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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Ken Hall - Tireless Volunteer, who has earned a Gracie and now TwoZenons By: Roy Riedy |
Goldie Garnich had this to say of Ken's generous help at HLT and the basis for his May Gracie Award recognition: "He volunteered for almost everything for several months, from various maintenance (putting in the cigarette disposal containers), to helping wardrobe, to prepping and painting the Pavilion floor for the dedication, to putting the lounge chairs together, helping to get the lounge ready for its opening, moving furniture for special events, working in gourmet, and all this while working on several shows as well. I know there's more, but he is a dedicated and loyal HLT member and volunteer."
Ken's name first surfaced in a January, 2003 News-Sun article about an up-coming combined forces production of The Journey of Sir Douglas Fir, which would include SFCC's Community Orchestra and Music Department, CAT, and HLT actors in which Mr. Hall would take the part of the narrator. The following month in the February 2003, HLT Newsletter, Directors Kathy MacNeill and Frank Oberhausen listed Ken as the actor who would play the role of Mr. Lundie, in their March reprise of the musical Brigadoon.
In the June, 2003 HLT Newsletter, Sue McCollum announced the cast of her August revival of The Fansticks with Ken playing the part of Henry (the actor). Later in June, Ken Hall's name appeared in Allen Branch's program for The Hound of the Baskervilles as a member of his Set Construction Team.
In September, 2003, Mr. Hall's name was included in a News-Sun article as one of the actors who was nominated for a Zenon Award in early October. Ken was selected for his portrayal of Mr. Lundie in the Kathy MacNeill-Frank Oberhausen revival of Brigadoon.
HLT's Thirtieth Season opened with Melanie Boulay's wonderful musical revue I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change in late October 2003, Ken's name appeared in the program for the revue as a member of the Set Construction team.
The HLT Newsletter for January, 2004 included the announcement that Ken would play the dual roles of St. Cyr and the Prince of Wales in Jennifer Westergom's March production of the musical The Scarlet Pimpernel. The first Saturday in January saw Ken leading backstage tours of HLT during the Sebring Arts and Heritage Festival. At the Fourth of July Patriotic Review, Ken read excerpts from the Declaration of Independence. He also served as a lighting technician for Tammie Pollard's Jesus Christ, Superstar in August and the Zenon Ceremonies in October.
The Thirty-first Season opened with Frank Oberhausen's revival of The Music Man with Ken Hall playing the part of Mayor Shinn. Also in November, Ken played the part of the Florida Indian chief Osceola in Cracker Round-up, a shortened version of the story of Florida presented by the Florida Heartland Heritage Foundation, to publicize the projected drama to be presented in the amphitheater scheduled for 2006 construction in Lake Placid. In January Ken's name appeared in Peter Pollard's program for The Allergist's Wife, as a member of the Set Construction Team, in March for Set Construction on the musical Barnum, and in August as one of the four Master Set Builders of the set for the revival of the Zenon winning Cabaret. In October at the Twentieth Anniversary of the Annual Zenon Awards, Ken won his first Zenon, a Board Service Award for his outstanding achievement in Gourmet and general maintenance, with the added comment that "he was always there when needed."
Ken hasn't been idle since he received his first Zenon at the end of the Thirty-first Season, his theatrical activites in the Thirty-second Season have included: one of the Set Constuction Crew Chiefs for Denise Miriani's January, 2006, presentation of Wait Until Dark; Set Construction Chief for Joe Willis' March musical Seven Brides For Seven Brothers and the role of Mr. Perkins, one of the musical's townspeople.
In April Ken worked on the Set Construction for Melanie Boulay and Jennifer Westergom's "Extra" revue, Broadway in Concert; in June he worked on Mac Byron's set for Drop Dead and played two roles in the play; and finally, on the Fourth of July, Ken participated in HLT's Fund Raising Patrotic Revue, directed by Kristin Taylor, not only as part of the production crew but also in a stirring performance of Aaron Copeland's Lincoln Portrait.
In October, Ken was recognized for his theatrical labors when he received his second Zenon, a Production/Technical Award, for his work as the Construction Foreman for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Drop Dead.
Congratulations on your latest Zenon, Ken, and thanks for the countless hours you have devoted to HLT as a volunteer making the Little Theatre the outstanding organization it has become by the attention it gets from generous people like you.
