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Norman M. Small

Also Credited As Norman Small, Norm Small, J. Nimrod Snell
Notes First Producing Director and father of TWH. Norm led the Theatre from Season 1 through Season 45. He was also a professor at Polk State College and received a lifetime achievement award from the Winter Haven Chamber of Commerce in 2010.
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Leadership/Design Team

1971 Barefoot in the Park | Set Designer, Director
1971 Everybody Loves Opal | Director
1972 Bell, Book and Candle | Set Designer, Lighting Designer, Director | Note
1972 Play It Again, Sam | Director
1973 What Did We Do Wrong | Lighting Designer, Set Designer, Director | Note
1974 Blithe Spirit | Set Designer
1974 Stop the World - I Want To Get Off | Lighting Designer, Set Designer, Director
1974 How the Other Half Loves | Set Designer
1974 The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd | Lighting Designer, Set Designer, Director
1974 Dark at the Top of the Stairs | Lighting Designer, Set Designer, Director
1975 Arsenic and Old Lace | Lighting Designer, Set Designer
1975 Beginner's Luck | Lighting Designer, Set Designer, Director
1975 You're a Good Man Charlie Brown | Set Designer, Lighting Designer, Director
1976 Finishing Touches | Lighting Designer, Set Designer | Note
1976 Not Now Darling | Lighting Designer, Set Designer, Director
1976 The Sunshine Boys | Lighting Designer, Set Designer, Director
1977 The Curious Savage | Lighting Designer, Set Designer | Note
1977 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Set Designer, Director
1977 The Wizard of Oz | Lighting Designer, Set Designer | Note
1977 The Sound of Music | Director
1978 The Subject Was Roses | Lighting Designer, Set Designer, Director
1978 Little Mary Sunshine | Lighting Designer, Set Designer | Note
1978 Everybody's Girl | Lighting Designer, Set Designer | Note
1980 The Shadow Box | Director
1980 You Can't Take It With You | Set Designer
1981 Gypsy | Director
1985 My Fair Lady | Director
1985 The Elephant Man | Director
1985 The Lion In Winter | Director
1986 'Night Mother | Director
1986 Little Foxes | Director
1986 Orphans | Director
1987 The Gin Game | Director
1988 The Man Who Came To Dinner | Director
1990 Les Miserables In Concert | Director | Note
1991 A Walk in the Woods | Director
1992 Painting Churches | Director
1992 The Taffetas | Director
1993 Starry Nights | Director
1994 Talk Radio | Director
1995 Jesus Christ, Superstar | Director
1995 Greetings | Director
1997 Greater Tuna | Director
1998 Keely & Du | Director
2000 Cobb | Director
2001 Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged) | Director
2004 Always, Patsy Cline | Director
2004 Having Our Say | Director
2007 Christmas My Way | Director
2009 Smokey Joe's Cafe | Director
2010 The Boys Next Door | Director
2011 ABBA: Thank You for the Music | Director
2011 Dearly Departed | Director
2012 Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story | Director
2012 Golda's Balcony | Director
2012 Duelin' Dudes | Director
2013 Jesus Christ Superstar | Director
2014 Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story | Director
2015 Handle With Care | Director
2018 You Are Not Alone | Director

Cast Credits

1994 Talk Radio | Caller | Note

Staff/Crew Credits

1972 Lilies of the Field | Producing Director
1972 The Burning Man | Construction, Publicity - Newspaper
1972 Dirty Work at the Crossroads | Box Office & Publicity
1973 The Paisley Convertible | Publicty
1973 The Rainmaker | Publicty
1975 Arsenic and Old Lace | Publicity
1975 Beginner's Luck | Publicity
1976 Finishing Touches | Publicity
1976 The Glass Menagerie | Publicity, Technical Director
1976 Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick | Technical Director
1977 The Curious Savage | Technical Director
1977 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Producing Director
1977 The Wizard of Oz | Technical Director
1978 Little Mary Sunshine | Technical Director
1978 Everybody's Girl | Publicity, Technical Director
1981 Gypsy | Producing Director
1982 See How They Run | Producing Director
1984 The Mouse that Roared | Producer
1984 The Hobbit | Producing Director
1985 The Elephant Man | Producing Director
1985 Pinocchio | Producing Director
1985 Pirates of Penzance | Producing Director
1986 Little Foxes | Producing Director
1986 Mr. Roberts | Producing Director
1986 Heaven Can Wait | Producing Director
1987 The Gin Game | Producing Director
1987 Barnum | Producer
1987 Sleuth | Producing Director
1988 Quilters | Producing Director
1989 The Solid Gold Cadillac | Producing Director
1990 Murder at the Howard Johnson's | Producing Director
1990 Steel Magnolias | Producing Director
1991 Social Security | Producing Director
1991 Man of LaMancha | Producing Director
1991 A Walk in the Woods | Producing Director
1992 1776 | Producing Director
1992 Painting Churches | Producing Director
1992 Arsenic and Old Lace | Producing Director
1992 The Taffetas | Producing Director
1993 The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas | Producing Director
1993 To Kill A Mockingbird | Producing Director
1993 Lend Me A Tenor | Producing Director
1993 The Little Mermaid | Producing Director
1993 A Few Good Men | Producing Director
1994 Harvey | Producing Director
1994 South Pacific | Producing Director
1994 The Fantasticks | Producing Director
1994 The Sound of Music | Producing Director
1994 The Secret Garden | Producing Director
1994 Rumors | Producing Director
1995 The Miracle Worker | Producing Director
1995 Jesus Christ, Superstar | Producing Director
1995 The Red Shoes | Producing Director
1995 Greetings | Producing Director
1996 Run For Your Wife | Producing Director
1996 Funny Girl | Producing Director
1996 Into The Woods | Producing Director
1996 The Nerd | Producing Director
1996 Two By Two | Producing Director
1997 La Cage Aux Folles | Producing Director
1997 Hey Ho, Pinocchio | Producing Director
1997 Greater Tuna | Producing Director
1997 Fiddler on the Roof | Producing Director
1997 Paintin' the Fence | Producing Director
1998 The Will Rogers Follies | Producing Director
1998 The Wizard of Oz | Producing Director
1998 Oliver | Producing Director
1999 Guys & Dolls | Producing Director
1999 A Raisin in the Son | Producing Director
1999 Pocahontas | Producing Director
2000 Moon Over Buffalo | Producing Director
2000 The Rainmaker | Producing Director
2000 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Producing Director
2000 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Producing Director
2000 Miracle on 34th Street | Producing Director
2001 42nd Street | Producing Director
2001 Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged) | Producing Director
2001 Hansel and Gretel | Producing Director
2001 Sweet Charity | Producing Director
2001 The King and I | Producing Director
2001 Visiting Mr. Green | Producing Director
2002 Smoke on the Mountain | Producing Director
2002 Art | Producing Director
2002 Jekyll & Hyde | Producing Director
2002 Falsettoland | Producing Director
2002 The Snow Queen | Producing Director
2002 West Side Story | Producing Director
2002 Deathtrap | Producing Director
2002 Les Miserables School Edition | Producing Director
2002 The Sanders Family Christmas | Producing Director
2003 Over the River and Through the Woods | Producing Director
2003 The Music Man | Producing Director
2003 Love, Sex & the IRS | Producing Director
2003 Little Shop of Horrors | Producing Director
2003 Peter Pan | Producing Director
2003 Nuncrackers | Producing Director
2003 Sanders Family Christmas | Producing Director
2004 Out of Order | Producing Director
2004 Proof | Producing Director | Note
2004 Having Our Say | Producing Director
2004 The 13 Clocks | Producing Director
2004 Footloose | Producing Director
2005 My Fair Lady | Producing Director
2005 The Odd Couple | Producing Director
2005 Grease | Producing Director
2005 Honky Tonk Angels | Producing Director
2005 The Little Prince | Producing Director
2005 A Tuna Christmas | Producing Director
2006 No Sex Please, We're British | Producing Director
2006 Cats | Producing Director
2006 King O' the Moon | Producing Director
2006 The Wizard of Oz | Producing Director
2006 Beehive, the 60's Musical | Producing Director
2006 The Foreigner | Producing Director
2007 I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change | Producing Director
2007 The Vagina Monologues | Producing Director, Theatre Winter Haven
2007 Oklahoma! | Producing Directortor
2007 Lily's Purple Plastic Purse | Producing Director
2007 Chicago | Producing Director
2007 Noises Off | Producing Director
2008 Camelot | Producing Director
2008 To Kill a Mockingbird | Producing Director | Note
2008 All Shook Up | Producing Director
2008 Nunsensations | Producing Director
2008 The Last Night of Ballyhoo | Producing Director
2009 Smokey Joe's Cafe | Producing Director
2009 Kiss Me, Kate | Producing Director
2009 The Perfect Wedding | Producing Director
2009 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Producing Director
2009 Gypsy | Producing Director
2009 Steel Magnolias | Producing Director
2010 Leading Ladies | Producing Director
2010 Ragtime | Producing Director
2010 A Piece of my Heart | Producing Director
2010 The Boys Next Door | Producing Director
2010 Rent | Producing Director
2010 Cheaper by the Dozen | Producing Director
2010 Run For Your Wife | Producing Director
2011 Pump Boys and Dinettes | Producing Director
2011 The Sound of Music | Producing Director
2011 The Secret Garden | Producing Director
2011 Evita | Producing Director
2011 The Full Monty | Producing Director
2011 Metaphasia | Producing Director
2011 It's a Wonderful Life | Producing Director
2012 The Marvelous Wonderettes | Producing Director
2012 Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story | Producing Director
2012 Rumors | Producing Director
2012 Hairspray | Producing Director
2012 Annie | Producing Director
2012 Winter Wonderettes | Producing Director
2013 The Fox on the Fairway | Producing Director
2013 9 to 5 | Producing Director
2013 The 39 Steps | Producing Director
2013 Disney's The Little Mermaid, Jr. | Producing Director
2013 Jesus Christ Superstar | Producing Director
2013 Fiddler on the Roof | Producing Director
2013 Duelin' Duets | Producing Director
2013 The Miracle Worker | Producing Director
2014 Don't Dress for Dinner | Producing Director
2014 Les Miserables | Producing Director
2014 Dixie Swim Club | Producing Director
2014 The Phantom Tollbooth, Jr. | Producing Director
2014 Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story | Producing Director
2014 Mary Poppins | Producing Director
2014 Second Samuel | Producing Director
2015 Annie Get Your Gun | Producing Director
2015 Becky's New Car | Producing Director
2015 Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Jr. | Producing Director
2015 Shrek the Musical | Producing Director

Awards

1980 Florida Theatre Conference
Best Production | Director - The Shadow Box | Note
1981 Southeastern Theatre Conference
Outstanding Production | Director - The Shadow Box | Note
1985 Southeastern Theatre Conference
Outstanding Production | Director - The Elephant Man
1986 Florida Theatre Conference
Best Production | Director - Orphans
1987 International Amateur Drama Festival
Audience Award | Director - Orphans
1987 International Amateur Drama Festival
First Place Honors | Director - Orphans
1987 Southeastern Theatre Conference
Outstanding Production | Director - Orphans
1989 Florida Theatre Conference
Outstanding Contribution to Florida’s Community Theatre
1995 Southeastern Theatre Conference
Outstanding Production | Director - Talk Radio | Note
1996 AACT National Festival
AACT Fellows Award
2004 Pierrot Awards
Best Musical | Director - Always, Patsy Cline
2005 AACT National Festival
David C. Bryant Outstanding Service
2011 Pierrot Awards
Best Play | Director - Dearly Departed
2012 Florida Theatre Conference
Best Production | Director - Golda's Balcony
2012 Pierrot Awards
Best Musical | Director - Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
2013 Southeastern Theatre Conference
Outstanding Direction | Director - Golda's Balcony
2013 Southeastern Theatre Conference
Outstanding Production | Director - Golda's Balcony
2014 AACT National Festival
Art Cole Lifetime of Leadership Award
2014 Florida Theatre Conference
Lifetime Achievement
2015 Greater Winter Haven Chamber of Commerce
Lifetime Achievement Award for Economic Impact Through the Arts
2016 Pierrot Awards
Best Play | Director - Handle With Care
2016 Polk Arts Alliance
Artist Hall of Fame | Note