Licklog Players come from many backgrounds

Micah Robinson, volunteer with the Peacock Playhouse, makes lighting adjustments for the current production, Romantic Comedy.

"This facility is one of the finest in the mountains," said 25- year old Micah Robinson, who has been a volunteer with the Peacock Playhouse for three years.

The youngest member of the production crew presently working on Romantic Comedy, Robinson has ten Licklog productions to his credit as a skillful lighting technician. Trained in networking and computer repair at North Georgia Technical College, he is a subcontractor for Kenneco Computers in Blairsville during the day. At night he makes the lights to shine on many entertaining performances by the popular Licklog Players.

He's usually found perched high atop a 10-foot ladder adjusting stage lights during rehearsals and operating switches in the Lighting Booth during productions. But like many other volunteers, he's been bitten by the acting bug and gave an impressive performance as the Prosecutor in Witness for the Prosecution. In order to concentrate on his role in Witness, he turned the Lighting Booth over to his 18-year old sister, carefully guiding her with step-by-step directions as to what to do and when.

"It was the most challenging show for me," he said, "but it turned out all right. She did a good job with the lights and, as for me, being up on the stage was exhilarating."

Another important member of the Romantic Comedy production team is newcomer, Tim Frazer, an enterprising gentleman with a background in avionics, sculpture and theatre.

Drawing on his engineering degree, Frazer began his first career in avionics, which took him to the Mideast working on major aircraft electronics as Avionics Manager for two important aircraft companies. After fourteen years, he returned home and continued working as an engineer before semi-retiring to begin a second career as a sculptor.

Today, during daylight hours, he can be found in the quiet isolation of his Hayesville studio creating sculptured works of art, which he plans to exhibit in major cities throughout the United States and Europe. In the evening, the accomplished Baltimore native can be found working behind the scenes of Romantic Comedy, painting the set and serving as costage manager.

This three-act comedy is Frazer's introduction to the Licklog Players and the Peacock Playhouse.

"I've always been interested in the theatre," said the soft-spoken high achiever whose work reveals much about the man. "But I never had time to attend rehearsals until now."

Perhaps he won't be seen much in Hayesville when fame catches up with him, but for now, he's a welcome addition to the theatre's prized list of volunteers.

Frazier will share the stage manager responsibilities with Kay Thomas who, like Robinson, works both on and off stage. In addition to arranging sets and coaching performers, she's appeared in a number of productions herself. Fans will remember her as one of the nosy neighbors in Bad Year for Tomatoes and as Mrs. Chumbley in Harvey.

Show dates for Romantic Comedy are March 28-30 and April 4-6. Tickets will be on sale at the Peacock Playhouse box office Mon-Fri, 10AM to 4 PM beginning March 17. Adults $13, Students and Children $8. Rated PG. For further information, telephone 828-389-8632 or toll free 1-877-691-9906.