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

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Above left: Hazel( Laura Kelty) confronts Archer(O ' Malley) about a past deception. Above right: Before performing Tim Kelty sits patiently as he is hippy-ized. of Theatre ©

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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

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Dinner The fifteenth annual Dinner Theatre was performed on March first and second. The play, Babes in Arms , was actually a play about a play. Seymour Fleming (Jim Hanes) is trying to take away Bunny ' s (Nan Barker) share of the playhouse which she inherited from her father. During Babes in Arms , two plays are going on. One is called The Deep North produced by Lee Calhoun (Nick Havert) which features the child star, Jennifer Owens (Laurie Emerson) and whose mother Phyllis (Mandy Diehl) is very protective and pretends to be ill when things don ' t go her way. Fleming makes the actors and actresses, led by Susie (Cyn-dee Wilson) And Val (Bill Chase) practice continually, but they stay late and practice the play they are doing to raise money and help Bunny, Susie starts to fall in love with Val, while Val is starting to like Jennifer. Jennifer is trying to help Val and Susie keep Fleming from getting the playhouse, but her mother keeps interfering and getting sick. As the play continues, Steve Edwards (Matt Tatman) comes to the playhouse to review The Deep North and we find out that he and Jennifer are in love, and that he is Susie ' s brother. As we go into Act I of The Deep North , it seems like nothing is going right and the play is a total flop, with Fleming not getting what he wanted. The play ends in the big old barn where the whole company puts on their play which is a big success. Text by Lori Coleman Photos by Tonya Beeber Below: Mike Fitzgibbon, Wendy Diehl, and Carla Traxler, look unhappy as they talk about giving up acting. Bottom: Susie tries to get Steve to come review their play. m