East Noble High School - Legend Yearbook (Kendallville, IN)

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Children ' s Theatre Right: Wendy Diehl and Ted O ' Malley show their grief when the curse is put upon their baby. Far right: The fairies stare down upon little Sleeping Beauty while giving her their presents. For many people, a fairy tale became reality when East Noble ' s theatre put on Sleeping Beauty on October 10 and 12 for Children ' s Theatre. The play had all that it did in the book from fairies to witches and good to bad. It was all there right in front of your eyes. The actors and actresses should be commended for putting on such a fine play, which had to be drawn out so the audience could see it as they pic- tured it when they read the fairy tale. The play set the audience back into their childhood days and the children that attended it were put in their own little dream world. Ted O ' Malley and Wendy Diehl played the parts of King and Queen of Loreland. The nanny was played by Amy Roche; Black Fairy by Mandy Diehl, Sunshine Fairy by Sandy Rigsby; Prince Rupert by Odis Gayheart; King Tuffy by Jerry Campbell; Sleeping Beauty by Laurie Emerson, and the Prince by Bill Chase. The play was put on with two weeks practice and a lot of newcomers to the stage along with the Thespians. The play had very little or no errors and the ones that they did have were quickly over- looked by the audience. Right. Ted O ' Malley and Amy Roche rejoice after the show is over. Middle: Bill Chase is hypnotized as he gazes upon Sleeping Beauty. Far right: The Black Fairy warns Nanny of the curse that will be place upon Sleeping Beauty. Text by Michele 1 Her Photos by Tonya Beeber K

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Evening On February 8th and 9th, James Elward ' s The Best Of Friends, came to the East Noble stage. This comedy, while not a knee-slapping, uproarous comedy, offered a more subtle humor on the order of George Burns. Elward ' s play, directed by Robert Avery, combined deep personal characters together and came out with a light and lively story. It was just the right combination of wit, drama and plot to make the play both funny and somber, and still flow without any dead spots. The play opened with Archer Con- nought, played by Ted O ' Malley, a playboy writer, presumed dead, having crashed a plane into the ocean. His wife Josie, played by Amy Roche, mourns, but really is not too upset with this - ' tragic event, understandably though, because Archer was Right: Anxiety and distress shown in the faces of Josie(Roche) and KatefJodie Witham) were just two of the many emo- tions that were evoked in this production. Below. His family and Felix Hackaday (Phil Larson) look dumbfounded when Archer(O ' Malley) makes his surprise return-to-life appearance. ...terrible father, an absentee husband, a liar, a philanderer... . But Archer did not come across as that bad of a guy. He was just confused. He did not want to grow up. ...a small boy kicking leaves. A turmoil results when Archer shows up at home with a rich southern belle on his arm. The rest of the cast included Kathie Roggermann as the housebreaker, Tim Kelty as a hippy son after his father ' s money, Jodie Witham as his sarcastic sister, and Karen Zonis as his spaced out wife. Also were Laura Kelty, Archer ' s publisher and first affair, and Jim Hanes an alcoholic Justice of the Peace. Right: Tempers flare between Josie (Amy Roche) and Archer (Ted O ' Malley) as Daryl (Kathie Roggermann) looks on. Text by Timothy Kelty Photos by Tonya Beeber