William Mitchell High School - Apogee Explo Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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CAST LIST Catherine Creek .,.., Collin Talbo 4,.,.. Dolly Talbo ..A, Verina Talbo ..... Dr. lVloris Ritz ...... The Reverend's Wife. . . The Reverend ,..... The Barber .,.... The Baker's Wife. . . . The Postmaster ...T Judge Charley Cool. , The Choir Mistress. . . Big Eddy Stover .... Brophy ....,.....,. Maud Riordan .....,... Miss Baby Love Dallas .... Sheriff. ..,.,...... . . Student Director t..,. . . . . ,Elaine White . . . .Bob McDowell Cathy Hendrickson ,.. . .Linda Payne . . . Dave Bingham ... .Marilyn Mayer , . .Dave Hueftle . . .Doug DeLong . . . Kathy Coblentz . . . .Ken Whitted . . .Bill Carpenter ...June Lawson ...Rick Rorke . . .Kirk McFall , . .Linda Davis . . .Susan Moore .... ,Skip Howes . . . . Rita Hitchcock Talisman Theatre Presents ' 'Th G H ' ' e 3 r D COLLlN TALBO PLAYFULLY picks up his aunt, Dolly Talbo. MISS BABY LOVE Dallas comes on stage in a most unusual fashion. TOWNSPEOPLE TRY TO bring Judge Charley Cool down from FALLING FROM THE treehouse, the townspeople lose their balance the treehouse. and land in a heap.

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IVIAUD RIORDAN FINDS her boy friend, Collin Talbo, after Collin had spent the night in the woods. COLLIN, VERENA AND Catherine Creek prepare to spend the night in their treehouse in the woods. Talisman Theatre presented the second play of the year, The Grass Harp, under the direction ot lVlr. James Hill. lVlr. Hill, a recent graduate of Adams State Col- lege, came to Mitchell as the replacement tor lVlr. J. D. Barnes. lVlr. Hill had previously directed plays at Pueblo South. Two sisters and their conflict is the subject ofthe Truman Capote play. Dolly and Verena Talbo are the sisters who cannot get along. Dolly moves into the woods with her nephew and housemaid because of an argument with her sister. The townspeople come to bring them back, and in the ensuing struggle the nephew is shot. The sisters are reunited because of the tragedy. One of the more challenging aspects ofthe pre- sentation was the technical work involved in building the scenery. The set, designed by Nlr. Hill, required the construction of a paper mache tree and a compli- cated interior set. David Bingham and Skip Howes were in charge of the set work. lVlike Chisman headed the light crew, and the head ofthe costume crew was Pegy lVlclVlillen. Responsible for the properties was June Lawson, and make-up work was supervised by Laura Engel. WOUNDED BY BIG Ed, Collin Talbo is comforted by Catherine Creek as the citizens gather around.

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6 BALLET INSTRUCTOR KOLENKHOV gives his opinion of Essie and her dancing, She stinks! Mitchell High School's Talisman Theatre's third pro- duction of the year was You Can't Take it With You, a comedy by Hart and Kauman. Set in New York, the play is the story of a carey free family who live for the sheer joy of living. One of the family members, Penny, writes plays because a typewriter was accidentally delivered to her house eight years before, while another, lVlr. DiPenna, came to deliver some milk and stayed for eight years. Paul makes firecrackers, and Essie does ballet in the dining room accompanied by Bach played on a Xylophone by Ed. The play derives its conflicts when Alice, the baby of the family, decides to marry Tony Kirby. Tony's father is a very rich Wall Street tycoon who does not approve of the romance because of the carefree lives led by Alice's family. The play ends with all in the story professing the philosophy, You can't take it with you - money, that is: ll 1 T You Can t Take it with You ls Last Production of Year SYCAIVIORE FAMILY AND friends gather to express the philosophy - You can't take it with you! ffmmiw r -f -