Dedham High School - Reflections Yearbook (Dedham, MA)

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effin on 0lfUCUf'0!6 .giakin The activities of the Dramatic Club tapered off a bit. The club, under the direction of Miss Doris M. Grant, met once a month during the s-hool year. lts membership was large and en- thusiastic, and its projects were many. At the beginning of the year the club watched a demonstration of the art of make-up, as prac- ticed by Mr. Clifford Gustafson, art director. Two of the club's members were used as models. Next on the program was a one-act play, The Pearls. This was put on at a private performance for club members. The cast included Elsa Basilici, planet Smith. Charles Mulholland, and Lennart johnson. The club got considerable enjoyment out of the fact that one of its members, I-larry Mahoney, was an amateur magician who frequently entertained at its meetings. Club members, accompanied by Miss Grant, attended Boston performances of -lulius Caesar and Pygmalion during the course of the year. Along in March, however, the club coasted for a while, as Miss Grants attention was needed elsewhere. lt all begin with the senior class' play- reading committee, composed of .Ianice Heiferman, Marie Motte, and John Tuck. For weeks they met with Miss Grant, trying to find something not too young nor too old, funny but not foolish, dramatic but not too clillictllt. l26l DRAMATIC CLUB OFFICERS SITTING-Jane Downey, Richard Andrews. STANDING-Thomas Walsh. Joan Gapello. Then there was a solid week of try-outs in the auditorium, with Mr. Ryan getting girls to drag Mike Eremita up on the stage, with everyone try- ing to read Miss Grants mind, with dentist ap- pointments missed, and the same lines spoken over and over again. Finally there was the list posted on the bulletin board. Then there were two months of rehearsals- and epidemics! Measles, strep throats, colds, aches, and assorted miseries. Was the cast ever all there at one time before the opening night? Somehow or other, Miss Grant went through it all and still stayed sane. Somehow the lines got learned. We began selling tickets and painting scenery and hunting for old hats. Half the class was in a fog and everyone was excited. QC0llfl6Q fitere wad . . .

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Ngofc! in fine i 77 SENIOR PLAY CAST A. McDonough. J. Raftery, M. Bromley, L. Downing, R. Aspell, P. Kipp. J. 0'Bx'ien, M. Eremitzi, R. Hugzhvy. G. Couper, J. Milroy, A. Leonard, H. Siakotos, K. Nihart, I.. .Johnson J. Capella, M. MacDonald, M. Nolan, J. Ness. J. Cleary, J. Iadonisi, T. O'ConnelI. T.York, L. Mulholland, J. Zinni, H. Senning, J. Kohut, H. Hit-kt-ox It was a whopping success. Top credit, of course, goes to Miss Grant, who worked endless hours with the cast. Then come the big three: Holly Hickcox, as the villainous Richard Murga- troyd g Kathryn Nihart, as lovely Nell, and Len- nie johnson, as brave jack Dalton. They had the longest parts, and they handled them superbly. As for the rest of the cast, 1et's talk about them in the order in which they appeared. First came Chassy Donelan, very elegant in a tux, who spoke l27l the prologue. Then we saw Mary MacDonald, as Lizzie jones, the housekeeper. Mary made it very clear that she, at least, was not fooled by the villain's city ways. Rona Hughey was Barbara Stanley, Nell's younger sister. Her sweet singing voice was par- ticularly valuable in this part. jack Milroy was Hiram Stanley, Nell's stern father. In spite of a badly inflamed throat, Whitey played his part in true melodramatic style.