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 Jones - Actor and Set Builder By: Roy Riedy |
Since Doug Jones joined HLT in 1998, he has been associated with 15 different plays at the Little Theatre. His first appearance was in June, 1998, when he appeared as Jake Whippany, in Beverly Brando Gillilian's production of Lerner and Loewe's musical Paint Your Wagon.
The June musical was followed by Tammie Pollard's presentation of Neil Simon's comedy Rumors in August, and Doug's name appeared in that program as one of the members of the set construction team; with two plays he had established a pattern of his work at HLT that would continue to reoccur.
Melanie Boulay opened the Twenty-fifth Season at HLT with her memorable production of The Wizard of Oz in November, 1998, and once again Doug's name was listed not only with those who contributed to the set construction, but also as one of the designers of the set. He was involved with four other events during the Twenty-fifth Season: in December he was part of the cast of the first production of the Unity sponsored Sounds of the Season; in January, he worked on the set construction for Pete Pollard's production of The Miracle Worker; in April he was involved in the set construction for Frank Oberhausen's revival of The Sound of Music; and in June his name appears in Beverly Brando Gillilan's program for her revival of Arsenic and Old Lace as being on her set construction team. In October, at the Fourteenth Annual Zenon Awards Ceremonies, he and Larry Wollangk received a Zenon for Best Set Design for their attractive design for The Wizard of Oz.
In January, 2000, Doug worked on the set for Frank Oberhausen's revival of the great Irving Berlin musical Annie Get Your Gun; and in April, 2001, his name appeared with that of Denise Miriani's as being responsible for the Speciality Props for Jim McCollum's musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
Doug's name appeared in every program of the Twenty-eighth Season. He was a member of the Kitchen Line Staff during Frank Oberhausen and Kathy Brand's reprise of Guys and Dolls and Pete Pollard's Foxfire; Doug played Napthali in Joe Willis' biblical extravaganza Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Easter time; and in June he was the set construction crew chief and a lighting technician for Mike Logsdon's production of Move Over Mrs. Markham; in August he worked with the construction crew on Melanie Boulay's production of Peter Pan. At the Seventeenth Annual Zenon Awards Ceremonies in October, he received a nomination for a Production/Technical Zenon for his lighting work on Mike Logsdon's Move Over Mrs. Markham.
Most recently Mr. Jones has been seen in Frank Oberhausen and Kathy Brand's November revival of the Man of LaMancha as one of the muleteers and in on the Kitchen Line Staff during Pete Pollard's production of Steel Magnolias. Doug has also attended two First Nighters, three Zenon Ceremonies, been cited in 15 local news articles, and 11 HLT Newsletters for a total of 47 citations.
In July, 2004, Doug was awarded the Gracie Award for his hard work and dedication to HLT and long hours of volunteer hours backstage and on-stage.
Thank you for your valuable contributions to Highlands Little Theatre, Doug, you have "set" an excellent example of what an active member can do.
