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Stan Epling II - A Zenon for a Back Stage Man named Stan By: Roy Riedy |
Stan Epling II is a well known Stage Crew and Production man at HLT. His name made its first appearance seven years ago in the April, 1999 program for Frank Oberhausen's reprise of Rodgers and Hammerstein's much loved musical, The Sound of Music. Stan was a member of the Stage Crew, for The Sound of Music which was followed by crew work for Mr. Oberhausen's revivals of The King and I and Guys and Dolls, and the Tammie Pollard's musical West Side Story.
Stan's first Stage Manager stint was for Jim McCollum's Best Little Whorehouse in Texas which earned him a Zenon nomination at the Sixteenth Zenon Awards Ceremonies in October, 2001 and again at the Seventeenth Ceremonies, the following year, for his management of Peter Pollard's Foxfire.
Mr. Epling is a second generation HLT member and after six years of technical experience, courtesy of the US Navy, he joined HLT with his valuable sound experience. His son Dustin also works as a Stage Crew member which adds another generation of Epling HLT volunteerism to the family name. Stan and Dustin were both backstage for the revival of The Music Man in the Thirty-first Season as members of its Stage Crew.
Most recently, during the Thirty-second Season, Stan concentrated on Lighting Design and as a Lighing Technician for four of the five main stage productions and the "Extra" Revue presented in late April, Broadway in Concert.
It was his work on Light Design with Tammie Pollard for her Zenon winning musical Grease that brought him his first Zenon at the Twenty-first Award Cermeonies in early October, 2006. Congratuations Stan Epling II on your well deserved honor. HLT is begining to see the light.
GRACIE AWARD WINNER FOR DECEMBER, 2006 by Vanessa Logsdon
December's honoree has been actively involved at HLT for several years, as stage crew, stage manager, and sound and light tech to name a few roles. This year, he not only worked every rental and special event for the first six months, he also took on dual committee chair responsibilities. As sound chair, he reorganized the storage and handling of sound equipment, and filled in as light chair while Thor Knutson was away. During the now infamous Grease matinee lightening strike, he was on call to lend his expertise to get us back up to standard for the evening performance. For those of you who haven't figured it out yet, the Gracie Award goes to Stan Epling, II.
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