Northrop High School - Bear Tracks Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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The Northrop stage is transformed into the house of Helen Keller as the cast of The Miracle Worker portray the Keller family very realistically. photo Watters Studio Mrs. Keller (Karin Rittenberg) and Helen Keller (Kelly Greene) battle it out on stage as Mrs. Keller tries to control Helen ' s temper tantrum. photo Watters Studio % THE BEST OF TIMES

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One of the main parts of a stu- dent ' s life is mal ing money. Wendy Ford and Mike Klopfen stein sfiow tfiat work and play can fiappen at the same time. photo Tami Clark Sun Country Bear takes a break during a fiard day at school to look up a few of his bear buddies in his yearbook photo Tami Clark THE BEST OF TIMES

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Annie Sullivan (Megan Brown) is surrounded by the other blind students as they give her a farewell before she leaves for the Kellers honne in Tuscumbia. Ala- bama photo Watters Studio The Fall Play was very realistic iracles The Morthrop Auditorium was transformed from a regular stage into a houseiiold in Tuscumbia, Ala- bama during the 1880 ' s. This year ' s rave reviews go out to the cast of The Miracle Worker for their out- standing performance. The Fall Play, on November 5th and 6th, took a new twist with its theme and its realism. It was one of the best performances that this reporter has ever seen. The story revolves around the relation- ship between Helen Keller, played by Soph- omore Kelly Greene and Annie Sullivan, played by Senior Megan Brown. Helen Keller, a blind, mute child, and her life- long teacher Annie Sullivan are in complete conflict at the beginning of the story. Helen ' s parents, Captain and Mrs. Keller (Jason Keller and Kar- In Rittenberg), hire Annie Sullivan, who was at one time handicapped herself, to teach their daughter Helen to behave like a normal child. The Keller ' s are tired of Helen throwing tan- trums when she doesn ' t get her way, they know that she can be a disciplined child if only someone could teach her. Annie has more extensive plans for Helen, as we soon learn, she understands the need for lan- guage and plans to try to teach Helen. What Annie does not realize is that Helen is used to getting her own way, and the first thing she has to teach her is discipline before she can teach her language. What follows Annie ' s teaching lessons are a se- ries of physical confrontations. At one point Helen hits Annie in the face with a doll that Annie had brought to Helen as a gift, and later in the story she spits scram- bled eggs in Annie ' s face. When questioned by this reporter about what kind of padding she wore during the play, Megan Brown painfully stated, I didn ' t wear anything, Kelly had on knee pads, but I didn ' t have on any padding. Mr. Procter said it took away the realism . Realism was one of the many things that the Fall Play definitely had, especially Kel- ly Greene ' s performance as Helen Keller. Greene ' s performance was extremely real- istic for a school production, she practical- ly became Helen Keller. Another thing that the play had was the praise of Principal H. Douglas Williams. On Friday morning he made an announcement encouraging all who had not gone to the play to go Friday night, and promised to refund the money of any person who was not totally satis- fied. The set of the Miracle Worker was excellent, as can always be ex- pected from a Northrop production. The entire cast should be com- mended for their hard work and quality performance. Talent in the cast and crew, a money back guarantee, and real- ism, were the reasons that this years fall play was one of the best perfor- mances ever displayed by Northrops Performing Arts Department. — Robin Dunn and Kurlie Hitchcock THE BEST OF TIMES