Topeka West High School - Chevalier Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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'The Mousetrap' Performed In-The-Round For Intrigue The winter play, The Mousetrap, by Agatha Christie, gave the eight- member cast a new and important act- ing experiencef' according to director Tom Mitchell, by performing the play in-the-round. In a performance such as this the audience totally surrounds the stage. The story centers on eight people who are stranded by a blizzard in an .nv M , ' ' 1'-QQGQQ A . J . 2 fi, ., . ,, ., ,. , ' , 4. -- , is out-ot-the-way boarding house. One ot them turns out to be a murderer. A murder is committed and the story cli- maxes as the unsuspected murderer is revealed. Having the audience in the same room as the murderer builds the sus- pense, Mr. Mitchell said. lt's an im- portant acting experience that we don't get too often. The set was a 16-toot square en- larged trom a 12 by 8 rectangle. The rest of the set was mostly pieces of fur- niture and some flats, which represent- ed the walls ot the room, set behind the audience. Because the play was presented in- the-round, seating was limited to about 200. As a result, the performers en- joyed playing to near capacity audi- ences tor all tour presentations rather than to the partly filled large audito- rium. ' V' TOP RIGHT: Major Metcall thinks over Det. Sgt. Trotter's remarks to the occupants ot Monkswell Manor. TOP LEFT: Mollie Ralston listens intently to Miss Casewell's description ot her unhappy childhood, LEFT: Mollie Ralston receives greet- ings trom Mr. Paravicini, the weary traveler, Activities X Winter Play X 37

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The Cast Dana Daniel . . , .... Mollie Ralston lon Fleenor ..,.. ......., G iles Ralston Todd Newman . . , . . , Christopher Wren Sarah Novotny , . . ........ Mrs, Boyle Steve Shipman . . . . . , Major Metcalf Michelle Stelting .... ..,. M iss Casswell Dave Puderbaugh . . ..... Mr. Paravicini Scott Swenson ..,...,...... Det. Sgt, Trotter THE DlRECTlNG STAFF Mr. Tom Mitchell .... ....,..,... D irector Vicky Woods ..... ..,., B usiness Manager' Linda Norton .......... Production Assistant Anne Tuchscherer ........, House Manager Mr. Roger Ramseyer ..... Technical Director Sheila Norton ...... 4 . , . Lighting Design Don Leonard . . . .,.. Stage Manager RIGHT: Mr. Paravicini tells his hosts of his travels. BOTTOM LEFT: Giles and Mollie Ralston won- der what they should do. BOTTOM RIGHT: Det. Sgt. Trotter explains details of the case to Mollie Ralston. 36K Activities X Winter Play mx 0-

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StuCo Revises Constitution Due To Addition Of Freshmen To make a stronger constitution and to make revisions for incoming fresh- men, Student Congress revised the school Constitution again this year. Changes in the Constitution included a readjustment of the number of repre- sentatives to include the freshmen re- presentatives for the 1980-81 school year. The new Constitution also includ- ed a change in standing committees and allowed for more elected all-school officers. At the beginning of the year, StuCo hosted an I-70 League conference. This all-day event was intended to make better relations among all of the I-'YO League schools. Coach loe Schrag was asked to speak at the conference about sportsmanship. Besides representing the student body and voicing concerns to the ad- ministration, Student Congress also performed many service projects for the students and for the community. Such projects were the Christmas card delivery, the Club Carnival, Toys for Tots and the clothing bank. StuCo also TOP LEFT: Delivering a message to members of all the l-70 League schools is David Welch, '8l. TOP RIGHT: Todd Huntley, '81, makes a speech at the 1-70 League conference. BOTTOM: Listen- ing to Scott Swenson, '81, discuss the problem of getting a band for the annual Queen of Courts dance are David Welch, '80, and Nanette Free- man, '82 38X Activities I StuCo provided students with the candy and juice machines and the pen, pencil and paper machines in the library. -Q- 'RFP 'fun