The joy of live musical theater in the Lehigh Valley is back and the 2022 Freddy Awards nominations are in.
Emmaus High School’s “The Addams Family: School Edition” leads the way with the most at 15.
The announcements were made Thursday in a live broadcast on WFMZ. The 20th annual Freddy Awards ceremony (a Tony Awards-style event) will be held 7 p.m. May 26 at Easton’s State Theatre.
Coming in second with 14 nominations is Bangor with “Les Miserables: School Edition.” In third place with 11 nominations is Parkland’s “Mamma Mia!” Fourth place goes to Southern Lehigh with 10 nominations for “Bye Bye Birdie.”
The Freddy program was created by the State Theatre to recognize excellence in high school musical theater. Nearly 30 schools from Lehigh and Northampton counties and Warren County, N.J., put on spring shows.
Last year’s COVID restrictions prevented live shows and the theater evaluation process. In 2020 and 2021, The State Theatre along with WFMZ produced a TV special that celebrated the high school students’ work — minus the evaluations and traditional awards.
Bangor Area “Les Miserables: School Edition”
Easton Area “42nd Street”
Emmaus “The Addams Family: School Edition”
Freedom “Curtains”
Hackettstown “Sister Act”
Liberty “The Sound of Music”
Nazareth “Area Little Shop of Horrors”
Phillipsburg “Guys & Dolls”
Southern Lehigh “Bye Bye Birdie”
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Bangor Area “Les Miserables: School Edition”
Dieruff “Godspell: 2012 Revised Version”
Emmaus “The Addams Family: School Edition”
Freedom “Curtains”
Liberty “The Sound of Music”
Nazareth Area “Little Shop of Horrors”
Parkland “Mamma Mia!”
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Bangor Area “Les Miserables: School Edition”
Dieruff “Godspell: 2012 Revised Version”
Emmaus “The Addams Family: School Edition”
Liberty “The Sound of Music”
Parkland “Mamma Mia!”
Southern Lehigh “Bye Bye Birdie”
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Charlie Strzelecki as Chef Louis/Pilot, Allentown Central Catholic “Disney’s Little Mermaid”
Josh Raub as Enjolras/Bishop, Bangor Area “Les Misérables: School Edition”
Elijah Cooke as “We Beseech Thee” Soloist, Belvidere “Godspell”
Joseph Valentin as Male Characters, Catasauqua “Chicago: High School Edition”
Lucas Nowak as Lurch, Emmaus “The Addams Family: School Edition”
Tyler Borneo as Benny, Southstreet Phillipsburg “Guys & Dolls”
Clayton Washburn as Mal Beinke, Wilson Area “The Addams Family: A New Musical Comedy”
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Julia Ruhf as Bambi Bernet, Freedom “Curtains”
Ellie Prendeas Hebe Porter, Moravian Academy “HMS Pinafore”
Keira Smith as Hebe Porter Moravian Academy “HMS Pinafore”
Kaylee Babiak as Alice Beineke, North Warren Regional “The Addams Family: School Edition”
Jenna Seasholtz as Ursula Merkle, Southern Lehigh “Bye Bye Birdie”
Adneiry Mercedes Diaz as Marty, William Allen “Grease”
Denay White as Grandma, Wilson Area “The Addams Family: A New Musical Comedy”
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Bangor Area “Les Misérables: School Edition”
Emmaus “The Addams Family: School Edition”
Freedom “Curtains”
Liberty “The Sound of Music”
Moravian Academy “HMS Pinafore”
Nazareth Area “Little Shop of Horrors”
Whitehall “Godspell: 2012 Revised Version”
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Mak Cerrada-Shapiro, Juli VandeVeegaete, Alex VandeVeegaete, Josie Ruppert, Kavanna “Relic” Little “On the Willows” Belvidere “Godspell”
Jacob Klinedinst, Payton McGlory “Live Before We Die” Emmaus “The Addams Family: School Edition”
Aaron Louw, Henry Grimm “Mushnik and Son” Nazareth Area “Little Shop of Horrors”
Molly McGorry, Aine Demko, Chloe Schoemaker, Charlize Bobbyn “One Boy” Northwestern Lehigh “Bye Bye Birdie”
Katarina O’Mara, Jared Sussman “Take a Chance On Me” Parkland “Mamma Mia! “
Jake Delesky, Tyler Borneo “Guys & Dolls” Phillipsburg “Guys & Dolls”
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Belvidere “Godspell”
Dieruff “Godspell: 2012 Revised Version”
Emmaus “The Addams Family: School Edition”
Freedom “Curtains”
Liberty “The Sound of Music”
Parkland “Mamma Mia!”
Whitehall “Godspell: 2012 Revised Version”
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Elizabeth Rutt as Madame Thenardier, Bangor Area “Les Misérables: School Edition”
Rachel Williams as Maggie Jones, Easton Area “42nd Street”
Madeline Kemler as Wednesday, Addams Emmaus “The Addams Family: School Edition”
Keiran Lencheski as Lumiere, Notre Dame “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast”
Laurel Bendetti as Tanya, Parkland “Mamma Mia!”
Maya Marino Cappello as Miss Adelaide, Phillipsburg “Guys & Dolls”
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Mak Cerrada-Shapiro as John the Baptist/Judas, Belvidere “Godspell”
Brendan Branosky as Billy Lawlor, Easton Area “42nd Street”
Aiden Panko as Pugsley Addams, Emmaus “The Addams Family: School Edition”
Joey Oltman as Sir Joseph Porter, Moravian Academy “HMS Pinafore”
Jared Sussman as Bill Austin, Parkland “Mamma Mia!”
Jacob Ten Bosch as Nathan Detroit, Phillipsburg “Guys & Dolls”
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Sarah Horvath as Featured Dancer, Belvidere “Godspell”
Julia Ressler as 42nd Street Thief, Easton Area “42nd Street”
Ashley Westgate as Flapper Ancestor, Emmaus “The Addams Family: School Edition”
Julia Ruhf as Bambi Bernet, Freedom “Curtains”
Elise Stefankiewicz as The Moon, North Warren Regional “The Addams Family: School Edition”
Kayla Beam as Greek Spirit of Nightmares, Warren Hills “Regional Mamma Mia!”
Giovanni Failla as Giovanni, Whitehall “Godspell: 2012 Revised Version”
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Bangor Area “Les Misérables: School Edition”
Dieruff “Godspell: 2012 Revised Version”
Emmaus “The Addams Family: School Edition”
Parkland “Mamma Mia!”
Southern Lehigh “Bye Bye Birdie”
Whitehall “Godspell: 2012 Revised Version”
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Elena Wenrich-Quinones “Part of Your World” Allentown Central Catholic “Disney’s Little Mermaid”
Charles “CJ” Fassl “Bring Him Home” Bangor Area “Les Misérables: School Edition”
Rebekah “Bex” Vermuelen “The Sound of Music” Liberty “The Sound of Music”
Alicia Gordon “Sorry Her Lot” Moravian Academy “HMS Pinafore”
Paige Horvath “Somewhere That’s Green” Nazareth Area “Little Shop of Horrors”
Maya Marino Cappello “Adelaide’s Lament” Phillipsburg “Guys & Dolls”
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Robert Ruhl as Cornelius Hackl, Bethlehem Catholic “Hello Dolly!”
Aidan Heil as Billy Flynn, Catasauqua “Chicago: High School Edition”
James Myers as Lt. Frank Cioffi, Freedom “Curtain”s
Jacob Kremer as Audrey II Voice, Nazareth Area “Little Shop of Horrors”
Jackson Hunsicker as William Barfee, Northern Lehigh “25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”
Jake Delesky as Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Phillipsburg “Guys & Dolls”
Ryan Lauer as Harry MacAfee, Southern Lehigh “Bye Bye Birdie”
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Kaylee Holland as Eponine, Bangor Area “Les Misérables: School Edition”
Hannah Kurczeski as Velma Kelly, Catasauqua “Chicago: High School Edition”
Payton McGlory as Morticia Addams, Emmaus “The Addams Family: School Edition”
Katarina O’Mara as Rosie, Parkland “Mamma Mia!”
Gabriella Lozada as Mimi Marquez, Salisbury “RENT: School Edition”
Alana Weirbach as Fiona, Saucon Valley DreamWorks’ “Shrek the Musical”
Kayla Lebby as Rose Alvarez, Southern Lehigh “Bye Bye Birdie”
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Bangor Area “One Day More,” “Les Misérables: School Edition”
Catasauqua “They Both Reached for the Gun,” “Chicago: High School Edition”
Nazareth Area “Downtown/Skid Row,” “Little Shop of Horrors”
North Warren Regional “Full Disclosure,” “The Addams Family: School Edition”
Phillipsburg “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat,” “Guys & Dolls”
Southern Lehigh “The Telephone Hour,” “Bye Bye Birdie”
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Bangor Area “Les Misérables: School Edition”
Emmaus “The Addams Family: School Edition”
Liberty “The Sound of Music”
Moravian Academy “HMS Pinafore”
Northampton “Mamma Mia!”
Parkland “Mamma Mia!”
Southern Lehigh “Bye Bye Birdie”
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Elena Wenrich-Quinones as Ariel, Allentown Central Catholic “Disney’s The Little Mermaid”
Angelina Dries as Roxie Hart, Catasauqua “Chicago: High School Edition”
Rebekah “Bex” Vermuelen as Maria Rainer, Liberty “The Sound of Music”
Alicia Gordon as Josephine, Moravian Academy “HMS Pinafore”
Paige Horvath as Audrey, Nazareth Area “Little Shop of Horrors”
Brenna Pelizzoni as Sophie Sheridan, Parkland “Mamma Mia!”
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Charles “CJ” Fassl as Jean Valjean, Bangor Area “Les Misérables: School Edition”
Evan Finkbeiner as Javert, Bangor Area “Les Misérables: School Edition”
Owen Gately as Jesus, Belvidere “Godspell”
Jacob Klinedinst as Gomez Addams, Emmaus “The Addams Family: School Edition”
Andrew Merkle as Gomez Addams, North Warren Regional “The Addams Family: School Edition”
Grant Neff as Albert Peterson, Southern Lehigh “Bye Bye Birdie”
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Allentown Central Catholic “Disney’s The Little Mermaid”
Belvidere “Godspell”
Catasauqua “Chicago: High School Edition”
Hackettstown “Sister Act”
Moravian Academy “HMS Pinafore”
Wilson Area “The Addams Family: New Musical Comedy”
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Bangor Area “Les Misérables: School Edition”
Emmaus “The Addams Family: School Edition”
Liberty “The Sound of Music”
Parkland “Mamma Mia!”
Phillipsburg “Guys & Dolls”
Southern Lehigh “Bye Bye Birdie”
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