Clark High School - Cavalcade Yearbook (Las Vegas, NV)

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Drama students stage creative interpretation of interview situation The winter dramatic offering this year found a new setting other than the familiar Little Theatre of Clark High School. The Las Vegas Review Journal sponsored a showcase of high school drama at Reed Whipple Cultural Arts Center, in which five drama departments presented one-act plays of their choice. Clark’s entry, Interview,” was an example of theater of the absurd, in which actors appeared in traditional mime makeup. Dealing with a typical job interview, the smiling interviewers ask routine questions of applicants and progressively tried to destroy their dignity. The majority of the eight performers were chosen out of the advanced drama class. The director, Ms. Carrol Statom, explained her choice of the play: 'This form of theater leaves room for different types of interpretation. The actors changed character so there was not one straight idea.” In March, the drama students took Interview” to the Clark County Drama Tournament. if 42 Interview”

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I One Clark High School visitor swing at a piriata in anticipation of the surprise within. 2. Performing group combine effort in a unique show of their talents. J. Clark's own Santa Claus distributes candy to the assembly crowd -1 Tall Flags' entry, A Christmas Carol. captures the essence of Christmas Tree Lane. V Performing Christmas songs, the choir sways to the beat of Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer 6. One of Clark's visitors opens her gifts. Holiday Season 41

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I. A simulated operiling scene represents the mechanization of society. 2. Each character tries to express his individual feelings. 3. Typical mime makeup makes possible easy transition of character. 4. On their backs both literally and figuratively, the interviewers think of perplexing questions to confuse the applicant . 5. In a typical interview scene, an applicant considers the appropriate answer. THE CAST Interviewers .. Lance Malone Steve Worrall Teresa Marillo Kim Fitzgerald Applicants Mike Ream Kelly Clinton John McLin Linda Williams Interview” 43