Fort Lewis College - Katzima Yearbook (Durango, CO)

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The Direcror- Mr. David Berg. The 'rormenred face of Joe Keller, lRalph Sunclquisfl, expresses somehof 'rhe deep feeling of guilf wifhin himself. as Jim Ferguson wa+c es. 0 l l., ., .. '- George Deever fRex Dunlapl poinrs an accusing finger af Chris Keller as he sformily Tells Chris 'Thai' his fafher is To blame for sending our clefecfive air- crafl' parfs and shifring lhe blame. The casl' of All My Sons : Jim Fergu- son. Dawni Gaslcill, Rex Dunlap, Richard Hoover, Ann Holi. Sonny Smifh, Marry Hawley, Ralph Sundquisf and Ann Teague.

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Searching forMorc1IiTy All My Sons Leaves Audiences STunned The inTense conTlicT OT man againsT his con- science and The moraliTy of man were The issues Taken on by The highly dramaTic Theme of ArThur Miller's All My Sons produced lasT winTer by The FLC Players. The gnawing agony oT discovering ThaT his TaTher had commiTTed murder by deliberaTely send- ing ouT deTecTive aircraTT parTs Trom his TacTory dur- ing World War ll, Tears Chris Keller beTween loyalTy and repulsion Toward The man he worships. The TaTher, Joe Keller, Trying To raTionalize sending American piloTs To Their deaThs and leTTing his parT- ner Talce The blame, ends up a Torn ruined man. l-le deludes himself inTo believing he did iT Tor The sake of The business, ThaT iT acTually was his parTner's TaulT. Keller's suicide comes abouT as The only means oT escape from himselT. All My Sons was direcTed by David Berg and excellenTly porTrayed by The casT oT Sonny SmiTh lChris Kellerl, Ralph SundguisT lcloe Kellerl, MarTy l-lawley lKaTe Kellerl, Ann l-lolT lAnn Deeverl, Rex Dunlap lGeorge Deeverl. Ann Teague lSue Baylessl. Thom Phillips lDr. Baylessl, .lim Ferguson and Dawni Gaslcill lFranlr and Lydia Lubeyl, and Richard Hoover lBerTl. The high drama of All My Sons leTT a shock- ing bruTal TruTh wiTh iTs audiences. The problems explored in The play are real-and mosT perTinenT wiTh relaTion To Today. In discussing The moraliTy oT man, The horrors of war, and The prevailing aTTiTudes aT The end oT a war, ArThur Miller hiT hard and deep. The acTors had an appreciaTive buT sTunned audi- ence when They were Through. An angry Chris reads The suicide noTe senT by his broTher Larry. Near The breaking poinT, Chris' TaTher, Joe lRalph Sund- quisT2, lisTens wiTh KaTe lMarTy Haw eyl and soon aTTerward commiTs suicide himself. Ann Deever waiTs Tensely Tor The re- acTion.

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WiTh a whoop and a holler. The FLC Players slammed inTo Their Third maior producTion oT The year wiTh The musical comedy Li'l Abner. The play. based on The Tamous comic sTrip oT Al Capp. cenTered around.The eTTorTs oT Abner Yokum lLex Lubchencol. lvlammy and Pappy Yokum lGwenda AugusTine and Jim Fergusonl. Daisy Mae Scraggs llvlar- Ty l-lawleyl, and The numerous nervous DogpaTch. U.S.A. characTers To save Their beloved Town Trom desTrucTion. DogpaTch has been selecTed as The mosT unnecessary place in The counTry, and is soon To be The scene oT an aTomic TesT siTe. Abner, as usual. is pursued by Daisy Mae. who has noThing less Than maTrimony on her mind. And Abner. in his naive way, has anyThing buT marriage in his plans as he is spiriTed away To WashingTon Tor TesTs To deTer- mine The eTTecT oT lvlammy's special body-building Yok- umberry Tonic on his overgrown soul. In The meanT-ime, General Bullmoose lSTeve Luianl and Evil Eye Fleagle lGilberT TeTonl ploT To do away wiTh The poor counTry boy aTTer They secure The secreT oT The Tonic. The DogpaTchers rally To save Abner Trom The evil Bullmooseg chaos reigns as The governmenT is Trying To evacuaTe The DogpaTchers beTore The bomb is dropped. BuT as good musT come Trom The good hearTs oT The innocenT, The DogpaTchers' Town is saved aT The lasT momenT by The discovery ThaT The sTaTue oT The Town hero, General JubilaTion T. Cornpone. is a naTional shrine. Daisy nabs Abner and all is well. ThroughouT The delighTTul TanTasy, The characTers Take Time ouT Tor song and dance To add To The lilTing Tlow oT The comedy. lvlr. Dale O'KeeTe direcTed The sTage acTion while Mr. Fred SchmidT handled The musi- cal aspecTs oT The producTion. i i? Li'l Abner The nefarious Evil Eye Fleagle lGilberT TeTonl demonsTraTes The power oT his verasiTizin' TruTh whammy To General Bullmoose lSTeve Luianl and Available Jones lWayne Dalel. Below. Marryin' Sam lThom Phillipsl and Daisy Mae lMarTy Hawleyl do a soTT shoe To PasT My Prime. l Q Drink up now, boy! exclaims Mammy Yokum lGwenda AugusTinel y To Abner lLex Lubchencol as she pours down The Yokumberry Tonic while Pappy lJim Eergusonl looks on.