Freedom's 'Les Mis' Nominated for 15 Freddys

Freedom High School picked up 15 nominations—including Outstanding Overall Production and Outstanding Lead Actor—as Easton’s State Theatre on Thursday announced its list of nominees for this year’s Freddy Awards, the annual celebration of the high school musical.

This is the second consecutive year that Freedom—which last year won the award for Outstanding Overall Production—led participating schools from eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey in Freddy nominations. Parkland High School was also nominated 15 times.

Notre Dame High School was nominated an impressive 10 times—including Outstanding Overall Production, Outstanding Lead Actor and Outstanding Lead Actress for its production of The Music Man.

Moravian Academy was nominated four times, including Outstanding Production by a Smaller School for its production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

Bethlehem Catholic High School was nominated twice and Liberty High School picked up one nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor for Drew Donaher, who played Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

Freedom’s Hannah Arnold, who won the award for Outstanding Lead Actress last year, was nominated for three awards this year—Outstanding Supporting Actress, Outstanding Solo Vocal Performance and Outstanding Ensemble Performance.

For the supporting actress and solo vocal awards, Arnold—who played Eponine in Les Miserables—has competition, respectively, from fellow cast members Emily Anderson (Cosette) and Daniel Youngelman (Jean Valjean).

Youngelman, who was also nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor, is competing with Liberty’s Donaher and Notre Dame’s Tyler Fernandez, who last year won the award for Outstanding Performance by a Featured Male Ensemble Member.

A list of Freddys nominees from the Bethlehem area:

Outstanding Performance by a Featured Dancer

• Michael Guerriere as Marcellus Washburn Notre Dame The Music Man

Outstanding Use of Costuming

• Freedom HS Les Miserables (School Edition)

Outstanding Performance by a Featured Male Ensemble Member

• Evan Richter as Mr. Cricker/Durdles Moravian Academy The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting

• Freedom HS Les Miserables (School Edition)

Outstanding Chorus

• Freedom HS Les Miserables (School Edition)
• Notre Dame HS The Music Man

Outstanding Small Ensemble Performance

• Emily Anderson, Lex Donatelli & Hannah Arnold; “Heart Full of Love” Freedom Les Miserables (School Edition)
• Tyler Fernandez & Madeline Prentice “Till There Was You” Notre Dame The Music Man

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Emily Anderson as Cosette Freedom Les Miserables (School Edition)
• Hannah Arnold as Eponine Freedom Les Miserables (School Edition)

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• Adam Conti as Thernadier Freedom Les Miserables (School Edition)
• Michael Guerriere as Marcellus Washburn Notre Dame The Music Man

Outstanding Use of Scenery

• Freedom HS Les Miserables (School Edition)

Vic Kumma Award for Outstanding Solo Vocal Performance

• Rebecca Nixon “Someone to Watch Over Me” Bethlehem Catholic Crazy For You
• Daniel Youngelman “Bring Him Home” Freedom Les Miserables (School Edition)
• Hannah Arnold “On My Own” Freedom Les Miserables (School Edition)
• Madeline Prentice “My White Knight” Notre Dame The Music Man

Outstanding Featured Performance by an Actor

• Greg Adams as Javert Freedom Les Miserables (School Edition)
• Connor McInerney as Mr. Cartwright / Mayor Sapsea Moravian Academy The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Outstanding Featured Performance by an Actress

• Megan Keller as Mrs. Prysock / Princess Puffer Moravian Academy The Mystery of Edwin Drood
• Nicole Dischinat as Zaneeta Shinn Notre Dame The Music Man

Outstanding Production Number

• Bethlehem Catholic HS “I Got Rhythm” Crazy For You
• Freedom HS “One Day More” Les Miserables (School Edition)

Outstanding Stage Crew

• Freedom HS Les Miserables (School Edition)
• Notre Dame HS The Music Man

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

• Daniel Youngelman as Jean Valjean Freedom Les Miserables (School Edition)
• Drew Donaher as Pseudolus Liberty A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum
• Tyler Fernandez as Harold Hill Notre Dame The Music Man

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

• Madeline Prentice as Marian Paroo Notre Dame The Music Man

Outstanding Overall Production by a Smaller School

• Moravian Academy The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical

• Freedom HS Les Miserables (School Edition)
• Notre Dame HS The Music Man

For a full list of nominees from all schools go to http://www.freddyawards.com/.