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- DOWNLOAD: 2012 FREDDY School Performances by date
  
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- On Stage with "Most Valuable Players"
  
  You've seen the documentary, now watch "On Stage with MVP". The State Theatre's Shelley Brown hosts a reunion with some of the original "Most Valuable Players" cast members and directors, including MVP writer and producer Christopher Lockhart. Watch as the cast and crew discuss the making of the documentary, their personal reactions to it, and where they currently are in their education and careers. Recorded on August 26th, 2011. Approximately 41 minutes in length
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On May 22, 2003, the State Theatre Center for the Arts made history by becoming the first performing arts center in the country to produce, along with broadcast partner WFMZ Channel 69, a three-hour, live television show to recognize and reward outstanding achievement in local high school musical theater. It was an extraordinary triumph for creator and executive producer Shelley Brown and her dedicated staff. Regional high schools from the Lehigh, Northampton and Warren County, NJ region now had their own TONY®'s – The FREDDY© Awards. In a society where performing arts are given far less attention than sports and academics, the State Theatre is committed to bringing attention to these talented students and preserving the future of theater. It is estimated that this program directly affects over 2,500 students in our area each year. In addition, hundreds of thousands of people experience the students' hard work and dedication to theater arts by enjoying the FREDDY© Awards Ceremony, which is broadcast live on WFMZ Channel 69. The broadcast has been honored with a 2005 EMMY Award for Outstanding Performing Arts Program, and has also received 2 additional EMMY Nominations, 5 Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters Awards, including the 2008 Award for Outstanding Television Program Designed for Children, and an Associated Press Award for Public Affairs. The 2008 FREDDY© program was the subject of a feature-length film documentary by Canyon Back Films, Los Angeles, which is expected to be released soon. The FREDDY© Awards are named after J. "Fred" Osterstock, the legendary "Fred the Ghost" of the State Theatre, who managed the company that owned the theatre from 1936 until his death in 1957.
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Actress In A Leading Role

Actor In A Leading Role

Outstanding Stage Crew

Outstanding Choreography

Actress In A Supporting Role

Actor In A Supporting Role

First Performance Of The Evening

First Freddy Of The Night!

Performers Prepare For The Show

The Performers Before Show Time

Eve Describes Her Freddy's Role

Ed Hanna Stops By 69 News At Sunrise For A Freddy's Preview
2011 Awards and Performances
- 2011 Freddy Awards Opening Number
  
  Welcome to the 2011 Freddy Awards!
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- Outstanding Performance by an Orchestra
  
  Northern Lehigh for "Once on this Island"
- Outstanding Performance by a Featured Dancer
  
  Nicholas Acampora (Bethlehem Catholic H.S.) as "Arthur Kipps" in "Half a Sixpence"
- "Annie"
  
  performed by Southern Lehigh High School
- Outstanding Use of Costuming
  
  Pius X for "The King and I"
- Outstanding Performance by a Featured Male Ensemble Member
  
  Matthew Gurniak (Allentown Central Catholic) as LeFou in "Beauty and the Beast"
- Outstanding Performance by a Featured Female Ensemble Member
  
  Kayleigh Jardine (Emmaus) in Phantom of the Opera and Lauren Albers (Notre Dame) in The Wedding Singer.
- "Rag Offen the Bush" from "Li'l Abner"
  
  performed by Whitehall High School
- Outstanding Achievement in Lighting
  
  Moravian Academy for "Honk!"
- Outstanding Chorus
  
  Dieruff High School for "Hair"
- Medley of Lead Actresses
  
  Featuring Parkland's Morgan Reilly, North Warren Regional's Taylor Thorn, Pius X's Sarah Klingel, Emmaus High School's Jennifer Pytlewski, Moravian Academy's Gianna Beleno, and Notre Dame's Anne Marie Wentzell
- Outstanding Small Ensemble Performance
  
  Southern Lehigh H.S. for "Easy Street" in "Annie." Featuring Deven Knox, Anthony Zitta, and Alyssa Lorin Lowry
- "Masquerade" from "Phantom of the Opera"
  
  performed by Emmaus High School
- Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
  
  Hayley Walczer (Southern Lehigh H.S.) as Fraulein Schneider in "Cabaret"
- 2011 Special Freddy Award
  
  Morgan Reilly from Parkland High School
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
  
  Wilson Area High School's Abdul Sesay, Jr as "William Barfee" in "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"
- Outstanding Use of Scenery
  
  Northern Lehigh High School for "Once on this Island"
- "Any Dream Will Do" and "Go Go Go Joseph"
  
  from "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" performed by Freedom High School
- Outstanding Choreography
  
  Hackettstown High School for "Footloose"
- Vic Kumma Award for Outstanding Solo Vocal Performance
  
  Adrienne Novack (Hackettstown H.S.) for "Can You Find It In Your Heart" from "Footloose"
- Medley of Lead Actors
  
  featuring Hackettstown High School's Brian Petty, Emmaus High School's Wes Clerge, Bangor Area High School's Joseph Mozingo, North Warren High School's Robert Gerold, and Parkland High School's Ben Mays and Josh Rice, Freedom High School's Daniel Youngleman, and Notre Dame's Tyler Fernandez
- Educational Impact Award
  
  Dieruff High School - Shaniqua Wallace and Clarisse Caliza
- Outstanding Stage Crew
  
  North Warren Regional High School for "Phantom of the Opera"
- "Great Big Stuff" from "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"
  
  performed by Parkland High School
- Student Achievement Award
  
  Nicholas Bonsell from Parkland High School
- Outstanding Production Number
  
  Parkland High School for "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"
- Outstanding Featured Performance by an Actor
  
  Thom Niemann (BlairAcademy) in "The Drowsy Chaperone"
- Outstanding Featured Performance by an Actress
  
  Sam Steele (Moravian Academy) in "Honk!"
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
  
  Ben Mays (Parkland H.S.) as "Freddy Benson" in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"
- Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
  
  Sarah Klingel (PIus X H.S) as "Anna Leonowens" in "The King and I"
- Outstanding Overall Prod. by a Smaller School
  
  Hackettstown High School for "Footloose" and Wilson Area High School for "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"
- Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical
  
  Whitehall High School for "Li'l Abner"
- Closing Production Number
  
  2011 Freddy Awards
- Closing Credits Montage
  
  2011 Freddy Awards
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