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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Doug Dixon - Set Designer By: Roy Riedy |
Doug Dixon's association with HLT has continued for twenty years. His first link with the Lakeside Theatre was in November, 1983 when he was part of the Lighting team for Marian Dunham's production of the Lionel Bart musical Oliver!. Two years later he was again part of Marian Dunham's Lights and Special Effects team for her June,1985, production of Lerner and Loewe's musical Brigadoon.
In January, 1987, he was a member of the Video Production team that taped Director Barbara Smith's presentation of Kaufman and Hart's comedy You Can't Take It With You, a job he repeated two months later for Frank Oberhausen's reprise of Harnick and Bock's immensely successful musical Fiddler on the Roof.
In August, 1991, Doug's name appeared with Director Walter Zelenenki's as the designers of the set for Walter's production of George Axelrod's comedy, The Seven Year Itch. The collaboration resulted in a nomination for their design at the Sixth Annual Zenon Awards Ceremony in October, 1991.
In January, 1993, Walter Zelenenki directed the comedy-drama Come Back to the Five & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean by Ed Graczyk and Doug was again part of the team that designed the set for the show which received a nomination at the Eighth Annual Zenon Awards Ceremony in October, 1993.
In August, 1995, Doug designed the set for Marian Dunham's production of Lerner and Loewe's musical Gigi. In the playbill for the show, the program notes recounted that Doug was currently "a lighting, laser, and fireworks technician at Pleasure Island at Walt Disney World in Orlando. . . Doug holds a degree in Theater from Florida Southern College." Doug's set was chosen as the Best Set for the of the 1994 - 1995 Season at the Tenth Annual Zenon Awards Ceremony in October, 1995. His long time association with the Lakeside Playhouse had finally paid an enviable dividend.
A year later, Doug designed the set for Mac Byron and Marian Dunham's production of Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon's The Secret Garden which was presented in August, 1996. The design received a nomination at the Eleventh Annual Zenon Awards Ceremony in October, 1996. The Secret Garden is the last play with which Mr. Dixon has been associated at Highlands Little Theatre.
Most recently, Doug's name appeared in the HLT Newsletter for April, 2000. In all, Mr. Dixon has been involved with 8 productions at HLT and 4 Zenon Ceremonies. He has received a Zenon for his set design for the musical Gigi, and been nominated for three other Best Set Designs at the Awards Ceremonies. His name has appeared in 2 HLT Newsletters and 5 local news articles for a total of 19 Citations.
