Gabby Landis
Listed below are the nominations Parkland received. Congratulations on a whopping 11 nominations!
It’s finally that time of year again in the Lehigh Valley-The Freddy Awards. Known as the Freddys by many local theater lovers, the Freddys highlight some of the county’s best high school productions with schools such as Emmaus, Bangor, Liberty, and Parkland being featured. On May 12th, WFMZ live-streamed the nominations with the official list coming out at noon. Musicals such as The Sound of Music, The Addams Family, Little Shop of Horrors, Chicago, and Parkland’s own Mamma Mia! were nominated. Listed below are the nominees for the 20th Freddy Awards Ceremony. Tune in LIVE from The State Theatre in Easton on May 26 at 7 p.m. or stream it on WFMZ-TV, WFMZ.com, or WFMZ+.
Congratulations and best of luck to all of the nominees!
Outstanding Performance by an Orchestra
Bangor Area: Les Miserables
Easton Area: 42nd Street
Emmaus: The Addams Family
Freedom: Curtains
Hackettstown: Sister Act
Liberty: The Sound of Music
Nazareth Area: Little Shop of Horrors
Phillipsburg: Guys & Dolls
Southern Lehigh: Bye Bye Birdie
Outstanding Use of Scenery
Bangor Area: Les Miserables
Dieruff: Godspell
Emmaus: The Addams Family
Freedom: Curtains
Liberty: The Sound of Music
Nazareth Area: Little Shop of Horrors
Parkland: Mamma Mia!
Outstanding Use of Costumes
Bangor Area: Les Miserables
Dieruff: Godspell
Emmaus: The Addams Family
Liberty: The Sound of Music
Parkland: Mamma Mia!
Southern Lehigh: Bye Bye Birdie
Outstanding Performance by a Male Ensemble Member
Charlie Strzelecki as Chef Louis/Pilot, Allentown Central Catholic Disney’s Little Mermaid
Josh Raub as Enjolras/Bishop, Bangor Area Les Misérables
Elijah Cooke as “We Beseech Thee” Soloist, Belvidere Godspell
Joseph Valentin as Male Characters, Catasauqua Chicago
Lucas Nowak as Lurch, Emmaus The Addams Family
Tyler Borneo as Benny Southstreet, Phillipsburg Guys & Dolls
Clayton Washburn as Mal Beinke, Wilson Area The Addams Family
Outstanding Performance by a Female Ensemble Member
Julia Ruhf as Bambi Bernet, Freedom Curtains
Ellie Prendergast as TJ, Hackettstown Sister Act
Keira Smith as Hebe Porter, Moravian Academy HMS Pinafore
Kaylee Babiak as Alice Beineke, North Warren Regional The Addams Family
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
Outstanding Use of Lighting
Bangor Area: Les Misérables
Emmaus: The Addams Family
Freedom: Curtains
Liberty: The Sound of Music
Moravian Academy: HMS Pinafore
Nazareth Area: Little Shop of Horrors
Whitehall: Godspell
Outstanding Small Ensemble Performance
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
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
Outstanding Choreography
Belvidere: Godspell
Dieruff: Godspell
Emmaus: The Addams Family
Freedom: Curtains
Liberty: The Sound of Music
Parkland: Mamma Mia!
Whitehall: Godspell
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Elizabeth Rutt as Madame Thenardier, Bangor Area Les Misérables
Rachel Williams as Maggie Jones, Easton Area 42nd Street
Madeline Kemler as Wednesday Addams, Emmaus The Addams Family
Laurel Bendetti as Tanya, Parkland Mamma Mia!
Keiran Lencheski as Lumiere, Notre Dame Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Maya Marino Cappello as Miss Adelaide, Phillipsburg Guys & Dolls
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
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
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
Outstanding Performance by a Featured Dancer
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
Julia Ruhf as Bambi Bernet, Freedom Curtains
Elise Stefankiewicz as The Moon, North Warren Regional The Addams Family
Kayla Beam as Greek Spirit of Nightmares, Warren Hills Regional Mamma Mia!
Giovanni Failla as Giovanni, Whitehall Godspell
Outstanding Chorus
Bangor Area: Les Misérables
Dieruff: Godspell
Emmaus: The Addams Family
Parkland: Mamma Mia!
Southern Lehigh: Bye Bye Birdie
Whitehall: Godspell
Vic Kumma Award for Outstanding Solo Vocal Performance
Elena Wenrich-Quinones “Part of Your World” Allentown Central Catholic Disney’s Little Mermaid
Charles “CJ” Fassl “Bring Him Home”, Bangor Area Les Misérables
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
Outstanding Featured Performance by an Actor
Robert Ruhl as Cornelius Hackl Bethlehem Catholic Hello Dolly!
Aidan Heil as Billy Flynn, Catasauqua Chicago
James Myers as Lt. Frank Cioffi, Freedom Curtains
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
Outstanding Featured Performance by an Actress
Kaylee Holland as Eponine, Bangor Area Les Misérables
Hannah Kurczeski as Velma Kelly, Catasauqua Chicago
Payton McGlory as Morticia Addams, Emmaus The Addams Family
Katarina O’Mara as Rosie, Parkland Mamma Mia!
Gabriella Lozada as Mimi Marquez, Salisbury RENT
Alana Weirbach as Fiona, Saucon Valley DreamWorks’ Shrek the Musical
Kayla Lebby as Rose Alvarez, Southern Lehigh Bye Bye Birdie
Outstanding Production Number
Bangor Area: “One Day More”, Les Misérables
Catasauqua: “They Both Reached for the Gun”, Chicago
Nazareth Area: “Downtown/Skid Row”, Little Shop of Horrors
North Warren Regional: “Full Disclosure”, The Addams Family
Southern Lehigh: “The Telephone Hour” Bye Bye Birdie
Outstanding Stage Crew
Bangor Area: Les Misérables
Emmaus: The Addams Family
Liberty: The Sound of Music
Moravian Academy: HMS Pinafore
Northampton: Mamma Mia!
Parkland: Mamma Mia!
Southern Lehigh: Bye Bye Birdie
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Elena Wenrich-Quinones as Ariel Allentown Central Catholic Disney’s The Little Mermaid
Angelina Dries as Roxie Hart, Catasauqua Chicago
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!
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Charles “CJ” Fassl as Jean Valjean, Bangor Area Les Misérables
Evan Finkbeiner as Javert, Bangor Area Les Misérables
Owen Gately as Jesus, Belvidere Godspell
Jacob Klinedinst as Gomez Addams, Emmaus The Addams Family
Andrew Merkle as Gomez Addams, North Warren Regional The Addams Family
Grant Neff as Albert Peterson, Southern Lehigh Bye Bye Birdie
Outstanding Overall Production by a Smaller School
Allentown Central Catholic: Disney’s The Little Mermaid
Belvidere: Godspell
Catasauqua: Chicago
Hackettstown: Sister Act
Moravian Academy: HMS Pinafore
Wilson Area: The Addams Family
Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical
Bangor Area: Les Misérables
Emmaus: The Addams Family
Liberty: The Sound of Music
Parkland: Mamma Mia!
Phillipsburg: Guys & Dolls
Southern Lehigh: Bye Bye Birdie