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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Heather Boyce - First time Zenon Winner, The Saga of a one-time Munchkin By: Roy Riedy |
Heather first became involved at HLT as a Munchkin in The Wizard of Oz, the first play of the Twenty-fifth Season (1998-1999). She was backstage as an understudy in The Sound of Music II, the third play of that season. In July, 1999, Heather played the part of Snow White's Mother in the second production of Krista Flores' musical play, Snow White, the second presentation of The Children's Academy of Theatre, Inc. (CAT), which also started in Sebring during HLT's Twenty-fifth Season. In September, Heather was a member of the Stage Crew for the third CAT production, How to Eat Like A Child and Other Lessons in Not Being a Grownup!
The Twenty-sixth Season (1999-2000) saw Heather in two HLT productions, she was one of the "Sad Girls" in the musical ByeBye Birdie in April, 2000 and a member of Fagin's Gang in the August reprise of the musical Oliver!
During the Twenty-seventh Season Heather played the title role of Alice in the CAT's sixth production, Alice in Wonderland and also appeared as a dancing Jet Girl in West Side Story at Highlands Little Theatre. Heather ended that season by being a member of the Chorus at the Sixteenth Annual Zenon Awards in October, 2001.
The musical Guys and Dolls opened the Twenty-eighth Season at HLT with Heather dancing and singing with The Hot Box Girls and working with Kathy MacNeill on the play's Choreography. In March, Heather was listed as one of the Lighting Technicians for the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and in the final play of the season, in August, 2002, she was seen as an Indian in the musical Peter Pan. Heather was nominated with Kathy MacNeill for their Choreography of Guys and Dolls at the Seventeenth Zenon Awards in October, 2002. Heather's name also appeared in the program of the Eighteenth Annual Zenon Awards with Mark Elliott as one of the Lighting Technicians for the Ceremony
Heather took part in three plays during HLT's Thirtieth Season. She was a Lighting Technician for the revue I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change in late October; she appeared as Marie Grosholtz in the March production of The Scarlet Pimpernel and was also the musical's Choreographer, and she was one of the dancers in the final show of the season Jesus Christ, Superstar. At the Nineteenth Annual Zenon Awards, Heather sang "Every Story is a Love Story" from the Broadway musical Aida, and was nominated for a Production/Technical Zenon for her Choreography for The Scarlet Pimpernel.
During the Thirty-first Season, Heather worked on four plays: In January, 2005, she was a member of the Stage Crew of The Tale of The Allergist's Wife; in March she worked with Jill Lockhart on the Choreography for Barnum; she played the drums for the June presentation of I Do! I Do!; and in August Heather was one of the Kit Kat Girls in the reprise of Cabaret. At the Twentieth Annual Zenon Awards, Heather opened the Second Act of the Ceremonies with Chris Hayes, Ross Anderson, and the Dancers with a Medley from We Will Rock You.
The Thirty-Second Season opened with the musical Hoodwinked for which Heather and Jennifer Westergom furnished the Choreography. In August, Heather was cast as Sandy Dumbrowski in the musical Grease, and it was this role that was responsible for her first Zenon, Best Actress in a Leading Role, at the Twenty-first Zenon Awards in October, 2006.
This Zenon should be the first of many that point to Heather's interest and participation in HLT, which by my tally includes 18 plays and 6 Zenon Ceremonies, and being mentioned in 29 HLT Newsletters and 42 Local News articles, for a total of 95 citations.
Congratulations Heather for your many and various labors at Highlands Little Theatre, you and your young friends point to a great future and greater achievements at The Lakeside Playhouse, not bad for a one-time Munchkin.
