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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Scott Featheringill - A Great Puppeteer By: Roy Riedy |
Scott Featheringill's name surfaced for the first time in the HLT program for Tena Conyer's August, 1990, revival of Woody Allen's comedy, Don't Drink The Water; Scott was part of the Sound Team for that production.
The following season, HLT's Seventeenth, Scott was involved with three productions, a Christmas Program, and an Awards Ceremony. Jet Hansen's Oklahoma! opened the season and Scott was listed as a member of the musical's chorus. In December, Scott was the Sound man for Marian Dunham's weekend production of Christmas Dreams. Frank Oberhausen directed The Music Man in March and Scott was a member of the show's chorus and also on the Stage Crew and Set Construction Team. In June, Tena Conyer directed Little Shop of Horrors, which became the hit of the year. Scott was the puppeteer of Audrey II, a man-eating vegetable - the "Horror" of the Little Shop of Horrors, which he manipulated with maniacal and intense inventiveness. His ingenuity won him and the "voice" of Audry II, Jim Lanier, a Zenon for Best Performance by an Actor in a Support Role at the Sixth Annual Awards Ceremony the following October.
The musical, Mame, directed by Jet Hansen opened the Eighteenth Season at Highlands Little Theatre and Scott worked behind the scenes as a member of the Set Construction Team, and also on stage where he played a Doorman in the play. Carol Thurow directed A Christmas Salute to the 40's for a weekend in December for which Scott worked as her Sound Director. In January, Peter Pollard directed the musical They're Playing Our Song for which Scott furnished the voice of Phil the Engineer.
Funny Girl, directed by Frank Oberhausen, opened on April 3, 1992, at the Lakeside Playhouse and Scott played a Workman in the play and backstage was a member of the Stage Crew and Set Construction Team. During Janelou Buck's drama Inherit The Wind, Scott worked with the members of Anthony's Lounge, and in August he was part of the Stage Crew for Marian Dunham's revival of The Teahouse of the August Moon, also appearing on stage as Mr. Seiko. At the Seventh Annual Zenon Awards Ceremony in October, Scott received his second Zenon, a Production/Technical Award "for outstanding achievement as sound technician for Mame, They're Playing Our Song, Funny Girl, and Teahouse of the August Moon.
Scott worked in Anthony's Lounge during Tena Conyer's zany Nunsense in November, 1992, and was on Walter Zelenenki's Sound Team for his production of Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean in January, 1993. After a hiatus of a year and a half he reappeared as one of Marian Dunham's Sound Technicians for her musical, Meet Me in St. Louis in August, 1994. The last time Scott's name appeared in an HLT program was in the Tenth Annual Zenon Awards Ceremony Program where his two awards were recapitulated.
During Scott's four years with HLT he worked on 12 plays, 2 Christmas programs, and attended 2 Zenon Ceremonies to receive two awards. His name appeared in 11 HLT Newsletters and 10 local news articles for a total of 38 Citations. He is remembered as a great puppeteer.
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