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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Dave Buell - Firecracker and Piano Man By: Roy Riedy |
Dave Buell started out his association with HLT as a member of the Set Construction Team for Peter Pollard's comedy, On Golden Pond, in January, 1990.
The next season, The Seventeenth, he was a member of the Set Construction Team and the Stage Crew for another Peter Pollard production, his January, 1991, presentation of Steel Magnolias. In March, Dave was on the Set Construction Team of Frank Oberhausen, for his musical, The Music Man. A year later, in April, 1992, he was listed in Frank Oberhausen's next musical, Funny Girl, as a member of the Stage Crew, Set Construction Team, and also for Special Effects. At the Seventh Annual Zenon Awards Ceremony at the end of that season, Mr. Buell was awarded a Production/Technical Zenon "for outstanding achievement in the development of the pyrotechnics for Funny Girl."
During HLT's Nineteenth Season Dave worked on two plays. He was part of Walter Zelenenki's Set Construction Team for his comedy Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, in January, 1993, and in April he was a member of Frank Oberhausen's Set Construction Team for his reprise of the musical Camelot; a job he repeated the following season for Frank Oberhausen's revival of South Pacific. In June, 1994, during Tammie Pollard's comedy, Lend Me a Tenor, Dave joined Beverly Padgett and Jim Lanier as one of the pianists that entertained in Anthony's Lounge.
Peter Pollard directed Ain't Misbehavin' in January, 1995, and during that show Dave was on the Gourmet Staff as a waiter. In March, Dave made his first and only stage appearance as the Rev. Jonathan Witherspoon, in Frank Oberhausen's musical 1776, a play for which he also worked as a member of the Set Construction Team. In June of that season, during Tena Conyer and Andy Conyer's comedy Same Time Next Year, Dave continued working as a waiter with the Gourmet Staff.
During the Twenty-second Season Dave helped with the Set Design and construction of Roy Riedy's comedy The Foreigner, he also worked as a waiter on the Gourmet Staff, a job he continued for the remaining three shows.
The Twenty-third Season was the last season Dave worked at Highlands Little Theatre. He worked as a waiter on the Gourmet Staff for the first three shows of the season, Jet Hansen's Forever Plaid, in November; Melanie Boulay's To Kill a Mockingbird, in January, 1997; and Frank Oberhausen's La Cage aux folles, in April, which was the last time his name appeared in a HLT program.
The seven years that Dave Buell was with Highlands Little Theatre he was associated with 18 plays and 2 Zenon Ceremonies, at which one he won a Production/Technical Award. His name was mentioned in 6 HLT Newsletters and in 5 local news articles for a total of 31 Citations. He was a talented volunteer with an explosive touch.
