, Supporting, Comic, Vocalist, Dancer.
      2. In non-performing categories, the Candidate will be nominated in:
        1. Whichever Category the Candidate wins an Award.
        2. If the Candidate does not win an Award, or would win more than one Award in the absence of these Rules, the Candidate will be nominated in the Category for which the Candidate has received the highest Mean Evaluation Score.
    5. A Candidate may be on the Awards Ballot for one or more Cappies Shows at his/her own school and for one or more Cappies shows at another school.
      1. Such a Candidate may not receive more total Nominations than the Candidate could receive for Cappies Shows at the Candidate's own school.
      2. For any such Candidate, the usual Nomination rules apply, in determining which Nomination will be given.
    6. A Candidate who received one or more Nominations (and Awards) in a prior Program Year may receive them again, without limit, in the same or other Categories.
  10. Prior to a Cappies Show, the Advisor of the Performing School may ask the Program Director for an Advisory Opinion about any question of Award eligibility.
  11. If a Candidate is given a Nomination or Award as a result of a mistake discovered after the Nomination or Award is announced:
    1. Once announced, a Nomination will not be removed, unless the Candidate has received Nominations in more than one Category because his/her name was spelled differently in those two categories, in which case the Nomination will be removed in a manner consistent with the Rules on multiple Nominations.
    2. If any Candidate was denied a Nomination by any other mistake, that Candidate will receive a Nomination.
      1. Any such Nomination will be in addition to other Nominations, and will not require any other Nomination to be withdrawn.
      2. In this circumstance, the number of announced Nominations may exceed the usual limits set by the Rules.
  12. Once announced, an Award will not be removed, under any circumstances.
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