Chandler High School - El Lobo Yearbook (Chandler, AZ)

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BANGO KENYON PLAYS TULLY Bill C Bango l Kenyon began his career in Chandler High drama with the minor role ofa rebellious student fn Up The Down Staircase and has moved on from there. Since then he has played the light role of the butler in Dracula , a terrific bartender in The Drunkard , a con artist in Wait Until Dark and now the major part of Tully Bascom, High Constable of Grand FGl'lWlCl4, in The IVlouse That Roared . Bill is also a big participant in OCDHS, and has been involved with A.P.A.C. , Christ- mas and pantomime shows . Other activities in- clude competing with the Speech and Debate Team. ROBB ASHCROFT ACTIVE IN A.P.A.C AND MOUSE Sophomore Robb Ashcroft just began his work in Chandler High School drama this year, but already he has become a favorite with many of the CHS students. Most saw Robb playing various roles during the Christmas Assembly . Then Robb was in Wait Until Dark C Flashlight spot number 2, he saysl. lVIore recently he has been playing a starring role in the comedy hit, The Mouse That Roared and is very active in A.P.A.C. l

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WAIT UNTIL DARK AND THE MOUSE THAT ROARED BRING TWO DIFFERENT TOUCHES TO CHANDLER HIGH'S STUDENTS The Chandler High School Drama Department has slowly been building over the past few yearsi this year the group was one of the most visible on campus . Headed by lVlr. lVlichael Fain, they performed for the student body several times during various assemblies and also put on a number of productions. The panto- mimists performed at various intervals , and a few of the skit people even highlighted this year's Talent Show with humorous pieces . But a great deal of the work done this year went in- to the two major productions put on by the department. Early in the fall the well- known thriller, Wait Until Dark starred Linda Winget in the Audrey Hepburn role and drew sell-out crowds even during a rainstorm. The group followed that success with the performance of the comedy, The llllouse That Roared . Once again Linda starred in the play about the tiny duchy of Grand Fenwick that decides to declare war on the United States . The object of the ploy was to lose and grace- fully accept the financial aid America always offers after soundly whipping an enemy . Some of the stars of these plays have been interviewed in the following pages . FAIN HEADS GROWING OCDHS lVIr. Fain ended his fourth year at Chandler High this year. In this short period of time, he has produced two sell-out plays, Dracula and Wait Until Dark. Other successful plays put on were Up The Down Staircase, Barefoot in the Park, You're A Good lVlan Charlie Brown, Ten Little lndians, Twelve Angry lVIen, and The lVlouse that Roared . Also put on every year was a series of pantomine shows . These shows were put on by the newly formed OCDHS, Original Chand- ler Dramatugical and Historionic Society. The club was formed and headed by lVlr. Fain. 28- Drama -' 'W' '

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LINDA, MARK, JOHN, STEVE, AND MR. DORAN TAKE RDLES lVlark Reed, a senior at Chandler High this year, has been involved in CHS drama for some time . His most re- cent role was that of the killer in Wait Until Dark . Mark played the master- mind, and manipulated the con men into terrorizing the blind woman with the doll. Other presentations he has had a part in were Ten Little lndians , History of the U .S . , and Dracula . He also played the Student Body President in the studentffaculty production of Up the Down Staircase . lVlark is an active member of the CHS Speech and Debate Team. MARK REED FINISHES 4 LINDA STARS IN THRILLER Sophomore Linda Winget had her first starring role this year, as Suzie Hendrix in Wait Until Dark . The part was one o a blind woman possessing a doll filled with cocaine. This was not Linda's first dramatic endeavor at CHS-she was also involved in The Drunkard , portraying a crazy woman . Her latest production is The Mouse f That Roared , playing Gloriana the 12th, ruler of the duchy of Grand Fenwick.