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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Roy Riedy - Drama Teacher, Director, Actor, and Historian By: Roy Riedy |
Roy Riedy's first connection with Highlands Little Theatre was a review he wrote for the News-Sun, in 1982, a review of the Cole Porter musical Anything Goes. In November of the following year he played the role of Fagin in the Marion Wareheim's presentation of Lionel Bart's musical, Oliver! Four years later in November, 1987, Mr. Riedy played the part of the Emcee in Kander and Ebb's musical Cabaret, also directed by Ms. Wareheim. The part won him a Zenon for Best Actor.
In August, 1988 he played the role of Mr. Applegate in Jerry Ross' Damn Yankees, directed by Teri Klix ; and in April of 1992 he played Flo Zeigfeld in Frank Oberhausen's production of Bob Merrill's Funny Girl.
In June of 1992 he was the Judge in and Associate Director of Janelou Buck's production of Jerome Lawrence's Inherit The Wind. In 1994 Mr. Riedy directed and acted in a short run of Kander and Ebb's As the World Goes 'Round, a Christmas "extra". In March of 1995 he played the part of Lewis Morris in Frank Oberhausen's production of Sherman Edwards' 1776.
Mr. Riedy directed the January, 1996, production of Larry Shue's Off Broadway award winning comedy The Foreigner which was awarded two Zenons for Best Supporting Actor and Actress. In March of 1996 he played the rabbi in Frank Oberhausen's production of Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's musical Fiddler on the Roof.
In 1999, Mr. Riedy received his second Zenon for outstanding achievement for writing the history of Highlands Little Theatre. In August, 2000, he reprised his role of Fagin in Melanie Boulay's production of the musical Oliver!; in March, 2002 he played the role of Jacob in Joe Willis' production of Webber and Rice's musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
In all Mr. Riedy has acted in eleven plays at HLT and directed and/or co-directed three. He is responsible for bringing Highlands Little Theatre's twenty-eight year history up to date and has written over ninety reviews of HLT plays and presentations for the past twenty years. At the 17th Zenon Award Ceremonies in August of 2002, he became the eighteenth recipient of the prestigious Janelou Buck Significant Achievement Award. Mr. Riedy taught English at Sebring High School for over thirty years and during his tenure there he inaugurated a course in theatre and acting and directed twenty-one plays.
Most recently, Mr. Riedy was the July, 2003, recipient of HLT's Gracie Award for his ongoing work on the Little Theatre's history, website bios, and articles for the HLT Newsletter and play reviews for The News-Sun.
