Barton Community College - Spoke Yearbook (Great Bend, KS)

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Castmembers of “Guys and Dolls” finish with a grand finale, (photo by Tim Cook). Karen Graber portrays Miss Adelaide during the performance of “Guys and Dolls”. Marvin Birzer portrays Sky Masterson and Lorene Dykes played Sarah Brown in the spring musical. (Photo by Tim Cook) 18 Theater

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Lysander, played by Randy Schmidt, promises eternal love to Hermia. Thespians present Shakespeare comedy The Barton County Community College drama department presented Shakes¬ peare’s comedy “Midsummer Nights Dream” Novermber 6, 7 and 8. This classic play was given a contem¬ porary twist by having the performers dress as modem day yuppies. The play revolves around two couples who are in love. This comedy brings out the foolishness sometimes associated with passion. The lovers switch their affections often and their infidelity can be an enjoyable ex¬ perience for an audience. The cast included Jeff Hodges as Demet¬ rius, Caryl Francis as Peaseblossom, Shel¬ ly Haberman as Cobweb, Cindy Harvey as Hippolyta, Tim Laurant as Snug, Scott Menzies as Starveling, Dixie Rexwinkle as Quince and Tracey Smith as Egeus. The cast also included Vicki Balllington as Mustardseed, Debbie Bums as Puck, Tim Cook as Bottom, Sarah Metcalf as Helena, Sara Neill as Hermia, Michelle Rockwell as Snout, Randy Schmidt as Lysander and Keith Karkin as Flute. Community members were also involved in the production. Richard Bennett played Oberon and Michael Rogers played Theseus. The production was directed by Martin Burch, BCCC drama instructor. Hermia, played by Sara Neill, and Theseus, played by Mike Rogers, leaves the audience of Hippolyta, Titania, and Oberon, played by Beth Stegman and Richard Ben- played by Cindy Harvey. nett, intercede in the affairs of the mortals.(Photos by Neil Frizell) Theater 17

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Todd Conklin portrays Nicely-Nicely Johnson during a performance of “Guys and Dolls.” (Photo by Tim Cook) Lori Klug and Angela Gamer are up part of the supporting cast of the spring musical, (photo by Tim Cook) nyr jri ' .s- j t Vv v-v ’JLm SSBvw WtU.wj M j j 3H 4N| i r » ■ •[ , . m if 2 ylf lr 1 • • rft w • |t» 1 tjfmj 1, a .if L-lf ' l if 1 M r ■ 1 1 1? r Vr Vra, .W i SB i ■ ' ,V ' • • ‘ ' .J‘ BCCC presents ‘Guys and Dolls’ “Guys and Dolls” was performed as Bar¬ ton County Community College spring musical. The cast was made up of sur¬ rounding community members as well as students.Tryouts were held and rehear¬ sals started in the spring semester. The setting of the play was the late 1940s or early 1950s. The play centers around the adventures of Nathan Detroit and the Save-A-Soul-Mission. K.B. Bell played the part of Nathan Det¬ roit and Karen Garber played the part of his girlfriend Miss Adelaide. Ken Shaheen, music instructor directed the vocal part of the play. Helping students and commuinity members rehearse, J.B. Webster instructor of in¬ strumental music conducted the orches¬ tra. Students enrolled at BCCC and musicians from surrounding communities devoted many hours to orchestra rehear¬ sal. Karyl Morrison, Great Bend, directed the musical for the first time this year. Karen Graber, Julie Zorn, Pam Treat, Kim Darrough, Trease Ensminger made up the danceline of The Hot Box Dolls. (Photo by Tim Cook) Theater 19