Would you like your school to join the Cappies?
While the Cappies is a national program, a school may only join by participating in a Cappies program in its own area.
There are currently Cappies programs in Baltimore (MD), Cincinnati (OH/KY), Dallas (TX), Edmonton (CN),El Paso (TX), Ft. Lauderdale & Palm Beach (FL), Kansas City (MO), Houston (TX), Melbourne (FL), National Capital Area (DC/MD/VA), New Jersey Metro (NJ), Orange County (CA), Orlando (FL), Ottawa (CN), Philadelphia (PA/NJ), Salt Lake City (UT), Springfield (MO), and St. Louis (MO). Others are getting organized.
To participate in the Cappies, a school needs to:
- Provide complimentary tickets, a Cappies Room, and refreshments, for visiting Mentors and Critics
- Appoint a Lead Critic
- Select Critics Team (three to six students, all of whom must be trained), willing to review at least five shows each^
- Have your team submit at least 15 reviews and have at least two voting Critics to qualify your Cappies Show for awards
- Provide teacher-mentors for two Cappies Shows at other schools*
- Pay a participation fee (see your Program’s web page, or ask your Program Director)
- Agree to follow the rules
- Fill out the online application form
- Fill out and mail the written application form and affirmation.
- Have each student fill out the parental authorization form before training.
^ A school may also select one to three Critics for Regional Teams, who will be assigned separately. (Please see the rules.)
To learn if a Cappies program is being organized in your area--and, if so, what its current status is--please send an email to info@cappies.com.
If there is no Cappies program in your area, learn how to start a new charter.