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

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1 Lighting technician, Chris Cook, enjoys watching the performance from the lighting booth. I Sybil MolIie Sticknew screams in terror at the sight of her husband George Uon HunU kissing his ex-wife Amanda, played by Jill Larson. One Act Play - 23

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Actors' Nightmare ronically, the title fits. The lead, Tom Nynas opted to withdraw from The Actors' Nightmare only two days before the region contest, to par- ticipate in a fencing competition, leaving the cast in a nightmare of a situation. Because director Steve Ek knew that Nynas would be in Florida should the play win to go to the state festival on February 14, he had assigned understudies. However, the sudden de arture cau ht both him and the cast offpguard. Ek ad assigned Jon Hunt to understudy George, and Scott Getchell received Hunt's role. They had two days to memorize their lines and learn the blockin . Thanks to their dedication and an all- ay Friday rehearsal, they per- formed at the region contest on Satur- day, February 7. Lighting technician, Chris Cook said, I was sur rised at how uickly they recovere and how Sedicated the were after the sudden loss ofthelea . iActing a scene from ltSeparate Lives, Amanda Uill Larsonl and Sybil tMollie Stickneyi pressure George to choose between them. -. In her star performance, Mollie Stickney plays the part of a bag lady, and Jon Hunt plays the part of Willie from the show Checkmate. --.I Director Steve Ek touches up Jill Larson's make-up before a dress rehearsal. 22 - One Act Play The story of the show revolved around a man who did not know who or where he was. Everyone called him George and told him he was a character in plays he knew nothing about. He began by acting a scene from Private Lives. Then he was thrown into a scene from l'Hamlet followed b Checkmate by Samuel Becket. Final,- ly, he layed Sir Thomas More in A Man or All Seasons. With his beheading by the Executioner, played by Scott Getchell, the audience was left wondering whether or not it was all a bad dream. Mollie Stickney received a star for her performance as Ellen. Other cast members included Kelle Nathe as Meg and Jill Larson as Sarah. Although they didn't place in the contest, the cast did perform at Robbinsdale Armstrong High School, and roved they could rise above the dif icult situation handed to them by pulling together.

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Time Hurts Show t the auditions for Hello, Dolly!, Neal Luebke an- nounced that the reason for the late start was his and Julie Rask's Iast-minute decision to co-direct. The play, adapted from Thorton Wilder's, The Matchmaker, is about a woman whose every day profession is arrang- ing for peo Ie to get married or to fall in love, w ichever comes first. The musical version added more come y and s irited dance numbers, such as the ighly energetic Waiter's Gallop to the show producing the entertaining, idealistic musical. Dolly Gallagher-Levi tSheryI Bramei supposedly sets u Horace Vandergelder iDave We beri to marry Irene Molloy iLisa Waldi but secretlty plots to marry Vandergelder hersel . Comical subplots are woven into the scene as Vander elder's clerks decide to have some un themselves and experience New York, to s end their money, have a good mea, get arrested and to kiss their first irl. Much to their surprise, Corne ius Hackl Uon Kohneni and Barnaby Tucker iEric Rautioi accidentally meet Vander elder in a restaurant. Chaos breaks oose. In the midst of anarchy, Cornelius fails in love with Irene, Bar- naby waltzes off with Minnie Fay iWendy Waszuti, and Dolly marries Horace. A problem arose when most of the leads caught spring colds and tem- porarily lost their voices. In spite of this, things worked well, according to dance captain, Paul Seavey. There was a lot of dedication that helped pull things together to make the show what it was. During the finale, the waiters and chorus welcome Dolly iSheryl Bramei to her new home. At the Harmonia Gardens Restaurant, Cornelius Hackl Uason Scherschligti surprises Irene Molloy 0151 Waldi, Minnie Fae iWendy Waszuti and Barnaby Tucker iEric Rautioi with his request for champagne. 24 e- Musical