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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Susan Spiegel - A Talented Actress By: Roy Riedy |
Susan Spiegel delighted audiences in 7 plays during the six seasons she was an active member of Highlands Little Theatre. She was first seen and heard as a member of the chorus in Marian Dunham's June, 1985, Lerner and Loewe musical, Brigadoon, which Susan and Sue McCollum also choreographed. Susan followed her debut by playing Lady Rowena in Peter Pollard's musical fairy tale, Once Upon a Mattress, in August, 1985, the last play of the Eleventh Season.
During the Twelfth Season she appeared in only one show, Barbara Smith's Vincent Youmans' No, No, Nanette as Winnie Winslow. She made up for this loss in the Thirteenth Season by appearing in four programs. In November, 1986, Susan appeared as Gymnasia in Marian Dunham's presentation of Stephen Sondheim's A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and in March, as Golde, in Frank Oberhausen's revival of Harnick and Bock's musical, Fiddler on the Roof. In June, 1987, her name was acknowledged in Richard Farnsworth and Karen Cardozo Rosa's program for their presentation of the legendary Fantasticks, and also as the Secretary of Highland Little Theatre. Jet Hansen revived Neil Simon's comedy The Odd Couple in August with Susan playing Gwendolyn Pigeon. At the Second Zenon Awards Ceremony, held at the Sun 'n Lake Community Center on October 3, 1987, Susan made Zenon history for not only winning the Best Actress in a Leading Role Zenon, as Golde in Fiddler on the Roof, but also being the winner of the Best Actress in a Supporting Role Award, as Gwendolyn Pigeon in The Odd Couple.
At the Third Annual Zenon Awards Ceremony at the close of the Fourteenth Season, Susan was the presenter of the Best Actor Award. In the Sixteenth Season she played the part of Chelsea Thayer Wayne in Ernest Thompson's comedy, On Golden Pond, directed by Jet Hansen in January, 1990, a role that won Susan a nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the Fifth Annual Zenon Awards Ceremony that October.
During her career at HLT Susan's name appeared in eleven playbills and four Zenon programs. She received two Zenons at the Second Zenon Ceremony for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress and was nominated once again for an award for Best Supporting Actress at the Fifth Zenon Ceremony. She has been cited in twelve HLT Newsletters and nineteen local news articles for a total of forty-six Citations. Susan will be long remembered for her outstanding acting and the luster she brought to every play in which she appeared.
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