Cooper High School - Talons Yearbook (New Hope, MN)

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40oh scarey! Chuck Webber prepares to deliver constructive punishment. VA motley group comprised of Homer, Moses and Einstein mhuck Hennen, Tim Korsmoe, and John McNeiD reach for theroaring fire. VVMark Sawatsky spiritedly delivers the first singing telegram to a shocked Darcey and Gina while the two family pets casually stand by. Fall Play 29

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V Front Row: A. Rowland, K. Anderas, D. Engen, P. Frantz, J. Hommes, M. Sawatsky, N. Dunham. Back Row Hawes, A. Crampton, G. Burke, C. Webber, C. Hennen, T. Korsmoe, J. McNeil, B. Kloos, T. Smith. : M. Barton, M. Devine, K. Johnson, J. Olson, H. Hesse, L. From the Ice Age to the Cooper Stage uTh . e Skm of Our Teeth by Thorn- ton Wilder, opened the theatrical season with style, despite sickness and snowstorms. The play was postponed a week due to Gina BurkeTS illness. She played Sabina, one of the major characters. It was performed the weekend of November 11-13. Although a big snowstorm cancelled school, the show went on. According to the script, Every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment on the razor edge of danger. The cast, all 22 of them, crews tinvolving about 30 studentst, and the director, Frank Plut, and his assistants pulled together a very satisfying performance, judging from audience enthusiasm. Wilder13 play is somewhat confusing. It takes the Antrobus family from the Ice Age to the 194015, and on through war. They begin again and build new worlds after theyTre faced with disaster. The five main characters were Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus, played by Chuck Webber and Darcey Engen, their children, Peter Frantz and Julie Hommes, and Sabina, their maid, played by Gina Burke. There were a variety of other roles in the show, including a dinosaur, a mammoth, Moses, and countless conveeners. Interrupting the play periodical- ly was a flustered stage manager, the head usher, and some backstage helpers. The set was designed by Mike Koske and built by his crew. Those involved in The Skin of Our Teeth found it very rewarding. Darcey Engen said, I learned the most I ever have. I 28 - Fall Play A AThe entire cast assembled comfortably inside the Antrobus home. ABret Kloos, the Stage Manager, inconspicuously inter- rupts an already chaotic scene.

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wainging bachelor Billy Mike Devina makes his move on sweet young thing Hope Kirsten J ohnsom. VBilly tries to keep his boss, Mr. Whitney Paul SableL content during the trip. From left: Chuck Webber, Kirsten Johnson and Anne Crampton. n:namrmw: ABonnie marcey Engem shows Sailor Bret how to get to heaven. ' ' DReno and Billy sing each othefs praises in mere the Top. 30 - Musical