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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Mark Manley - A Zenon for Best Set Art By: Roy Riedy |
The first time Mark Manley's name appeared in an HLT document was in the April, 1997, in the program for La Cage aux Folles. He was listed as a member of the Production Staff as part of the Set Construction Crew. In August of the same year, he was one of a quartet who were responsible for the Set Art of the Sondheim revival A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum.
The Twenty-fourth Season opened with Sue McCollum's heartfelt production of Godspell and Mark was listed as one of the contributors to the Set Art, a pattern of his work that continued to unfold. The next play of the season was Peter Pollard's presentation of My Favorite Year in which Mark performed duties as Flssr Pvlanger (sic) and also worked on Set Costruction (sic), two jobs with which I have no familiarity. A revival of the popular musical Annie by Frank Oberhausen followed My Favorite Year, and once again Mark was listed with the Set Construction Crew and also as a contributor to the Set Design. Beverly Gillilan's Paint Your Wagon appeared next and Mark was again part of Set Construction Crew, a position he also held in Melanie Boulay's The Wizard of Oz and Frank Oberhausen's reprise of The Sound of Music.
HLT's Twenty-sixth Season opened with John Lovelette's memorable production of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest for which Mark Manley and Holly Elliott collaborated on the Set Art. Their joint effort paid off with a Zenon at the end of the season. For the next show , Frank Oberhausen's reprise of Annie Get Your Gun, Mark was billed in the program as the "Sign Writer." In October at the Fifteenth Annual Zenon Awards Ceremonies Mark and Holly Elliott collected their Zenons for the Best Set Art of the Season for their work on the set of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
In April, 2001, Mark worked on the Set Art of Jim McCollum's production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas with Janet King; and in November, 2001, for Frank Oberhausen's revival of Guys and Dolls, he was billed again as producing the Signs. At the end of the Twenty-eighth Season Mark was nominated for a Production/Technical Discretionary Zenon for his Set Art for Guys and Dolls.
Since 1997 Mr. Manley has been involved in 12 Plays at HLT and 4 Zenon Ceremonies; his name has appeared in 7 HLT Newsletters and 9 local newspaper for a total of 32 citations. Mark's talent and professionalism has enhanced every show he has been associated with and for this the members of Highlands Little Theatre are most grateful.
