Austin High School - Comet Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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STAR WARS AND SHAKESPEARE

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FIR T TIE IN YEARS ,J :f '0' as Cal Lucy Ellis, senior player. lbl Iunior player Lori McDonald and Burton Minton in cheerleader drag, lcl Anita Angelich, Paula Anderson and Laura Owen on the field. ldl Sheila Golden played for the Seniors.

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The contemporary and the classic were brought together in this year's first production of the Red Dragon Players. In a fantastic fusion of science-fiction and Shakespeare, Austin l-ligh's own student drama group, under the new direction of Candy Buckley, produced Romeo and luliet in futuristic style. Shakespeare, it seems, is forever and with the science- fiction craze sweeping the country, it's only natural that the irresistible force should the unmovable object. This idea and the production built around it was an amazing success. This merger not only attracted a larger student audience, but provided both spectators and performers with a unique approach to Shakespeare. Austin High enjoyed this play like almost none other before it. The futuristic style was produced by using colorful, modernistic costumes iranging from silver afro wigs and glitter to the traditional leotardsi, experimental lighting and dance all performed in Austin High's own very modern theatre in the rounds lab Mike Moore, loan Riley, lulie Hall, Andrew Tullis, Phillip Allen, and Lori Sprauger in the final death scene of Romeo and luliet, tbl Lance Mora gan and Angie Garanzuay as dancers and townspeople, ici Katy O'Brien in futuristic make-up. idl Romeo iPhillip Allenl converses with the Nurse iKaty O'Brienl and servant lDeclan Flemingl,