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

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“It’s Too Darn Hot.’”’ New York humidity gets to the chorus girls, Maria Castro, Tina Perry, Laura McNulty, Lynne Grigelevich, and Tra- cy Kelly. Secretary Rachel (Jan Kelly) awaits Petruchio-Fred’s orders. Determined to collect on a debt, the Gangsters (Raymond Cord and make-up to make sure the show will Timothy Dillon) scrutinize Fred’s go on. Make It Look Real, real, Real, REAL ... “No, no, no. Look try this . . . | watch the director of the FTC, Mr. Alan Ksen, illustrate the technique for being kicked in the shins, bludgeoned with a ladle and verbally abused by one’s daughter. “You have to make it look real!” This is my role of Shakespeare's Baptista. My daughter Katharine has a part in the Taming of the Shrew. Guess which one. It fits her well. The play within the play format worked well, The entire pro- duction had to. A five scene rotating set does not lend itself to acting foulups. Countless hours of building were poured into the set. Endless rehearsals were needed to polish the play for opening night. Painting, singing and rehearsing frantically, cast and crew spent the last weeks before performance practically living in the Theatre. Opening night was as taut and exuberant as ever and the cast and crew as jubilant afterwards as any cast and crew deserve to be after a successful opening night. This is all as it should be, and as it rightfully was. Personally, | am confident as to the soundness of my performance, especial- ly the kicking-bludgeoning routine. | do not know how many times we practiced this sequence, but | do know it looked, sounded and appeared real. Katharine took no chances on tricky routines on opening night. The command was “Make it look real.” It was! Kiss Me, Kate 15

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Straining to hold his own, Baptista (Robert Nicastro) tries to stop Kathar- ine in her chase of Bianca. He could have saved himself the trouble for his pains. Kate kicks him in the shins. Sweeping the shrewish Kate, also Lil- li Vanessi (Laurie Boucher), off her feet, Petruchio, also Fred Graham (Michael Dillon), begins his Taming of the Shrew. Trying to make a choice between the quarrelsome Fred and the wealthy Harrison, Lilli listens dubiously to Fred’s declaration of love. In the meanwhile, Harrison Howell (Peter Collin), Lilli's millionaire, older suitor takes one of his many naps. 14 Kiss Me, Kate

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Pause that refreshes — Mr. Gagnon stops for a Only eight more miles are left for David Pelland, Mr. drink at a hose left running by a thoughtful neighbor — Loew and Natalie Lucas after their mile sheets are along the route. stamped by Sister Patrice Geppi. From one extreme to the other, Al Hut ... 2,3,4! Hut ... 2,3,4! is the Marsella wipes sweat from his face chant as Mr. O’Boy makes his ten mile while Kenneth Simonelli bundles up training hike here at “Camp Feehan.” as - group starts out on the ten mile walk. 16 Walk-a-thon