Beloit High School - Trojan Yearbook (Beloit, KS)

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Above is pictured a scene from the last act of the play, The Late Christopher Bean . FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Diane Street QMrs, Haggerty, Charlotte Binger QAdaJ, Larry Walker fRosenJ, Ronald Nye fDavenporty, John Nienstedt fTallantJ, Linda Jordan fAbbyJ, Bud Annan fMr, Haggerty, Senior, A Grown- p Farce. Before the tryouts for the senior play, The Late Christopher Bean, came around this year, I thought of acting as something different, a lot of fun, and not much work. Even after tryouts, when the list of the characters, and their parts had been posted I still could not believe I had been given a part. After the first rehearsal, I found that in a small sense I had been right, plays are a lot of fun, and they are something dif- ferent, but they are also a lot of work! We had to learn how to walk across the stage, how to stand, how to talk, but mainly how to act. Out of all of these things, the hard- est for me to do was to learn my lines. I could not help wonderin if my mind would not go blank once I was Inefore the audience. The four weeks before opening night flew by, and then I began to worry, would the audience like the play, is there some- thing we should have done, and forgot, and most of all, will anyone come to see it? Then the play was over, and most of our worries were forgotten. There is a lot I will always remember about the play, the tension, the fun, and the work, but I know that the longest remem- brance will be of the thrill I had when I went in front of the audience for the first time on opening night. I know we are all proud, and happy to have taken part in the play, and we feel we did our very best. ---John Neinstedt I Dr. Haggett . SusanrHaggett . Abby .... Mrs. Haggett . Ada Haggett . Warren Creamer , Tallant ,,., , John Nienstedt Rosen , , . , Larry Walker Davenport , , Ronald Nye Miss Virginia Greco, Director and Miss Patricia Scott 3 1 Assistant Director, are pictured with the play cast above, . Robert Annan . Jocile Mastin . Linda Jordan . . Diane Street . . Charlotte Binger . John Simmons

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Above is pictured a scene from the play, Seventeenth Summer , LEFT TO RIGHT: L. Davis, D, Stephens, P, Moran, K. Reiter, M, Smith, B. Heller, B, Welker, C. Barber, P, Bassford, C, Studer, D. Muck, K. Holloway. Junior Pre ent Teen-Age Dilemma... Angie ..... .... K . Reiter Margerat . . .B. Heller Kitty . . . . C. Barber Lorraine. . . . K. Holloway Mrs. Morrow . . .C. Studer Mr. Morrow . .P. Bassford Jack . . . . .M. Smith Art . . . . B. Welker Martin . . D. Muck Jane . . .P. Moran Tony . . D. Stephens Margie . . . L. Davis Fitz . . R. Giddings Above is a scene pictured in the third Act: K, Reiter, M. Smith, P. Moran, B. Welker, B. Heller. That night after the final tryout was a sleepless one for many of us Would-be- actors. However, the next day when our names were posted as cast members, our happiness was complete, because we were unaware that our worries had only begun. Of course, none of us would have traded jobs with anyone in the world, but we really had to work. All of us learned that acting is only one part of producing a play. We built a complete set and painted it, we used all kinds of light-costume committeesg make- up committees, special committeesg for publicity, stage props, and programsg and even these do not include all of the details which are so necessary for a good perfor- mance. Sometimes, after an especially long night of rehearsals, one which might in- clude going over one scene as many as eight or ten times, we were so exhausted, we could hardly move. But there's some- thing you can't explain, that no one even noticed or complained. And on opening night, when the direct- ors gave us the huge box of shiny, red apples, tokens of good luck, and told us they had enough confidence in us to watch the whole per ormance from the audience, we realized that a few such rehearsal nights were worth this one breathless moment. And I know that every junior who con- tributed in any way to the success of Seventeenth Summer felt duly rewarded when the final burst of applause reached his ears. . --Kay Reiter

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AFTERWARDS The one act play After- wards, was presented at the district in Clay Center and re ceived a highly superior rat- ing. At the state contest in Hays the play proved to be a success again by receiving a I rating. In the cast was Kay Reiter as The Girl, Bud Annan as The Boy, Preston Bassford as Jake, and Mike Smith as Bill. The two dead bodies were Karen Allphin and John Nienstedt. 'Hifterward 'l Awarded State Honor The public speaking classes garesented four one act plays April 23, 195 to a large audience. Afterwards was under the direct- ion of Miss Virginia Greco an assisted by Miss Patricia Scott. Three Pills In A Bottle, was under the direction of Bud Annan an assisted by Patty Jones. The Valiant, was under the direction of Diane Street an assisted by Donita Selichnow. The Beau of Bath, was under the direction of Linda Jordan an assisted by Penny White. tudent Ilireet Play. THREE PILLS IN A BOTTLE PICTURED ABOVE ARE: Linda Jordan and Charles Brown, Others in the cast were Judy Donker, Larry Walker, A1 Gilpin, Gwen James, Janet Knarr, Dewey Pounds, THE VALIANT PICTURED BELOW ARE: John Boyd, John Simmons, John THE BEAU OF BATH Nienstedt, Jocile Mastin. Others in the cast were Darry PICTURED BELOW ARE: Diane Street, Bud Annan, Ben Melton, Ben Barber, Barber. 32