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Lois Brown - Another Reason We Look So Good By: Roy Riedy |
Lois Brown was on the team of makeup artists and hairdressers who attended to the actors in Janelou Buck's production of her June, 1992, drama, Inherit The Wind. It was with that show that Lois started her long association with HLT which has resulted in her working on 33 shows at the Little Theatre, the last one being a special acknowledgment in the program of Peter Pollard's reprise of Steel Magnolias, in January, 2003.
Her introduction to HLT in Inherit The Wind was followed in August by working with three other ladies on the make-up for Marian Dunham's reprise of The Teahouse of the August Moon. In April, 1993, Frank Oberhausen revived Camelot and Lois was on hand to help work on the make-up for the show. In June, 1993 Lois worked alone on the make-up for Marian Dunham's Philadelphia Story and in August she was in charge of make-up and coiffure for Jet Hansen's production of Show Boat.
During the Twentieth Season Lois worked on four shows and her effort was rewarded by her first Production/Technical Zenon at the Ninth Annual Awards Ceremony at the end of the season for her outstanding achievement in hair styling and makeup for South Pacific, The Odd Couple (Female Version), Lend Me A Tenor, and Meet Me In St. Louis.
Lois worked on every show of the Twenty-first Season and this commitment paid off with her second Production/Technical Zenon at the Tenth Annual Zenon Ceremony for her Hair Styling and Makeup Artistry for the 1994/1995 Season.
History repeated itself again and again at the Eleventh and Twelfth Zenon Ceremonies when she won her third and fourth Production/Technical Zenons for her Makeup for the two preceding seasons.
At the Thirteenth Zenon awards Mrs. Brown was nominated for her Makeup for Frank Oberhausen's reprise of Annie. During the following season, the Twenty-fifth, she worked on Melanie Boulay's Wizard of Oz and Frank Oberhausen's reprise of The Sound of Music. Her most recent work has been with the revival of The King and I, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, West Side Story, Foxfire, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Peter Pan.
All told, Lois has worked on 33 plays at HLT, and been associated with 5 Zenon Ceremonies at which she has won four Zenons and been nominated for two. She has also been associated with 1 Christmas show, 1 First Nighter, and her name has been mentioned in 25 HLT Newsletters and in 31 local news articles for a grand total of 95 Citations. Thank you Lois for your unceasing efforts to make Highlands Little Theatre look so good.