The Freddy Awards

State Theatre Center for the Arts
 

Making its debut on May 23, 2003, the Freddy© Awards were created as a three-hour, live television program showcasing the talents of local high school performers. Produced by the State Theatre Center for the Arts, a performing arts center in Easton, PA, and local television station WFMZ Channel 69, the program brings together about 2,500 students from Lehigh and Northampton Counties in PA, and Warren County, NJ. The broadcast, viewed by hundreds of thousands of people each year, showcases pieces from local high school productions and rewards student thespians for their outstanding work in 21 categories. The broadcast has been honored with a number of awards, including a 2005 EMMY Award for Outstanding Performing Arts Program, 2 additional EMMY Nominations, 6 Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters Awards, and 2 Associated Press Award for Public Affairs. Additionally, the 2008 Freddy© program is the center of a feature-length film documentary, Most Valuable Players, by Canyon Back Films, Los Angeles. The film is expected to be released in 2010.

The 2010 Freddy© Awards aired live at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 27, 2010. It was broadcast on local channel WFMZ Channel 69 and streamed live at www.wfmz.com

 This year's participants include:

School	Musical
Northampton High School	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Parkland High School	Aida
Freedom High School	The Sound of Music
Whitehall High School	Fiddler on the Roof
Hackettstown High School	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Bethlehem Catholic High School	Camelot
Liberty High School	Guys and Dolls
Warren Hills High School	Thoroughly Modern Millie
Notre Dame High School	Into the Woods
Warren County Tech	Sally Blane, World's Greatest Girl Detective
North Warren High School	Jekyll and Hyde
Dieruff High School	The Wiz
Pius X High School	Bye Bye Birdie
Salisbury High School	State Fair
Blair Academy	Once Upon a Mattress
Moravian Academy	Once Upon a Mattress
Bangor High School	White Christmas
Saucon Valley High School	My Favorite Year
Easton High School	Ragtime - School Edition
Northern Lehigh High School	Lucky Stiff
Belvidere High School	Fiddler on the Roof
Wilson High School	Godspell
Emmaus High School	Sweeney Todd - School Edition
Southern Lehigh High School	Curtains
William Allen High School	RENT: School Edition
Northwestern Lehigh High School	Once Upon a Mattress
Catasauqua High School	The Sound of Music
Allentown Central Catholic High School	Wonderful Town
Phillipsburg High School	Guys and Dolls

 
Visit the Freddy© Awards website for more information.