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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Joe Merritt - Music Director By: Roy Riedy |
Joe's named appeared for the first time at HLT in the program for Peter Pollard's comedy On Golden Pond, in January, 1990, during the theater's Sixteenth Season; he was listed as a Sound Technician. In June of that year he was the Music Director of an eight piece orchestra for Janelou Buck's musical, Hello Dolly, and in August he was a member of the Stage Crew for Tena Conyer's reprise of Don't Drink The Water. In the program for the Fifth Annual Zenon Awards, Joe was nominated for a Production/Technical Award "for outstanding achievement in music direction/conductor, for Hello Dolly."
During the Seventeenth Season Joe was associated with two shows. He was a musician in Jet Hansen's musical, Oklahoma! in November, 1990, and one of the Sound Technicians for Peter Pollard's comedy, Steel Magnolias in January, 1991.
The following season, the Eighteenth, he was the Music Director and Conductor of Peter Pollard's production of They're Playing Our Song. At the Seventh Annual Zenon Ceremony in October, Joe won his first Production/Technical Zenon "for outstanding achievement as music director and conductor of They're Playing Our Song."
In August of the Nineteenth Season, Joe was the Music and Vocal director of Jet Hansen's musical, Show Boat for which he received a nomination for another Production/ Technical Zenon at the Eighth Annual Zenon Awards Ceremony.
During his four years with Highlands Little Theatre, Joe was involved with 7 plays and 3 Zenon Ceremonies. He won one Zenon for his Music Direction and received nominations for two others. His name appeared in 10 HLT Newsletters and 11 local news articles for a total of 31 Citations.
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