2020 Freddy Awards: Celebration
2020 High School Performance Videos
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2019 Awards and Performances
Bangor Area HIgh School for "Mamma Mia!"
Hackettstown for "Tuck Everlasting"
Emmaus High School from "Les Miserables: School Edition"
Cody Jackson as Gomez Addams from Warren Hills Regional High School in "The Addams Family"
Ryan Murphy as Marius from Emmaus HIgh School in "Les Misérables: School Edition"
Abby Ellis as Bambi Bernet from Nazareth Area High School in "Curtains"
Brookel Sabella as Donna Sheridan from Bangor Area HIgh School in "Mamma Mia!"
Parkland High School, "Curtains"
Moravian Academy - "The Boy Friend"
Bangor Area for "Mamma Mia!"
Gianna Graziano as Tanya from Bangor Area in "Mamma Mia!"
Madylin Zegalia - Bethlehem Catholic High School
Freedom High School for "Anything Goes"
Freedom High School, "Anything Goes"
Brookel Sabella, Gianna Graziano, Morgan Shriver for “Dancing Queen” from Bangor Area High School in "Mamma Mia!"
Orlando Crooms, Makayla Schmid, McKenzie Hagenbuch “A Heart Full of Love” Southern Lehigh Les Misérables: School Edition
Allison Fuller as Aunt Eller - Easton Area High School - "Oklahoma!"
Abby Ellis as Bambi Bernet from Nazareth Area High School in "Curtains"
Nazareth Area High School, "Curtains"
Bangor Area "Mamma Mia!"
Lorenzo Antigua as Enjolras from Emmaus High School in "Les Misérables: School Edition"
Easton Area for Oklahoma!
Emmaus High School for "Les Misérables: School Edition"
Freedom for "Anything Goes"
Easton Area High School, "Oklahoma!"
Milaijah Torres as Papa Ge from Dieruff High School in "Once on This Island"
Trevor Warren as Javert from Emmaus High School in "Les Misérables: School Edition"
Phillipsburg High School
Bangor Area High School, "Mamma Mia!"
Brookel Sabella in “The Winner Takes It All” from Bangor Area High School in "Mamma Mia!"
Bangor Area for "Mamma Mia!"
Maggie Helfst from Moravian Academy
Christian Clausnitzer from Southern Lehigh High School
A video montage of performances from this year's participating high schools.
About the Freddy Awards
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 69 WFMZ-TV, 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 then 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 2,900 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 (similar to a local version of the "Glee" TV series), which is broadcast live on 69 WFMZ-TV.
The broadcast has been honored two regional EMMY Awards, in 2005 & 2011, and has also received 2 additional EMMY Nominations, 6 Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters Awards, including the 2008 Award for Outstanding Television Program Designed for Children, and 2 Associated Press Award for Public Affairs. The 2008 FREDDY© program was the subject of a feature-length film documentary, Most Valuable Players, by Canyon Back Films, Los Angeles. Released in 2010, the documentary is part of Oprah Winfrey Network's (OWN) documentary film club which premiered in 2011.
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.
