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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Darlene Glaum Arabinko - By: Roy Riedy |
Darlene was still Darlene Glaum when her name appeared for the first time in the playbill for Janelou Buck's reprise of Mister Roberts, in August, 1989. Darlene was listed as being on the Gourmet Staff and working with Beverages.
She remained on the Beverage Staff throughout the entire Sixteenth Season, and at the Fifth Annual Zenon Awards Ceremony in October, 1990, at the end of that season, Darlene was awarded a Board of Directors Service Award, her first Zenon "for outstanding contributions to the theater through her work in Anthony's Lounge."
During the Seventeenth Season her name appears in the programs of the first two shows, Jet Hansen's Oklahoma, in November, 1990, and Peter Pollard's Steel Magnolias, in January, and was still listed as on the Gourmet Staff and working with Beverages.
The next time Darlene's name appeared, the Nineteenth Season's program for Nunsense, which was given in November, 1992, her last name had changed, she was now Darlene Arabinko, and her name was listed as still working with the Gourmet Staff, but now with the Salad Bar and Desserts. "Beverages" had changed its name too and was now called "Anthony's Lounge." In January, Darlene Arabinko was listed as the Chairman of the Salad Bar/Desserts in the program for Walter Zelenenki's production of Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, and was styled that way for the last three productions of the season. At the Eight Annual Zenon Awards Ceremony at the end of the Nineteenth Season, Darlene Arabinko received her second Board Service Zenon "for contributions to the theatre as chairman of the salad bar sub-committee of the Gourmet Division."
Darlene's last season with Highlands Little Theatre was during its Twentieth Season. She worked as Chairman of the Salad Bar/Desserts for the last four shows of that season. The last time her name appeared in a HLT document was in the program for the Ninth Zenon Awards Ceremony, in October, 1994, when it was nominated for her outstanding contributions with the Gourmet Division and the Salad Bar. Mrs. Arabinko died on July 13, 1998, and is remembered with affection by all who knew her.
During her association with the Lakeside Playhouse, Darlene's name appeared in 17 play programs, 14 HLT Newsletters, and in 2 local news articles. Her name appeared in 3 Zenon Programs and she won 2 Board Service Awards and was nominated for a third, for a total of 36 Citations.
