2008 Freddy Nominee Trevor James to Open for New York Tenors at State Theatre, 11/30

A graduate of Parkland High School, Trevor is a Masters student pursuing his degree in vocal performance/pedagogy at New York University's Steinhardt School, where he has appeared in Beguiled Again, City of Angels, and Oh, What a Lovely War. Trevor studied classical voice at Temple University and appeared in productions of RENT (Roger) and Sweeney Todd (Pirelli). Professionally he has appeared in Pirates of Penzance (Frederick) and A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline (Jordanaire) at Maples Rep Theater, All Shook Up (Dean) and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Levi) at Pines Dinner Theater, and The Music Man (Jacey) and The Secret Garden (Archibald u/s) at Shawnee Playhouse. Opera credits include Susannah (Little Bat) with the Philadelphia Opera Collective, and Die Zauberflöte (Monostatos), Le Mamelles de Tiresias (le Journaliste), and A Month in the Country (Fyodorov) with Temple Opera.

His FREDDY© Nomination was for portraying Jean Valjean in Parkland High Schools production of Les Miserables.

"We are thrilled to have a role in including a FREDDY© alumnus in The New York Tenor show," says Shelley Brown, State Theatre President/CEO and Creator/Executive Producer of the FREDDY© Awards. "Andy Cooney, Michael Amante, and Danny Rodriguez are all long-time friends of the State Theatre, and were open to giving Trevor an opportunity to perform. Trevor is a tenor...they are tenors...why not ask? And if people say that what we do for one, we should do for more, our answer is yes! We agree. We will do anything we can to help the kids that we know."

Brown also credits Sean Casey of CMI Entertainment for making this opportunity possible. "Sean Casey is another friend," she says. "He is the agent that represents The New York Tenors and other fine acts that have played the State for years. He, himself, was a performer and understands what an opportunity like this can mean to a kid. We are so grateful"

Tickets for The New York Tenors: Memories from Herald Square can be purchased by visiting the State Theatre Box Office, 453 Northampton Street, Easton, by calling 1-800-999-STATE, 610-252-3132 or online at www.statetheatre.org. Sponsored by N. Pugliese, Inc. & National Penn Investors Trust Company