Bishop Feehan High School - Flashback Yearbook (Attleboro, MA)

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Finally avenged, Lori Boucher gives Kenneth Butler “pie in the eyes’’. Cameraman Mark Jones focuses on rehearsal scenes. Keystone Kops, a regular Mack Sennett feature, are played by John Sheehy, Derrick Aubin, Mark Jones, and Darren Henault. Orchard Room, Hollywood Hotel: William De- smond (John Sheehy) attempts to seduce Mabel Normand (Lori Boucher). Waitresses are Kristen Felici, Brenda Cullen, Felicia Kiernan, Karen Carvalho, and Paula Sullivan. Mack and Mabel 17

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April brings ‘““Golden Oldies:”’ Mack and Mabel Human dilemmas lie in the quest for love. Love is something we search for in our lives, our work, our recreation. The real story behind the love of silent movie director, Mack Sennett and comedienne, Mabel Normand was told in the Broadway production, Mack and Mabel, co-starring Robert Preston and Bernadette Peters. Presenting this show was a definite challenge for the company since Mack and Mabel is one of the most technically involved shows to produce. Over thirty set changes requiring accuracy to within seconds comprised different scenes. This complexity required an operational crew of seventeen technicians, coordinated by a backstage manager. Tension backstage had been constant all night. On stage, Mabel and Gracie, a costume mistress, were acting a scene where Mabel returned to Sennett Studios after a long absence. A backdrop had to be raised and lowered with precision timing for Mack to enter. T his was a crucial scene — Mack would see Mabel for the first time in over a year. The cue for the backdrop lift was called, but nothing happened. An awkward silence fell on stage. The backdrop rose a few inches, then thudded to the floor. ““Cut!”’ Backstage manager, Derrick Aubin, Riding the Union Pacific are Katie Nones, Maria Castro, Peter DeTrolio III, Mark Jones, Barbara Hen- nessey, Darren Henault, Kenneth Butler, Lori Boucher. Stage Managers, Ray Cord and Terence Brogan check out the prop lists. Bathing Beauties, Lisa Macsoud, Michelle Gardner, Karen Carvalho surround Kenneth Butler and De- borah Raymond, Tina Perry, Maureen Castro, Paula Sullivan. 16 Mack and Mabel discovered that the drop was improperly counter-balanced and the flyman could hardly move it. Mack and Mabel were not easy characters for the actors to interpret. Based on the true story of real people, they had a depth not usually encountered. Lori and Kenny spent many late nights in private rehearsals with Director Ksen to develop their portrayals. Nearly the same time commitment was required from Peter DeTrolio III, Katie Nones, Danielle Newton and many others to develop their supporting roles. Often they became discouraged with their progress — it almost didn’t seem worth the effort. But finally there was opening night ... Katie Kilduff and Debbie Smith were busy setting the first scene; Ray Cord and Derrick reviewed scene changes as the clock approached showtime. Terence Brogan checked spotlights; Larry LaPlante and Paul Hamilton readied the light board to handle the 100 plus cues PR RE BB | for the show. Backstage, actors flurried into costumes and make-up as they tried to calm themselves. Ten minutes before opening, actors and technicians gathered in the backroom for the traditional prayer. In the stage manager’s booth, Ray Cord took control of the show. At precisely 8:00 p.m., he called into his intercom ‘‘Cue one, go!” As the overture began, lights dimmed. Enter Mack Sennett and Mabel Normand. Their love story unfolded before hundreds of people. Still, there was another love story here — more subtle than the one shown on stage. When each actor became his part, there was a feeling that defied description. It was almost a projection of the love actors and crew felt for each other, the show, the department. This was the source of our success — the reason that things worked at the Feehan Theatre Company — the means by which we presented the 1982 spring musical, MACK AND MABEL. | 1 ——y

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Best Wishes from the Bishop go to David Nazarian, Patricia Martins, Roy Garrigus, Karen Carvalho, Peter De- troilio III, Denise Lacasse, Timothy Kil- lion, Dana Helm. Radiating their sense of fulfillment, Erin Brennan and Patricia Brennan also dream of tomorrow’s promise. Sharing the scripture message is Michel- le Giordano. : ag + vy ee aor 9 2a a “Lights of the City”, sung by Danielle Last Eucharist for which the class of Bruce Czyzeikowski and William Cos- Newton, expressed the seniors’ farewell 1982 will all be together, is concele- tello. to Feehan. brated by Fathers George Bellenoit, 18 Class Day Tradition lives on as will the tree planted by Linda Douglas after the Class Day Mass.