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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Leslie Davis Mercure - Makeup and Hair By: Roy Riedy |
Leslie's first credit in a HLT program was at the end of the Eleventh Season when she was mentioned in Peter Pollard's playbill for his August,1985, musical, Once Upon A Mattress, as a member of his Costume team. After that initial reference, her name appeared regularly for the next three seasons.
During the Twelfth Season she was involved with three shows, Frank Oberhausen's Zenon winning musical Annie; Barbara Smith's No,No, Nanette; and Sue McCollum's Vanities. In all three shows she was concerned with Makeup and Coiffures. At the end of the season the First Zenons were awarded and Leslie received a Production/Technical Award for her work on makeup during the Twelfth Season.
Leslie took part in four plays during the Thirteenth Season. She was credited with creating the coiffures for Marian Dunham's November musical, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and appeared on stage as one of the Geminae in that play; she did both makeup and coiffure for Frank Oberhausen's revival of Fiddler on the Roof in March, and was seen on stage as one of the villagers; she worked with Vivian Cowell on the makeup for Richard Farnsworth and Karen Cardozo Rosa's June musical, The Fansticks; and she did both makeup and coiffure for Jet Hansen's August revival of Neil Simon's Odd Couple.
Leslie appeared once again on stage in the Fourteenth Season in Marian Dunham's November production of Cabaret as Helena, one of the Berlin Kit Kat Girls; backstage she was part of the makeup and coiffure team. In January, 1988, Leslie was a member of Peter Pollard's makeup and coiffure team for his comedy, Barefoot in the Park; and March she did makeup and coiffure for Frank Oberhausen's musical, Carousel. The unflagging Ms. Davis also performed her cosmetic magic on the last two plays of the season, Janelou Buck's California Suite in June, and Teri Klix's Damn Yankees in August. Leslie's generous help brought her a Zenon nomination at the Third Zenon Awards Ceremony "for her achievement in makeup for the 1987/88 season" in late September.
The next time Leslie's name appears in a HLT program was in the Seventeenth Season in the January, 1991, program for Steel Magnolias, directed by Peter Pollard. Leslie was credited in that playbill as working on the makeup and coiffure for the show. In the Eighteenth Season her name appeared twice in the season's programs, both times as working with makeup and hair: in the January, 1992, playbill for Peter Pollard's Marvin Hamlisch musical, They're Playing Our Song; and in Frank Oberhausen's April program for Funny Girl. Leslie also appeared in the last two programs of the Nineteenth Season. In June, 1993, she appeared in Marian Dunham's program for The Philadelphia Story as a member of the Staff of Anthony's Lounge; and in August, in Jet Hansen's program for his musical Show Boat, her name reappeared again with the Anthony's Lounge Staff.
In the Tenth Annual Zenon Awards Ceremony Program, which took place at the end of the Twenty-first Season, Leslie's name reappeared as winning one of the first Production/ Technical Awards at the First Zenon Ceremony in an index that the Tenth Program listed as a tribute to the winners of the first ten years of Zenon Awards. Again there was a hiatus in Leslie's career at HLT which commenced again in the Twenty-sixth Season.
When Leslie, now Leslie Mercure, returned to HLT after several years absence, she appeared as Gloria Rasputin in Sue McCollum's musical Bye, Bye, Birdie, in April, 2000; she also worked on the musical behind the scenes as a member of the makeup team. In August, Leslie was also a member of Melanie Boulay's makeup team for her revival of the musical Oliver!
During the Twenty-seventh Season at HLT, Leslie worked on three musicals as a makeup technician: Frank Oberhausen's January, 2001, reprise of The King and I; Jim McCollum's April presentation of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas; and Tammie Pollard's August production of The West Side Story.
Most recently she has worked on Joe Willis' Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in March, 2002, as a makeup artist; and also on Melanie Boulay's August, 2003, musical version of the children's classic, Peter Pan, again as a makeup artist.
Since coming to Highlands Little Theatre in August, 1985, Leslie has been associated with thirty plays at Highlands Little Theatre. Her name has appeared in thirty-two playbills and three Zenon programs. She is the recipient of a Zenon for her work on makeup for the Twelfth Season and her name has appeared in twelve HLT newsletters and fourteen local news items for a total of fifty-five citations. Leslie Davis Mercure has become synonymous at HLT with the word makeup.
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