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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Eddie DeLoach - Back Stage Man By: Roy Riedy |
Eddie's name appeared for the first time at HLT in the January, 1991 program for Peter Pollard's Steel Magnolias as a Prompter. He was listed among the members of the Stage Crew in the next program, Frank Oberhausen's March production of The Music Man. Eddie's name appeared a third time at the beginning of the Eighteenth Season in November, 1991, again as a member of the Stage Crew and the Set Construction Team for Jet Hansen's production of Mame. From that play on his name remained in HLT playbills for 22 more times.
In January, 1992 he was a member of the Set Construction Team for Peter Pollard's production of the musical They're Playing Our Song; and in April, he was a member of Frank Oberhausen's Stage Crew for his musical Funny Girl. In June, Eddie was a member of Janelou Buck's Stage Crew for her production of Inherit The Wind, which was followed in August by Marian Dunham's Teahouse of the August Moon when he repeated his duties as a stage hand.
The Nineteenth Season opened with Tena Conyer's hugely successful Nunsense for which Eddie served as a Lighting Technician and a member of the Set Construction Team. The second play of the season was Walter Zelenenki's Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean for which Eddie served as one of the Stage Managers, part of the Set Design team, and one of the managers of the Set Construction. Frank Oberhausen revived Camelot for his April show and Eddie was one of his Light Technicians. In June, Eddie served as a Lighting Technician for Marian Dunham's production of The Philadelphia Story. Eddie ended the season by being on Jet Hansen's Set Construction Team for his musical Show Boat in August, 1993.
Eddie was awarded his first Production/ Technical Zenon at the Eighth Annual Zenon Award Ceremony in October for "set construction and stage crew during the 1992/93 season, lighting technician for Nunsense and the Seventh Annual Zenon Awards Show and fire safety coordination."
The Twentieth Season opened with Tena Conyer's second look at convent life, Nunsense II, The Second Coming . . . with Eddie working on set construction, and also one of the Lighting Designers and Lighting Technicians. He provided the Lighting Design for the second play, Peter Pollard's The Odd Couple (Female Version) and was on the Stage Crew of Frank Oberhausen's April show, South Pacific. Tammie Pollard directed Lend Me A Tenor in June and Eddie served on her Set Construction Team. For Marian Dunham's August Meet Me in St. Louis, Eddie worked with the Set Construction Team, the Lighting Design, and the Stage Crew. All this work was rewarded again at the Ninth Annual Zenon Awards Ceremony when Eddie, Larry Wollangk, and Mike Fuller received a Production/Technical Zenon "for outstanding achievement in set construction for the season."
David Lanier's Gypsy opened the Twenty-first Season in November with Eddie, for the first time not a back stage person, but working in Anthony's Lounge. For Roy Riedy's weekend revue in December, And the World Goes 'round, Eddie served as his Lighting person, a job he repeated in January for Peter Pollard's Ain't Misbehavin'. In March, Frank Oberhausen brought Philadelphia to Sebring in his outstanding musical 1776. For the second time, Eddie was not seen back stage but in the kitchen working with Gourmet. He was backstage though in June working on the Lighting Design for Tena Conyer and Andy Conyer's production of Same Time Next Year. Eddie returned to Gourmet and his kitchen duties during Marian Dunham's August production of Gigi.
Eddie worked with Gourmet during Peter Pollard's The Goodbye Girl in November, 1996. In April, 1997 he was on the Stage Crew of Frank Oberhausen's musical La Cage aux folles, which was the last show that Eddie worked on at Highlands Little Theatre.
All told, Eddie was associated with 25 plays and 3 Zenon Ceremonies during his seven years with HLT. He won 2 Zenons during his affiliation and was mentioned in 13 HLT Newsletters and 10 local news articles for a total of 51 Citations. He is remembered with affection.
