Benedictine High School - Benedictine Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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I I by Ken Trausch Benedictine developed its best drama season in years in 1985-86. Everything seemed to go right for long-time director Father Timothy Buyansky and his crew. The officers of the Drama Club included President Ken Trausch, Vice-President Ben Salvadori, Treasurer David Morris, and Secretary Glen Heiss. This cabinet nad its hands full because the club experienced a large increase in membership. In their fall production, Charley's Aunt, all of the roles were double-cast and over ten people were still turned away. For the first time in a long while, Benedictine showed a large interest in theatre. In Charley's Aunt, the Drama Club tried a type of play that they had never attempted before. It was set in nineteenth-century England and wras an early coincidental comedy. The acting was difficult to polish because the students nad to learn to be proper Break A Leg and dignified with an English accent. Two of the actors even had to act as British female impersonators. The play was very successful, ana the Drama Club performed the first act of it at the Baldwin-Wallace One Act Play Festival. Outstanding individual actors included bronze medalist james Woodford, silver medalist Ken Trausch, and the winner of the trophy for Best Actor, Glen Heiss. The spring musical in 1986 was Man of LaMancha. Fr. Timothy had heard people say tnat this play w-as too difficult for hign school actors. Since he had an experienced cast, he tried it anyway. Extremely large crowds came to see it, and many said that it was the best Benedictine play they had ever seen. This play was a fitting end for the many seniors who had performed in past plays. ON STAGE, members of the Drama Club perform a scene from their fall play, Charley's Aunt. BEHIND THE SCENE. Back-Stage Senior Ken Trausch gets his makeup ready before he goes on.

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THK FRENCH CLUB: Mrs. Schulz, Tom Davenport, Chuck Armao, Greg Schmitz, Mark Buchanan, Bruce Buchanan, Joe Patrick, Dorn Dorazio. THE GERMAN CLUB: (First row) (1 to r) VV. Turek, K. Traush, B. Boland, S. Spisak, J. Keelovich, M. Mrazek, Fr. Anselm, (Second row) A. Russo, D. Newton, T. DiVincenzo, C. D'Amato, J. Browne, F.. Haluska, J. Ra-ichel, (Third) J. Thresher, F. DiSanto, M. DeYoung, S. Rogres, G. Kobunski, M. Malenzk, (Fourth) G. Heiss, T. Lang J. Novak, P. Fador, M. Powers, V. Myers, (Fifth) G. Evenic, E. Brzozowski, D. Pappa, S. Baltas, D. Dent, (Sixth) M. Kreczko, T. Hilbet, D. Perkoawki, B. Iacofano, E. Berkes, P. St. John, C. Zim-nicki, J. Bosco. I SINGING IN THE RAIN. Fr. Anselm and Petrick visit Niagara Falls on a German Club field trip. Delirious — adj. 1. That feeling one gets when working on the Bennet layout too long. activities 23

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BENEDICTINE STYLE C.Q. Dave, Steve, Ken, and John take time out of Charley's Aunt practice to pose for the camera. HE. dHHHHR PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. The Drama Club put in many long hours of rehearsals to make this years fall production one of the Best. activities 25