P.O. Box 691 Sebring Florida USA 33871 Tel: 863-382-2525
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P.O. Box 691 Sebring Florida USA 33871 Tel: 863-382-2525 |
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Barbara Holt - A Presence Behind the Hits By: Roy Riedy |
Barbara Holt has been involved with 32 plays since joining Highlands Little Theatre in 1987. Her name on the Set Construction team of Peter Pollard's January,1988, production of Barefoot in the Park marks the first time her name appeared in HLT's records. In April it appeared again as part of the Set Construction team of Frank Oberhausen's production of Carousel. In June she was listed with the Gourmet Staff as an Expediter during Janelou Buck's production of California Suite. The following April, in the program for Frank Oberhausen's first presentation of The King and I, Barbara was again listed as part of the Set Construction team.
During the next five year period, 1989-1994, Barbara was associated with ten plays. In the Sixteenth Season she worked on the Set Construction for Frank Oberhausen's reprise of My Fair Lady, and during Janelou Buck's June production of Hello Dolly she was a member of the kitchen staff. The next season she worked on the Set Art with Liz Buell and the Set Construction team for Peter Pollard's January, 1991 production of Steel Magnolias. In March of that year she not only worked on the Set Construction for Frank Oberhausen's presentation of The Music Man but also taped the video of the production with Will Dodson. Peter Pollard presented Neil Simon's They're Playing Our Song in January of the next season while Barbara worked, once again, with the kitchen staff during the run of the show.
Frank Oberhausen's Funny Girl followed in April with Barbara back on stage as his lighting technician, for which she received a nomination for a Production/Technical Zenon "for outstanding achievement," and also a member of the Set Construction team. Frank Oberhausen presented a reprise of Camelot the following April and Barbara joined the team of Keith Stillwagon, Liz Buell, and Bob Given as a member of the Stage Art artists and was also a worker on the Set Construction team. During the last season of this five year period, Barbara worked on three plays. In April she wore three hats during the production of Frank Oberhausen's revival of South Pacific. She worked with the Set Art artists, the Set Construction team, and served as the play's Lighting Technician. In June she rejoined the kitchen staff during Tammie Pollard's production of Ken Ludwig's Lend Me A Tenor and also in August during Marian Dunham's production of Meet Me in St. Louis.
Barbara was associated with all five plays of the Twenty-first Season. Jim Lanier's Gypsy opened the season in November and Barbara was his Lighting Technician. In January, she worked with Eddie DeLoach as the Lighting Technicians for Peter Pollard's production of Ain't Misbehavin' and in April she was the co-producer with Margie Pollard and also one of the Lighting Technicians with Darrel Smith, for Frank Oberhausen's 1776. During Tena Conyer and Andy Conyer's production of Same Time Next Year, and Marian Dunham's presentation of Gigi, Barbara returned to her duties with the kitchen staff. At the Tenth Annual Zenon Awards Ceremony held on October 7, 1995, Mrs. Holt received her first Production/Technical Zenon "as lighting technician for Gypsy, Ain't Misbehavin' and 1776."
The next season was equally as busy and even more rewarding for Barbara. During the season she worked on five more plays and was presented with two Zenons at it ending. The Twenty-second Season opened with Peter Pollard production of The Goodbye Girl during which Barbara worked again with the kitchen staff, as she did during the duration of Roy Riedy's production of The Foreigner. For Frank Oberhausen's reprise of Fiddler on the Roof, Barbara teamed up again with Margie Pollard as a Producer of the show, and once again Barbara also acted as the Lighting Technician and also helped with the Set Construction. She returned to the kitchen staff during the runs of Tammie Pollard's Play It Again, Sam in June, and Mac Byron and Marian Dunham's production of The Secret Garden in August. In October, Barbara was awarded two Zenons, one for Best Lighting Design with Frank Oberhausen for Fiddler on the Roof, and the second for Best Producer with Margie Pollard also for Fiddler on the Roof, the only show at HLT to ever receive eleven Zenons.
During the Twenty-Third Season Barbara worked with the kitchen staff during three shows: Jet Hansen's Forever Plaid, Melanie Boulay's To Kill a Mockingbird, and Frank Oberhausen's La Cage aux folles. During the Twenty-fourth Season Barbara was associated with three more shows. She was the lighting technician with Kim Moore for Sue McCollum's production of Godspell; she worked on the Set construction for Frank Oberhausen's reprise of Annie and Beverly Brando Gillilan's production of Paint Your Wagon. In October at the Zenon Ceremony Barbara was nominated for a Production/Technical Zenon for her work as a Lighting Technician for Godspell. In the Twenty-fifth Season Barbara worked with the Set Construction Crew for Peter Pollard's January, 1999, The Miracle Worker.
Most recently Barbara's name has appeared in an article that appeared in the playbill of John Lovelette's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest expressing appreciation for many member's volunteer work which included her efforts in helping clean up the theater. In all Mrs. Holt has been associated with 32 plays and 4 Zenon Ceremonies. She has been awarded 3 Zenons and been nominate for 2 others and attended 2 First Nighter Galas. Barbara has been mentioned in 22 HLT Newsletters and in 6 local news articles for a total of 66 Citations. She has been a real presence behind many hit shows at Highlands Little Theatre and the Theatre is grateful for her generous offering of time to make those hits as good as they became.
