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Virginia Guercia - A Ten Season Member By: Roy Riedy |
Virginia Guercia's name first appears as a House Manager in the program for Barbara Smith's production of No, No, Nanette, which was presented at the Lakeside Playhouse in January - February, 1986; and again, as a House Manager, in June of that year, in the program of Janelou Buck's production of I Do, I Do. She was also listed in a third program of the Twelfth Season, Vanities, directed by Sue McCollum and presented in August - September of 1986.
Virginia participated as a House Manager in four of the five plays during the Thirteenth Season: A Funny thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, directed by Marian Dunham in November, 1986; Frank Oberhausen's reprise of Fiddler on the Roof in March - April, 1987; The Fantasticks, Co-directed by Dick Farnsworth and Karen Cardozo Rosa in June, 1987; and The Odd Couple, reprised by Jet Hansen in August - September.
The Fourteenth Season was a reprise of the Thirteenth, Virginia served as a House Manager for four shows: Peter Pollard's Barefoot in the Park in January, 1988; Frank Oberhausen's Carousel in April; California Suite, directed by Janelou Buck in June; and Damn Yankees, directed by Teri Klix in August.
The Fifteenth Season was a little different than the previous ones, it was the occasion of Virginia's first appearance on the stage of the Lakeside Playhouse, which was a chorus part in Richard Oehring's production of Man of La Mancha. Virginia was a House Manager for the remaining four plays of the season: Tena Conyer's Harvey in January; Frank Oberhausen's King and I in April; Peter Pollard's Sweet Charity in June; and Janelou Buck's reprise of Mister Roberts in August - September, 1989.
Virginia got more theatrically diversified during the Sixteenth Season. Her name appeared with those responsible for the Costumes of Marian Dunham's November opener, The Unsinkable Molly Brown; in which she played the part of the Countess Ethanotous and even found time to be a House Manager. For Peter Pollard's January, On Golden Pond, Virginia was a House Manager. In March, 1990, Virginia collaborated with Leena Violette on the Costumes of Frank Oberhausen's reprise of My Fair Lady and also played the Queen of Transylvania, in the play and also served as a House Manager, which she also did the final two shows of the season: Janelou Buck's Hello Dolly in June, and Tena Conyer's Don't Drink the Water in August. In October, Virginia received her first Zenon at the Fifth Annual Awards Ceremony with Leena Violette and Liz Buell, for their work on the costumes of My Fair Lady.
During the Seventeenth Season Virginia was involved with Set Construction and acted as House Manager during all five of the season's plays.
Virginia worked on Set Construction and as a House Manager during the first two plays of the Eighteenth Season, for the third, Frank Oberhausen's Funny Girl, she played the role of an Actress. She returned to be a House Manager during Marian Dunham's The Teahouse of the August Moon.
During the Nineteenth Season, Virginia, now Mrs. Wilbur Young, worked as a House Manager during all five shows, which she continued doing during the Twentieth and Twenty-first Season.
During her ten seasons with Highlands Little Theatre, Virginia was associated with 43 plays, she was mentioned in two Zenon programs and received a Best Costuming Zenon during the Sixteenth Season. Her name was mentioned in 13 HLT Newsletters, and 3 local news articles for a total of 61 Citations. She was a very familiar face at HLT for ten consecutive seasons.
