The State Theatre Center for the Arts, Inc. is seeking qualified evaluators for its Emmy Award-winning Freddy Awards program which awards excellence in the production of high school musical theater.

The program, introduced in 2003, sends evaluators to review each of the approximately 30 high school musical productions entered throughout Lehigh and Northampton counties and Warren County, N.J.

Evaluators will be expected to attend at least 14 shows during the season and must submit evaluation forms which cover 21 performance and production categories (i.e. Outstanding Performance by an Actor-Actress in a Leading Role, Outstanding Use of Scenery, etc.).

Nominations are announced in early May and followed in late May with a Tony Awards style ceremony at the State Theatre where nominees perform and award recipients are announced and presented with a Freddy Award. The 2016 ceremony will be broadcast at 7 p.m. May 26 on WFMZ-TV.

Candidates are to have extensive work experience in one of the arts disciplines and have a strong sense of objectivity. They must be able to effectively evaluate student performances and production values.

Also, candidates must be outstanding writers with the ability to effectively communicate their impressions in a constructive manner. A candidate must already be an avid theater-goer and should possess a wide knowledge of the canon of the American Musical Theater.

2016 Freddy Evaluator Description and Application are available at: freddyawards.org.

Information: Frank Kutch, Freddy Awards Coordinator, fkutch@statetheatre.org, 610-258-7766, ext. 202