The Freddy Awards
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The Freddy Awards, also known as the Freddys, are an annual recognition of outstanding high school musical theatre
in the Lehigh Valley
area, including the Northampton County
and Lehigh County
in Pennsylvania
, and Warren County
in New Jersey
. The awards were created in 2003 and are awarded each year during a ceremony at the State Theatre
in Easton, Pennsylvania
, and are broadcast live on WFMZ Channel 69
.
The 2004 broadcast of the Freddy Awards won an Emmy Award
, and other broadcasts have won awards from the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters
and the Associated Press Awards
. The 2008 ceremony is the subject of a documentary, Most Valuable Players
, by the Los Angeles
-based Canyonback Films, which was released in 2010.
in Easton, Pennsylvania
from 1936 until his death in 1957. Osterstock lived in the theater temporarily after a flood damaged his house and, according to local lore, his ghost still haunts the theater. State Theatre announced the creation of the Freddy Awards on April 2, 2002 to recognize outstanding high school theatre
in the Lehigh Valley
area, with the awards themselves distributed at a ceremony at the State Theatre. Shelley Brown, the theater's president and executive director of the Freddy Awards, said she hoped the awards would highlight and reward the local performing arts, which she said are often overlooked in favor of athletic and academic achievements; Brown said, "We want this to be in the trophy case with the basketball championship trophy. ... Hopefully, this will raise the bar for schools and we'll get increasingly better performances." A total of 22 categories were established in the first year, including best musical, best actor and actress, best supporting actor and actress, best performance by an orchestra, best duet performance, best choreography, best lighting and best costume deign.
All high schools in Northampton County
and Lehigh County
in Pennsylvania
, as well as Warren County
in New Jersey
, are eligible for the Freddy Awards. In the first year, letters were mailed to each of the eligible high schools, and the first 35 to return the applications were able to participate. Each year, a committee of judges are established from members of the theater's board of directors, volunteers and theater professionals from throughout the three participating. A minimum of six evaluators see each show, and the judges meet to review videotapes of the plays and select the award recipients.
s, the ceremony which honors Broadway
productions and performances. The first ceremony was hosted by Ken Matthews, a broadcaster with B104
, an Allentown
-based station serving the Lehigh Valley region. From 2004 to date, the shows have been hosted by Shelley Brown and Ed Hanna, of WFMZ. The three-hour ceremony was televised live on WFMZ Channel 69
, a local television station which served as a sponsor and partner with the Freddy Awards. The second ceremony was broadcast on May 27, 2004, and was once again broadcast live by WFMZ. The 2004 broadcast won a regional Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award
in the performing arts category in 2005, marking the first ever Emmy win for WFMZ. The ceremony has since received two additional Emmy nominations, and won five Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters
awards and an Associated Press Award
for Public Affairs. The fifth annual ceremony aired on May 23, 2007, was streamed live on the WFMZ website for the first time, and the nominations announcements were also streamed on the site the following year.
while searching for something unrelated. Lockhart said in the State Theatre's press release, "I couldn’t even decipher what the clip was. It looked like a rock concert, but there was a showtune coming from the stage. Then as the close up moved in, I saw it was a high school kid and I was completely baffled.” The following day, he watched the entire live Internet webcast from his office in Beverly Hills. After putting together a pitch for a potential documentary, he took the idea to Matthew D. Kallis of the Los Angeles
-based company Canyonback Films and the men partnered on the project. Seven months later, a film crew from Canyonback Films led by Emmy award winning cinematographer Curt Apduhan
, visited the Lehigh Valley and began filming behind-the-scenes footage of production meetings and rehearsals at participating high schools, the Freddy nominations and the event itself. Kallis also distributed high-definition handheld cameras to students to film additional footage. Kallis said, "Hopefully we'll be able to tell some stories that really reflect universality, and kids all around the country will be able to see themselves in these stories." Shelley Brown said she had "complete faith" that the documentary would be "a fair representation" of the Freddy process. The film, titled Most Valuable Players
, was first shown on April 16, 2010 at the State Theatre, and will have its official premiere at the film festival circuit some time later. Kallis is producing/directing, and Lockhart is producing/writing. The film made its television premiere in September 2011 on the Oprah Winfrey Network.
North Warren Regional High School, "Jekyll and Hyde"
Outstanding Performance by a Featured Dancer
Steven Etienne as Ephraim, Hackettstown High School, "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"
Outstanding Use of Costuming
Easton Area High School, "Ragtime (School Edition)"
Outstanding Performance by a Featured Male Ensemble Member
Carlos Andino Jr. as Angel Schunard, William Allen High School, "Rent (School Edition)"
Outstanding Performance by a Featured Female Ensemble Member
Julicia Jones as Evillene, Dieruff High School, "The Wiz"
Margaret Wilson as Lucy / Beggar Woman, Emmaus High School, "Sweeney Todd (School Edition)"
Outstanding Achievement in Lighting
Parkland High School, "Aida"
Outstanding Chorus
Parkland High School, "Aida"
Outstanding Small Ensemble Performance
Briana DeFilippis, Hannah Whitehead, "In His Eyes," North Warren Regional High School, "Jekyll & Hyde"
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Courtney Haines as Miss Adelaide, Liberty High School, "Guys and Dolls"
Special FREDDY Award
Andrew Anzel, Tanner Hayes, Brian Petty, Steven Etienne, Chris Ciavatta, and Tyler Mahler, Hackettstown High School, "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Kyle Pierce, as Mereb, Parkland High School, "Aida"
Outstanding Use of Scenery
Parkland High School, "Aida"
Outstanding Choreography
Hackettstown High School, "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"
Vic Kumma Award for Outstanding Solo Vocal Performance
Rob Gerold, "The Confrontation," North Warren Regional High School, "Jekyll & Hyde"
Outstanding Stage Crew (In honor of Capt. Christopher Seifert)
Easton Area High School, "Ragtime (School Edition)"
Outstanding Production Number
Hackettstown High School, "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," "Social Dance"
Parkland High School, "Aida," "The Gods Love Nubia"
Outstanding Featured Performance by an Actor
Jimmy Ragan as Mark Cohen, William Allen High School, "Rent (School Edition)"
Outstanding Featured Performance by an Actress
Briana DeFilippis as Emma Carew, North Warren Regional High School, "Jekyll & Hyde"
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Rob Gerold as Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde, North Warren Regional High School, "Jekyll & Hyde"
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Chelsea Reed as Mother, Easton Area High School, "Ragtime (School Edition)"
Outstanding Overall Production by a Smaller School
North Warren Regional High School, "Regional Jekyll & Hyde"
Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical
Easton Area High School, "Ragtime (School Edition)"
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
in the Lehigh Valley
Lehigh Valley
The Lehigh Valley, known officially by the United States Census Bureau as the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan area and referred to locally as The Valley and A-B-E, is a metropolitan region consisting of Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, and Carbon counties in eastern Pennsylvania and...
area, including the Northampton County
Northampton County, Pennsylvania
As of the 2010 census, the county was 86.3% White, 5.0% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American or Alaskan Native, 2.4% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian, 2.2% were two or more races, and 3.8% were some other race. 10.5% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.As of the census of...
and Lehigh County
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
-Climate:Most of the county's climate is considered to fall in the humid continental climate zone. Summers are typically hot and muggy, fall and spring are generally mild, and winter is cold. Precipitation is almost uniformly distributed throughout the year....
in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, and Warren County
Warren County, New Jersey
Warren County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 108,692. Its county seat is Belvidere...
in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. The awards were created in 2003 and are awarded each year during a ceremony at the State Theatre
State Theatre (Easton, Pennsylvania)
State Theatre, originally known as Neumeyers Vaudeville House and now the State Theatre Center for the Arts, is an historic theater located in the City of Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The building began to take its present form in 1910, when modified from a bank building to a...
in Easton, Pennsylvania
Easton, Pennsylvania
Easton is a city in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 26,800 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Northampton County....
, and are broadcast live on WFMZ Channel 69
WFMZ-TV
WFMZ-TV, virtual channel 69 , is a general interest independent television station in Allentown, Pennsylvania, which is part of the Philadelphia DMA. Its studio and transmitter are located on South Mountain in Allentown.-Background:...
.
The 2004 broadcast of the Freddy Awards won an Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
, and other broadcasts have won awards from the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters
Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters
The Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters, commonly referred to as PAB, represents radio and television broadcasters across the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is affiliated with the National Association of Broadcasters. Every year the organization holds a convention where its main attraction,...
and the Associated Press Awards
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
. The 2008 ceremony is the subject of a documentary, Most Valuable Players
Most Valuable Players (film)
Most Valuable Players is a 2010 documentary film directed/produced by Matthew D. Kallis and written/produced by Christopher Lockhart, about The Freddy Awards, an annual awards ceremony recognizing outstanding high school musical theatre in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania and New Jersey...
, by the Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
-based Canyonback Films, which was released in 2010.
History
The Freddy Awards were named after J. "Fred" Osterstock, who managed the State TheatreState Theatre (Easton, Pennsylvania)
State Theatre, originally known as Neumeyers Vaudeville House and now the State Theatre Center for the Arts, is an historic theater located in the City of Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The building began to take its present form in 1910, when modified from a bank building to a...
in Easton, Pennsylvania
Easton, Pennsylvania
Easton is a city in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 26,800 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Northampton County....
from 1936 until his death in 1957. Osterstock lived in the theater temporarily after a flood damaged his house and, according to local lore, his ghost still haunts the theater. State Theatre announced the creation of the Freddy Awards on April 2, 2002 to recognize outstanding high school theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
in the Lehigh Valley
Lehigh Valley
The Lehigh Valley, known officially by the United States Census Bureau as the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan area and referred to locally as The Valley and A-B-E, is a metropolitan region consisting of Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, and Carbon counties in eastern Pennsylvania and...
area, with the awards themselves distributed at a ceremony at the State Theatre. Shelley Brown, the theater's president and executive director of the Freddy Awards, said she hoped the awards would highlight and reward the local performing arts, which she said are often overlooked in favor of athletic and academic achievements; Brown said, "We want this to be in the trophy case with the basketball championship trophy. ... Hopefully, this will raise the bar for schools and we'll get increasingly better performances." A total of 22 categories were established in the first year, including best musical, best actor and actress, best supporting actor and actress, best performance by an orchestra, best duet performance, best choreography, best lighting and best costume deign.
All high schools in Northampton County
Northampton County, Pennsylvania
As of the 2010 census, the county was 86.3% White, 5.0% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American or Alaskan Native, 2.4% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian, 2.2% were two or more races, and 3.8% were some other race. 10.5% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.As of the census of...
and Lehigh County
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
-Climate:Most of the county's climate is considered to fall in the humid continental climate zone. Summers are typically hot and muggy, fall and spring are generally mild, and winter is cold. Precipitation is almost uniformly distributed throughout the year....
in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, as well as Warren County
Warren County, New Jersey
Warren County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 108,692. Its county seat is Belvidere...
in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, are eligible for the Freddy Awards. In the first year, letters were mailed to each of the eligible high schools, and the first 35 to return the applications were able to participate. Each year, a committee of judges are established from members of the theater's board of directors, volunteers and theater professionals from throughout the three participating. A minimum of six evaluators see each show, and the judges meet to review videotapes of the plays and select the award recipients.
Ceremony
The first ceremony was held at the State Theatre on May 22, 2003. The event was modeled after the Tony AwardTony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
s, the ceremony which honors Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
productions and performances. The first ceremony was hosted by Ken Matthews, a broadcaster with B104
WAEB-FM
WAEB-FM, commonly known as "B104", is a CHR/Pop radio station located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, in the United States and owned by Clear Channel Communications. WAEB-FM broadcasts at 104.1 MHz FM.-History:...
, an Allentown
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Allentown is a city located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is Pennsylvania's third most populous city, after Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and the 215th largest city in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 118,032 and is currently...
-based station serving the Lehigh Valley region. From 2004 to date, the shows have been hosted by Shelley Brown and Ed Hanna, of WFMZ. The three-hour ceremony was televised live on WFMZ Channel 69
WFMZ-TV
WFMZ-TV, virtual channel 69 , is a general interest independent television station in Allentown, Pennsylvania, which is part of the Philadelphia DMA. Its studio and transmitter are located on South Mountain in Allentown.-Background:...
, a local television station which served as a sponsor and partner with the Freddy Awards. The second ceremony was broadcast on May 27, 2004, and was once again broadcast live by WFMZ. The 2004 broadcast won a regional Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
in the performing arts category in 2005, marking the first ever Emmy win for WFMZ. The ceremony has since received two additional Emmy nominations, and won five Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters
Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters
The Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters, commonly referred to as PAB, represents radio and television broadcasters across the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is affiliated with the National Association of Broadcasters. Every year the organization holds a convention where its main attraction,...
awards and an Associated Press Award
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
for Public Affairs. The fifth annual ceremony aired on May 23, 2007, was streamed live on the WFMZ website for the first time, and the nominations announcements were also streamed on the site the following year.
Documentary
The day before the May 2007 broadcast of the Freddy Awards, producer Christopher Lockhart stumbled upon a clip of the 2006 ceremony on YouTubeYouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
while searching for something unrelated. Lockhart said in the State Theatre's press release, "I couldn’t even decipher what the clip was. It looked like a rock concert, but there was a showtune coming from the stage. Then as the close up moved in, I saw it was a high school kid and I was completely baffled.” The following day, he watched the entire live Internet webcast from his office in Beverly Hills. After putting together a pitch for a potential documentary, he took the idea to Matthew D. Kallis of the Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
-based company Canyonback Films and the men partnered on the project. Seven months later, a film crew from Canyonback Films led by Emmy award winning cinematographer Curt Apduhan
Curt Apduhan
Curt Apduhan is an Emmy Award winning director of photography known for his work in feature documentaries. Apduhan's contributions to director Todd Robinson's documentary film Amargosa, a study of artist Marta Becket earned the cinematographer the NATAS 2002 News/Documentary Emmy for outstanding...
, visited the Lehigh Valley and began filming behind-the-scenes footage of production meetings and rehearsals at participating high schools, the Freddy nominations and the event itself. Kallis also distributed high-definition handheld cameras to students to film additional footage. Kallis said, "Hopefully we'll be able to tell some stories that really reflect universality, and kids all around the country will be able to see themselves in these stories." Shelley Brown said she had "complete faith" that the documentary would be "a fair representation" of the Freddy process. The film, titled Most Valuable Players
Most Valuable Players (film)
Most Valuable Players is a 2010 documentary film directed/produced by Matthew D. Kallis and written/produced by Christopher Lockhart, about The Freddy Awards, an annual awards ceremony recognizing outstanding high school musical theatre in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania and New Jersey...
, was first shown on April 16, 2010 at the State Theatre, and will have its official premiere at the film festival circuit some time later. Kallis is producing/directing, and Lockhart is producing/writing. The film made its television premiere in September 2011 on the Oprah Winfrey Network.
2010 Recipients
Outstanding Performance by an OrchestraNorth Warren Regional High School, "Jekyll and Hyde"
Outstanding Performance by a Featured Dancer
Steven Etienne as Ephraim, Hackettstown High School, "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"
Outstanding Use of Costuming
Easton Area High School, "Ragtime (School Edition)"
Outstanding Performance by a Featured Male Ensemble Member
Carlos Andino Jr. as Angel Schunard, William Allen High School, "Rent (School Edition)"
Outstanding Performance by a Featured Female Ensemble Member
Julicia Jones as Evillene, Dieruff High School, "The Wiz"
Margaret Wilson as Lucy / Beggar Woman, Emmaus High School, "Sweeney Todd (School Edition)"
Outstanding Achievement in Lighting
Parkland High School, "Aida"
Outstanding Chorus
Parkland High School, "Aida"
Outstanding Small Ensemble Performance
Briana DeFilippis, Hannah Whitehead, "In His Eyes," North Warren Regional High School, "Jekyll & Hyde"
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Courtney Haines as Miss Adelaide, Liberty High School, "Guys and Dolls"
Special FREDDY Award
Andrew Anzel, Tanner Hayes, Brian Petty, Steven Etienne, Chris Ciavatta, and Tyler Mahler, Hackettstown High School, "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Kyle Pierce, as Mereb, Parkland High School, "Aida"
Outstanding Use of Scenery
Parkland High School, "Aida"
Outstanding Choreography
Hackettstown High School, "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"
Vic Kumma Award for Outstanding Solo Vocal Performance
Rob Gerold, "The Confrontation," North Warren Regional High School, "Jekyll & Hyde"
Outstanding Stage Crew (In honor of Capt. Christopher Seifert)
Easton Area High School, "Ragtime (School Edition)"
Outstanding Production Number
Hackettstown High School, "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," "Social Dance"
Parkland High School, "Aida," "The Gods Love Nubia"
Outstanding Featured Performance by an Actor
Jimmy Ragan as Mark Cohen, William Allen High School, "Rent (School Edition)"
Outstanding Featured Performance by an Actress
Briana DeFilippis as Emma Carew, North Warren Regional High School, "Jekyll & Hyde"
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Rob Gerold as Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde, North Warren Regional High School, "Jekyll & Hyde"
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Chelsea Reed as Mother, Easton Area High School, "Ragtime (School Edition)"
Outstanding Overall Production by a Smaller School
North Warren Regional High School, "Regional Jekyll & Hyde"
Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical
Easton Area High School, "Ragtime (School Edition)"
Outstanding Overall Production winners
| Year | School | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Phillipsburg High School | Once Upon A Mattress Once Upon a Mattress Once Upon a Mattress is a musical comedy with music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer and book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer. It opened off-Broadway in May 1959, and then moved to Broadway... |
| 2004 | William Allen High School | Jekyll & Hyde Jekyll & Hyde (musical) Jekyll & Hyde is a musical based on the novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The original stage conception was by Steve Cuden and Frank Wildhorn. The music is by Wildhorn and the lyrics and book are by Leslie Bricusse.The musical ran on Broadway for 1,543... |
| 2005 | Freedom High School | Crazy For You Crazy for You Crazy for You is a musical with a book by Ken Ludwig, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and music by George Gershwin. Billed as "The New Gershwin Musical Comedy", it is largely based on the songwriting team’s 1930 musical, Girl Crazy, but interpolates songs from several other productions as well... |
| 2006 | Parkland High School | Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast (musical) Beauty and the Beast is a musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice and a book by Linda Woolverton, based on the 1991 Disney film of the same name. Seven new songs were written for the stage musical... |
| 2007 | Whitehall High School Whitehall High School (Pennsylvania) Whitehall High School is a public high school, based in Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley region, in the United States. It is the only high school in the Whitehall-Coplay School District. As of the 2006-2007 academic school year, 1,393 students attend the... |
The Scarlet Pimpernel The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical) The Scarlet Pimpernel is a musical with music by Frank Wildhorn and lyrics and book by Nan Knighton, based on the novel of the same name by Baroness Orczy. The show is set in England and France during the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution... |
| 2008 | Emmaus High School Emmaus High School Emmaus High School is a public high school located in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The school serves grades 9 through 12 in Pennsylvania's East Penn School District in the Lehigh Valley region of the state.... |
Les Misérables Les Misérables (musical) Les Misérables , colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz , is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo.... |
| 2009 | Southern Lehigh High School | West Side Story |
| 2010 | Easton Area High School | Ragtime Ragtime (musical) Ragtime is a musical with a book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and music by Stephen Flaherty.Based on the 1975 novel by E. L. Doctorow, Ragtime tells the story of three groups in America, represented by Coalhouse Walker Jr., a Harlem musician; Mother, the matriarch of a WASP family in... |
| 2011 | Whitehall High School | Li'l Abner |
Outstanding Overall Production by a Smaller School winners
| Year | School | Production | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Belvidere High School | South Pacific | ||||||
| 2006 | Belvidere High School | Godspell | ||||||
| 2007 | Blair Academy | Urinetown The Musical | ||||||
| 2008 | Hackettstown High School Hackettstown High School Hackettstown High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Hackettstown in Warren County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Hackettstown School District... |
Cats Cats (musical) Cats is a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot... |
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| 2009 | Warren County Technical School | Blood Brothers >- |
2010 | North Warren Regional High School | Jekyll & Hyde >- |
2011 | Hackettstown High School Hackettstown High School Hackettstown High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Hackettstown in Warren County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Hackettstown School District... and Wilson Area High School (tie) |
Footloose/The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee |