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Lee Geiger - The Man Behind the Scenes By: Roy Riedy |
Lee Geiger arrived at HLT in time to get a role in Beverly Brando Gillilan's June, 1998 production of Paint Your Wagon as Dutchie, a hard drinking miner, a part that brought him a nomination at the Thirteenth Annual Zenon Awards Ceremony for a Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
In the Twenty-fifth Season, Lee worked on the Set Construction crew for Melanie Boulay's remarkable The Wizard of Oz in November and in January on Peter Pollard's brilliant The Miracle Worker in which he also played The Doctor. In April he was part of the Set Construction crew that worked on Frank Oberhausen's reprise of The Sound of Music, in which Lee also played the part of Franz the Butler. In July he was again part of Beverly Brando Gillilans's Set Construction team for her edition of Arsenic and Old Lace and in August Lee was on the Kitchen Staff during Jet Hansen's production of Noises Off.
John Lovelette opened HLT's Twenty-sixth Season with his production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Lee played the role of Cheswick and as one would suspect also was part of the Stage Construction crew. Lee's name appeared in Frank Oberhausen's program for his January production of Annie Get Your Gun as one of the members of HLT's Board of Directors and again in Sue McCollum's program for her Bye Bye, Birdie in April of 2000. In June, Lee was back on the Kitchen Staff during Mike Logsdon's wonderful Run For Your Wife, and in August he worked on the Set Construction for Melanie Boulay's Oliver! At the Fifteenth Annual Zenon Awards in October, Lee was rewarded with a Board Service Zenon for his ongoing work in Building Maintenance.
During the Twenty-seventh Season at HLT, Lee worked on Jet Hansen's set for On Golden Pond and Frank Oberhausen's for his reprise of The King and I, as he did for Jim McCollum's Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. During Steve McDaniel's run of Moon Over Buffalo, and Tammie Pollard's West Side Story, Lee returned to his duties on the kitchen line.
Kathy MacNeill and Frank Oberhausen's Guys and Dolls opened HLT's Twenty-eighth Season and Lee was part of the crew that built that set; Lee was on the Kitchen Staff during Peter Pollard's Foxfire and Joe Willis' Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, but returned to Set Construction for Mike Logsdon's marvelous Move Over Mrs. Markham, and then went back to the kitchen during Melanie Boulay's soaring Peter Pan.
Most recently Lee has worked on and acted in Kathy MacNeill and Frank Oberhausen's exceptional Man of La Mancha, in which he appeared as the Captain of the Inquisition.
Since joining Highlands Little Theatre, Lee has been associated with 22 plays, he has received a Zenon and a Gracie Award. He has been a member of the Board of Directors and mentioned in 27 HLT Newsletters and 21 local news articles. He was spotlighted in the program of Man of La Mancha in which it was revealed that besides his busy schedule at the Little Theatre he still finds time to be a driver for the VA, transporting veterans to their appointments at either West Palm or Bay Pines facilities. I would like to join the directors of Man of La Mancha and all of the other directors, whom you have assisted Lee, and thank you too for a job well done! (43)
