Bay High School - Bay Blue Yearbook (Bay Village, OH)

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In “Sweeney Todd , the first Thespian play with musical accompaniment. Marjean Taylor looks over her score. It was coordinated with the play by her music teacher. in the act tension and suspense exploded into the auditorium as the bar maid piano player pounded out an ominous chord for last spring’s play, “Sweeney Todd”. Melodrama, a campy mixture of honey-dipped heroines, fiendish villians and righteous heros, formulated the basis for audience par- ticipation in the Thespian’s spring pro- duction. In this up-beat performance, the audience was encouraged to boo the villains, cheer the heroes, and generally participate in the action of the play. Junior Michelle Adkins, who played a saintly charity worker, complimented the style of the play: “It was really fun; you could act act crazy and no one would notice.” The next effort of the Thespians was the production of the fall play, “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie”. “Give me a girl at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life.” This classic line dramatically repeated by Miss Brodie implies the bizarreness of the subject matter. Sue Steward remarked, “It was kind of a strange play with all of these little abstract affairs going on.” Kyle Craig, who played one of the main schoolgirls felt that the play was a dif- ficult one to do. She stated, “Even with such demanding parts, everyone came through in the end.” About the final performance, Cheryl Soltis, who has been in several Thespian pro- ductions commented, “The end is always sad because you have spent so much time with the cast and after it is over, we usually don’t see each other until the next play.” — Student Life

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To raise spirit for the seniors. Jonas Bergsten plays a cheerleader. Jonas, plus eight others, learned cheers to present for the half time show. Before the game starts, juniors do the loosen-up routine they learned from their coaches. Although 100 juniors bought jer- seys. only 57 actually played. the announcement came over the P.A. during homeroom: “Would anyone involved with the powderpuff game please report to the East Gym immed- iately.” Thus, players, cheerleaders and coaches meekly filed into the gym like children awaiting punishment. The annual powderpuff football game, junior girls vs. senior girls was in danger of cancellation because of van- dalism. Although the persons respon- sible for the property destruction were unaffiliated with the game, their actions would have penalized everyone unless a confession was made by one pm that afternoon. With a full confession, the game proceeded as planned November 7th. The juniors tied the seniors 6-6 in the second quarter, but the seniors shot back with 20-6 by halftime. The game girls get their turn on the gridiron ended in a 42-12 victory for the seniors. With only one week of practice be- fore the actual game, the coaches were hard pressed to organize everyone. Junior coach John Cseh commented, “The girls yelled too much at practice, but I still liked being around all of them.” And then there were the cheerleaders (all male, of course). Clad in borrowed outfits, the guys presented an assort- ment of cheers and stunts to add to the spirit of the game. Said senior cheer- leader Dave Bennett, “We didn’t prac- tice much, actually only half an hour, but I thought we came off good. Some said we were cuter than the regulars.” For all those who participated, either playing or watching, the powder- puff game was once again a success with only three reported injuries. It was a great fund raiser for the Key Club, too. Powderpuff—

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An incriminating letter holds the attentions of Denise Bailey and George Bent in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie”. The Thespians sold 260 tickets to the show. To amuse her stu- dents. Denise Bailey lectures on her past loves in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.” The cast consisted of 28 members. 13 of who acted as school- girls. ✓ Feature: Everybody’s a Stifr thespians, a non-profit organization, produced two plays; fall and spring. Under the direction of Ms. Marilyn Frazier and their officers, the group chose the dramas they wanted to do. = Christie Savoca said, “We try to choose plays with a lot of roles, especially female because we have more girls.” For the first time, fund-raising projects were coordinated. The major one for 1980 was to sell soap. Each member sold at least one but the combi- ned efforts were still not enough to meet their goal of $800 profit. Some extra money was made when members volunteered to paint faces at the Barefoot in the Park festival. At the year’s end, a banquet was held to induct the new Thespians. To try out for “Sweeney Todd . Thes- pians Molly Clark and Dave Daso wait for adviser Ms. Marilyn Frazier to assign a scene. A neophyte became a Thespian after 100 hours of stage work. y At a dress rehearsal for “Sweeney Todd”, villains Dave Daso and Lauren Kostas plot their next mur- derous theft. Re- hearsals in the audi- torium started two weeks before the play. Thespian plays—