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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Gloria Curtis - Actress, House Manager, and Committee Chairperson By: Roy Riedy |
Gloria Curtis joined the Highlands Little Theatre in 1999, during its 26th Season. Theater life was not a mystery to Gloria for she appeared in several productions of the Coral Gables Community Theater before moving to Lake Placid and eventually joining HLT. Since she became associated with the Little Theatre, Gloria has been involved in seventeen plays and two Zenon Ceremonies.
During the Twenty-sixth Season (1999-2000) Gloria was seen as Mrs. Ernest Henderson in Frank Oberhausen's revival of Annie Get Your Gun and as member of the Adult Chorus in Sue McCollum's retro musical Bye, Bye, Birdie.
Gloria was affiliated with all five plays in the Twenty-seventh Season. She was a House Manager during Jet Hansen's reprise of On Golden Pond, a Royal Wife in Frank Oberhausen's multi-awarded The King and I, and one of the chickens at the Chicken Ranch in Jim McCollum's Easter production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. She played the acoustically challenged Ethel in Steve McDaniel's delightful Moon Over Buffalo, a role which won her a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 16th Annual Zenon Awards the following October, and she worked with make-up and hair design for Tammie Pollard's August production of West Side Story.
Ms. Curtis was similarly involved with HLT's plays and affairs during the Twenty-eighth Season. She played General Cartwright in the season's opening play, Frank Oberhausen and Kathy MacNeill's November presentation of Guys and Dolls. She was a House Manager during Peter Pollard's January Foxfire, and a makeup artist for Joe Willis' epic Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in March. In June she was a House Manager during Mike Logsdon's wonderful farce Move Over Mrs. Markham. In July she worked with the HLT Fourth of July Festivities, and in August she was once again a House Manager during Melanie Boulay's soaring production of Peter Pan.
HLT's Twenty-ninth Season has been Gloria's busiest and most rewarding. She was Frank Oberhausen and Kathy MacNeill's Assistant Stage Manager and Prop Mistress for their record breaking production of Man of La Mancha. During Peter Pollard's Best Play of the Season, Steel Magnolias, she was once again a House Manager. For Kathy MacNeill and Frank Oberhausen's reprise of the musical Brigadoon, Gloria served again as their Prop Mistress and also found time to be a House Manager.
In the April, 2003, edition of the HLT Newsletter, it was announced that Ms. Curtis was now the Chairperson of the Election Nominating Committee. In June, Gloria played the role of Mrs. Barrymore in Allen Branch's directing debut production of The Hound of the Baskervilles, and was also responsible for the show's props, managing also work as a House Manager which she also did during the final show of the season, Sue McCollum's revival of the long running Off-Broadway musical, The Fantasticks.
At the 18th Annual Zenon Awards in October, 2003, Gloria was nominated for two awards: Best Supporting Actress as Mrs. Barrymore in The Hound of the Baskervilles and a Production/Technical Discretionary Zenon for "Best Props in Man of La Mancha, Brigadoon, and Hound of the Baskervilles." She won her first Zenon when she was declared winner of the Production/Technical Zenon for "Best Props."
Most recently Gloria was awarded the May, 2004, Gracie Award for her diligent work as the HLT Elections Committee Chairman. She has been responsible for this daunting task for the past two years. Organizing and running the annual HLT elections is not an easy job, but Gloria has executed her duty with her usual grace and charm and richly deserves the recognition of a Gracie.
Congratulations Gloria on your multiple labors at HLT and your well deserved Zenon, I feel confident in saying that it is just the first of many that are in your theatrical future at HLT.
