Chaparral High School - Golden Embers Yearbook (Scottsdale, AZ)

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CHS DOES THE BEACH On November 5Th and 6Th. The Chaparral drama deparT- menT presenTed Neil Simon's play, Brighton Beach Mem- oirs . This was The firsT produc- Tion of The 4987-88 school year, buT There was more signifi- cance To iT Than ThaT. lT also marked The reTurn of Mrs. Deb- orah Carrick To boTh Teaching and direcTing drama from a year on sabbiTical leave. The play iTself was seT in The laTe 1930's in BrighTon Beach, New York. IT Told of a family's problems aT The end of The De- pression and The beginning of World War ll. When rehearsals sTarTed, The casT consisTed of senior HeaTher Williams as KaTe Jerome, senior Ed Warner as her husband Jack, seniors Jay TuTon and Paul Means as Their sons Eugene and STan, sopho- mores lvlerrie Greenfield as KaTe's sisTer Blanche, junior Les- lie MaTTson as her daughTer Nora, and senior BeTh Kingsley as her sisTer Laurie. WiTh The help of sTage man- ager, ScoTT Brown and assisTanT direcfor, Chris NoTTleman. They produced a hearTfelT drama- comedy ThaT lefT The crowds cheering. The crews musT also be crediTed for Their elaboraTe spliT level seT, well engineered lighTing effecTs, and very accu- raTe cosTumes and makeup for The Time period. Miss Debi Gus- Tafson worked very hard wiTh props and cosTumes To pro- moTe auThenTiciTy. lT was in- deed fiTTing ThaT The ldsT line in The play was Onwards and Upwardsi -ED WARNER , ., T ! 4 . r 'ii 7 'A i f V E . . ,,,,, ,,,,. irf' ,A I - 'r'f f . H '- T' T ' ,I ' Ts 4 iii Tis., ii T 5 - i ' H ' 'T 2 T 'Q is 'T -ii ,S f T 2 .1 . , V , 3 .. . V 9 !'gk 7i,7:'71kT 'frllfrili ' ,wth i-' G. , 'Z W' WE- T1 ' 'I U . E T M. ,,,, ...T . '.,- . i TT' . ..i.. . .. 'mf 4 ' I 'nk I V W wg llrl T..i . T. yy..yy,, . A T K -1 T T51 T 1 FT-M f T T T . , E A .. 4 ..fff Q V' 'E H 4 ' . ..... Q w I W . ' E ,.yT-,if. - 'r.. s 0 . WM -- , Q T if c, T .. T' 'Tii,' ,,., .. T.. is We ..., ,, if li fes -.r f ...,. T ,wwf .- T ' 1- --f ii. .Ms f ff -

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BRIGHTON BEFICH z Durlng dress rehearsal, Eugene, Qsenlor Jay Tutonj llnds time to sooth hls throat. On openlng nlght, Kate, fsenlor Heather Wllllamsj glves her hus- band Ed Warner, some comfort- lng love. Preparlng for openlng night, assls- tant director Chris Nottleman helps sweep up backstage. Big brother Stan, played by senlor Paul Means, glves some helplul tlps to hls younger brother, Eu- gene, on the opposlte sex. Junlor Leslie Mattson, Qhloraj and sophomore Merrie Grenlleld, QBlanceQ otter sympathetlc advlce to senlor Beth Klngsley, Qlaurlej. Photos by Ellioff Stone