Park Hill High School - Troyian Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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f' 5' -1:6 -In '..: x'v ,ikf 5,3 . A H ., h J:,,4,. - If Production rushes to finish Rush,rush,rush was the way things were on Wednesday, the night before the first performance of Larry Shue's play The Foreign- Q. Play rehearsals were scheduled for after school Wednesday, but when school was cancelled be- cause of snow, problems were created. The cast ended up finishing the set during the school day Thurs- day. Everything was not finally completed until the last minutes before Showtime. About five members of the pro- duction staff got out of 4-6 hours to finish painting the set. We didn't think it would be done in time to perform. It was frantic, but it all came out really well at the endf' said senior Tricia Starks, assistant director. Other than having a rushed crew, the play also featured one of the smaller casts who ever per- formed at Park Hill. There were a total of seven members on the cast list for The Foreigner. ennifer Sherwood, senior, listens to Joel Turpin, sophomore, and Cody Griffin, junior, during a scene in The Foreigner. Turpin played Sherwood's fiancee and Grif- fin was her brother. Photo by Jud McCrchin helly Rollo and Jesse McKinley, sen- iors, practice a scene together from The For- iegner. McKinley played the shy man who pretended he couldn't speak English tO avoid talking to others. Photo by .Jud Mcflrchin. Members of the audience recog- nized the significance of a small- cast play. Even though the cast was small, I thought their performance was outstanding and each charac- ter, no matter how little their part was, contributed a great deal to- wards the play, said junior Jenni- fer Hurl. The small cast faced special challenges. The smaller cast created a fam- ily-like atmosphere on the play, said senior Jesse McKinley. Mc- Kinley played Charlie Meeks, the lead cast member for The Foreign- Q. Charlie was an incredibly shy man who wanted everyone to be- lieve he couldn't speak English. Throughout the play, Charlie had to hold himself back and create the illusion to the other members of the cast that he couldn't talk. It was fun trying to figure out how to use physical jestures to try and get my point across through- out the play, said McKinley. by Amy Duesenberg A 3

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enior Jesse McKinley, portrayed as Charlie Meeks, acts overly excited while practicing a scene from Larry Shue's play The Foreigner. Charlie learned from Ellard the proper way to pronounce English words. Photo by Jud Mfcfcmn etty Meeks, portrayed by senior Shelly Rollo, thinks of preparing breakfast. Rollo asked Charlie and Ellard how they,d like their eggs to be fixed. Photo by Jud McCrehin f 1 702' enior Jennifer Sherwood who played Catherine Simms in The Foreigner com- plains about a carrot. Ellard Simms, her brother, took a carrot to her when she asked for a candle. Photo by Jud McCrchin, if ,... s .QAXNEXN X 1 as 'Z lvl Zix 52 'V , . - , XWWWWWWW I W my , , W AW Q f X Q Q H A ,WW f if W, ,, ,f 'YQ 4 W? 7' X' 7 f X X f X 7,

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,. . .,.. .,.. . . A .- Helps My Fair af! Lady's success It's the biggest show welve done in a long time, said Mrs. Kelly McNabb, director of My Fair EX- There were seventy-five cast members, which was the largest any play at Park Hill had for a long time. My Fair Lady was also the longest play ever performed at Park Hill. From the time the cur- tains rose until they went down at the end, the play had lasted 2 U2 hours. It was the best play I've ever seen at Park Hill, said senior Jennifer Robbs. The curtain was held for fifteen minutes on Friday nights perfor- mance due to the largest atten- dance for a play at Park Hill. The theatre was crowded with seven- hundred-twenty people, which set a school record and beat last year's musical, West Side Story. It took the cast approximately eight weeks to prepare and practice for the play which was performed Nov. 19-21. The leading man, sen- ior Jesse McKinley, who played Professor Henry Higgins, said, It was definitely a group effort. Ev- eryone was dedicated and put in their full effort. The fall musical, My Fair Lady, was about a young girl named Eliza Doolittle, played by senior Jenny Sherwood. She was a poor flower vendor on the streets of London. Then came along Professor Henry Higgins, who took it upon himself to teach this young girl good man- ners and turn her into a young lady. McKinley said, It was excit- ing. I had a lot of fun and exper- ienced a really good time. by Amy Duesenberg A D uring dress rehearsal, sophomores John Upton and Neal Rogers portray street people. In the play there were two classes of people, the cockney Cstreet peoplej and the ascot fupper classj. P11-no by Jud McCrchin ophomore Sean Wright practices his violin in for the pit orchestra. The orches- tra worked during the week and after SCl'lO0l. Photo by Jud Mcfrchiu 2 ,, , W ff 7 37.