Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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--EX тЫ» — —— РРА ONE LITTLE INDIAN. One of the boys, Joey (Mike Pell), holds down the Indian (Tim Wilson) during re- hearsal of The Indian Wants The Bronx. The Indian had tried to get i | Y A awav when they were playing games BIBLICAL BEWILDER- MENT, Es е (Deena Knight) iS exas- perated after trving to explain to Adam that there 15 nothing wrong with a eniors gave five One Acts Five seniors kept tradition and directed plays tor the One Acts. Each year, a group of seniors got together with the drama director Mr. Wayne Hansen to plan and direct several one act plays. This year’s directors were Jim Duke, Debbie Dorfman, Dave Martin, Chip Wass, and Janet Fanslow. Duke directed Times Square, a play set in New York City, dealing with adults acting like children. There was some concern over the controversial characters. Leslie Sny- der, who played Laura Jean Lincoln, said that they easily overcame this problem. “We were able to tone down the implications, she commented. Debbie Dorfman directed INo Snakes in This Grass, a modern dav drama about Adam and Eve; the catch was that Eve was black. Dorfman said that the hardest part was trying to schedule pra tices. I was grumpy for four weeks, І | +$ . 1 but it was worth ıt, she Said. Dave Martin directed The Indian Wants the Bronx. It was about two boys in New York City who didn't know any better than to hassle an Indian who didn't speak English. Mike Pell, a sophomore who played one of the boys Said. “It was preat LO be able LO work with a student director instead of an adult.’ Chip Wass directed The Loveliest Afternoon, a short farce about a Sunday afternoon love affair. He commented, It was really nice because I had a very short play and a really small cast, and we got a lot done at every practice. Both actors did what | told them and it went really well. Janet Fanslow directed Who, d play that she wrote with the help о! Brian Weigel. |t dealt with d lonely man that tound happiness at ( hristmas. “The hardest part of the play was trying to keep it from becoming a comedy, she i 4 mmented.

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“PM THIS MANY!” Mr. Assisi (Chris Block) relapses into. his childhood as he thinks of his children that are staving with his ex-wife over 1 hristmas. Director Janet Fanslow said that shi had some tense moments when Mr. Assisi's pet rat, à significant symbol, got loose during rehearsal LIFE IN NEW YORK. Bobo So ety (Kristin Reynolds) and Butch Flagstone (Steve Haviland) are talking about their childhood and the changes they've gone through during a rehearsal of Times Square. Bobo and Butch also dis uss their dreams and ambitions. SUNDAY HIDEOUT. He (Tim Thomas) and She (Amy An- 1 ing tO avoid He's wite in the comedy Loveliest Afternoon. CREATING THE WORLD. God (Steve Asnin) tells his story of creating the world in INo Snakes in this Grass. He also created Adam and Eve. Because Matt Patterson, who played Adam, was sick, they were only able to perform two out of three nights One Acts derson) hide behind a park bench trv- ETT . we bm e E TT Шу VS تا‎ te EN Ët, pen A mta = ا‎ e