Mundelein High School - Obelisk Yearbook (Mundelein, IL)

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fall play Dark of the Moon brightens the STAGE Moon was a big challenge for all aspects of the theatre department. For the per formers, it was a serious , drama, and the backstage crews had to deal with an elaborate setting of a mountain range complete with a cave and a tree, all of which were dramatized by a raked stage and a new computer light- ing board. It was made especially for MHS yet wasnit completely installed and ready to run until the opening night per- formance. A Southern Baptist town was the scene for the unusual plot about a witchboy who absent-mindedly falls in love with a human girl and then bargains with a conjur wom- an so she'll make him human, like his love. The witchboy becomes human and marries the girl, but only after a tremendous fight with the town bully who also had his eye on the girl. After giving birth to the bat-like offspr- ing of her husband, Barbra Allen was forced by her church and townfolk to be unfaithful. In doing so, she breaks her bar- gain made with the conjur woman. The performance concluded with the boy transforming back into his witchboy state and kicking aside the now dead body of his former love. The play drew an incredible crowd and featured a preshow of five witches dancing in a cloud of fog to a self-choreographed he fall play, Dark of the dance. Top right: Senor Chris Manolis plays .lon the Witchboy as he confesses his love for Barbara Allen, played by junior Julie Hanson. Upper right: Sophomore, Brian Merevick plays Marvin Hudgens as he gets struck by lightening from the witchboy. Upper left: Senior Vickey Keese portrays the Fair Witch as she leads the witches in a mysterious dance. Right: Barbara Allen succumbs to the pressures of the preacher, played by Steve Martin, and the townsfolk to be unfaithful to her witch-like hus- band. Above: Stage Manager Kristin Bottoni discusses last minute lighting cues with Pam Quig.

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A TASTE OF THE GOOD TIMES

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443' Left: The sky is fallingl Denise Bizer plays Henny Penny. Above: Darci Maki reads from the story book. winter play l Upper Left: Heidi Forster and Jeff Crump plant a wooden cow into the earth in hopes that it will grow into a real cow, Above: Phil Selsor and Terri Powell portray an elderly couple. Left: The Golden Goose which stuck to all the townsfolk was finally enough to make the grim princess. played by Kristin Bottoni, giggle with laughter. G6 Story Book', tells of IMAGINATIO enny Penny and The Little Peasant were just two of the skits performed in the win- ter play, Story Book The- atref' Everyone involved worked very hard to present the childrens' show to the mostly young audience. There was no basic set or elaborate cos- tuming, - those details were left to the imaginations of the children. The offstage actors provided sound effects. 25