Highlands Little Theatre

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Paul Goyette - Early Zenon Winner
By: Roy Riedy

Paul's first appearance in a HLT program was at the very end of the Twelfth Season, in the August, 1986, program for Sue McCollum's three woman comedy, Vanities, in which he was named as being on the Stage Crew and a member of the Set Construction Team.

Paul did participate in all five shows of the Thirteenth Season. In November, he was a member of the Set Construction Team, of Marian Dunham's production A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Paul played one of the Proteans in the play and worked in the Salad/Dessert division of the Gourmet Staff during the show's run. In January, he played Tony Kirby in Barbara Smith's comedy, You Can't Take It With You, and was a member of its Set Construction Team. Frank Oberhausen reprised Fiddler on the Roof in March in which Paul played the Constable besides being a member of the Set Construction Team and working in Gourmet with the Salad/Dessert section.

For Richard Farnsworth and Karen Cardozo Rosa's June Fantasticks, Paul worked with the Set Construction Team and during the show worked in Gourmet with Salads and Desserts. Paul was an Understudy for Jet Hansen's August presentation of the comedy The Odd Couple and also a member of the Set Construction Team and the Stage Crew. In early October, at the Second Annual Zenon Awards Ceremony, Paul was the recipient of a Board Service Award for his many services to the theater during the Thirteenth Season.

During the Fourteenth Season, Paul was associated with four of the five shows. He was a member of the Stage Crew for Peter Pollard's January, 1988, presentation of Barefoot in the Park, and also made the Video Tape of the show. In March, he was member of Frank Oberhausen's Set Construction Team for his musical, Carousel; in June, during Janelou Buck's comedy, California Suite, Paul worked as a waiter with the Gourmet Staff. Teri Klix's Damn Yankees, presented in August, brought Paul back to the stage as Smokey, a member of the Yankee team.

Paul was associated with all five shows of the Fifteenth Season. He worked on the Set Construction Team and Stage Crew for Richard Oehring's Man of La Mancha, and also waited tables for Gourmet; he was on Tena Conyer's Set Construction Team and Stage Crew for her comedy Harvey, and also the Script Supervisor for the play and waited tables for Gourmet. Paul played The Interpreter in Frank Oberhausen's April presentation of the musical The King and I, besides being a member of the Set Construction Team and waiting on tables for the Gourmet Staff. Paul was a member of Peter Pollard's Stage Crew for his June musical Sweet Charity; and in August he played Wiley in Janelou Buck's reprise of Mister Roberts as well as being a member of the Set Construction Team and seemingly, an eternal waiter for Gourmet.

Paul was last seen on the Lakeside Playhouse stage in the Sixteenth Season's first show, Marian Dunham's musical comedy, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, in the part of Michael Tobin. The last time his name was seen in a HLT program was the second show of the Sixteenth Season, Peter Pollard's comedy On Golden Pond, when he was listed as the Assistant Director and Stage Manager of the show and also a member of the Set Construction Team and not surprising, a waiter for Gourmet.

During Paul's five seasons with Highlands Little Theatre he was associated with seventeen plays, one Zenon Ceremony, and one First Nighter Gala. He received a Board Service Zenon at the Second Annual Zenon Awards for his many services to the theatre during the Thirteenth Season, and nominated for a Best Stage Manager Award for his work with On Golden Pond in the Sixteenth Season. He was listed in three Zenon Programs, ten HLT newsletters, and twelve local news items for a total of forty-three citations. Paul was an ideal volunteer, always available to help when and where help was needed.

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