Lake Braddock Secondary School - Lair Yearbook (Burke, VA)

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n Craig during the first act of RIP, The old Mrs. Von Beekman (Sue Newell) tells her troubles to her daughter Anna (Janice Holden). At the final curtain call David Alley takes his bows and the cast gives him a deser-[Mj [J= ving hand. The direction of RIP was under Mr. Pat Jones, Jr. whose hard work became apparent throughout the entire production. Ann Ripley served as choreographer and instilled a certain gracefulness in all that she worked with. Besides those who appeared in public on the stage, there were all those unsung crewmen, who had no curtain calls but without whose work the play could not have gone on. If Rip was referring to the play when he asked “Are we so soon forgotten when we are gone?” He wouldn ' t have to worry because “RIP VAN WINKLE” Lake Brad- dock’s first drama production will always be remembered, as one step closer to a drama department which regularly “Struts and frets its hour upon the stage”. (1 [Ml |M 1 [M 1 Ml [Ml Ml [Ml [M [Ml [M 1 [M 1 |M 1 [Ml 1 [Ml [Ml [M |Ml [M 1 [M 1 [M 1 fM 1 [M 1 [Ml [Ml [Ml 1 |Ml Hi [Ml [Ml M mm [Ml Ml The house lights dimmed and an anxious murmur from the audience arose. RIP VAN WINKLE, Lake Braddocks first drama production was about to take place. A seven month wait for the completion of the Little Theater seemed to increase the impor¬ tance of the play’s success. The performance of Rip by David Alley left little to be desired. His entrance from the left of the theater through the aisles, left many children in amazement as he reached out to shake their hands. Erin O’Donnell played the part of Rip’s intolerable wife with such expert expression, you could understand Rip’s fear of her. Although a minor part, Pamela Craig playing “Wolf”, the dog, stole the show and created a humor not otherwise shown. As she bark¬ ed and snarled at Peter Mollica who was the crafty, scheming Darrick Von Beekman the audience could barely control their laughter. Amazing as well as amusing, was the excellent timing of the polka dancers as they danced with precision around the stage. The gnomes seemed to have an air of eeriness about them as they gracefully went through the movements of bowling as sounds of thunder filled the green air. [Ml 1J Ml [Ml Ml [M 1 I m P in m

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m i i i i i i i i i i i i i i ■ m p i i i i m a m in m a RIP VANWINKLE 111 FIRST DRAMA PRODUCTION Many long hard hours pay off for Angela Wacketas she runs the light board with Chris Benoit. “I loved doing Rip, but I grew seven inches and was taller than Greg Chadwick, my father in the play.” Craig Stewert “It was a lot of hard work and many hours but it was worth it.” Robin Wambold A perplexing moment for Peter Molica, Mark Russell, David Alley and Julie and Kathy Ripley patiently wait for their cue. m

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CilLDREIlS THEATER The play EMPERORS NEW CLOTHES, opened in the summer during CHILDRENS SLIMMER THEATER. It was recast in September and produced on the dates of September 27,28 and October 2 and 5. With a cast of seventy, the students were able to divide into two casts, giving more students a chance to perform. Craig Chadwick portrayed the Emperor, Peter Mollica and Spike Shepherd played the Prime Minister and Maude Rappaport along with Gwen Hickling were the empresses. Behind the curtain, Mr. Jones instructs the cast in becoming one body in¬ stead of individual actors. Backstage in the dressing room, Jimmy Staght applies his own make-up. Before a performance, Liz Cockran vacuums the theater as part of her job as an usher. 274 Drama The entire cast of EMPERORS NEW CLOTHES led by Craig Chadwick as the Emperor gets off to a good start.