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Chris Martin - The First To Jump Up And Help By: Roy Riedy |
Chris Martin is the receipient of the Gracie Award for March, 2006. He is an obivious choice for he hasn't stopped working at Highlands Little Theatre since he joined the cast of Mike McMillian's November, 2005 production of Hoodwinked as Bernie, a henchman, and Bruce, a spruce. Familiar with wood, he was also a member of the show's set construction crew.
In January, Chris' name appeared in Denise Miriani's program for her winter chiller Wait Until Dark as the show's Assistant Stage Manager and again as a member of its set construction crew.
In March, 2006 Chris was cast as one of the seven brothers in Joe Willis' highly entertaining musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. He played Frank, the "F" brother whose mother, desperate for a biblical name, actually named him Frankincense, because that name was in the Bible and also because he smelled so sweet.
Administrative Assistant Vanessa Logsdon has commented on Chris' helpfulness at the Lakeside Playhouse: "he is always the first to jump up and help out when something has to be moved, fixed, or carted to the dumpster." Obviously she feels that he is sweet too.
In just six months Chris has proved that he is the kind of member HLT wants and needs. Since joining the organization he has worked on three plays, acted in two of them, been mentioned in five HLT Newsletters and six local news articles; not bad at all for a guy who was once a bush.
Congratulation Chris on being selected as March's Gracie winner, you've earned it and it's not difficult to predict that this honor is just the first of many more.
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