Fort Lewis College - Katzima Yearbook (Durango, CO)

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Shrouded in Tragedy, ' Detective Story ' Probed Man Groping frantically in the darkness of his own soul, Detective McLeod, portrayed by actor-of-the-year Sonny Smith, along with a large cast of 31 players directed by David Berg, wove a powerful tale of man caught in the web of his own making as Fort Lewis dramatists brought Sidney Kingsley ' s Detective Story to the boards during winter trimester. Riding the crest of the wave which carried McLeod to destruction and to a clean, clear vision of the world in which he lived, the sterling cast brought to the Fort Lewis theater a vitality crowned with skill learned through weeks of rehearsal under the careful eye of master craftsman David Berg. Suspended under a miasma of evil lifted only with death, stark characters plodded through a bog of frus- tration and despair while the central figure, McLeod, rose to the heights of human understanding. Storme Anderson Gale as Mary McLeod provided the catalyst needed to bring McLeod ' s tragic flow into clarity; Lou Dilts, named best supporting actor of the year, served McLeod with a physical antagonist to defile with the poisoned sickness which McLeod could not keep confined. Lou Dilts as Lt. Monoghan and Clay Alexander as Detective Brody, quiet Mc- Leod, Sonny Smith, after a streak of hatred exploded within the station house. Jan Frisby, Herb Craig, Jack Oskolkoff and Jerry Gularte share the scene. Above are Lou Dilts and Storme Gale, left, and Sonny Smith with Charlene Stiles at a rehearsal. 58

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eared in Anguish, Detective Story ' jmashed Attendance Records to Become Reason ' s Triump! ♦♦ ♦ Dale Nicholson in the role of Mr. Pritchett pervades over squad room activity inomen- tarily as he talks with a young couple about to be burned by McLeod ' s ire. Play- ing the part of Susan Carmichael, the young girl, was Dawn Gaskill; the young man, Arthur Kindred, was portrayed by Chuck Francis. Indignant Nanci Simmons here is the target toward whom McLeod, Sonny Smith, launches an attack of hatred vehemently expressed. In the scene also are jack Oskolkoff as Detective Gallagher, Howard Sackett as Detec- tive O ' Brien, Lewis Hamilton as Patrol- man Keogh. 60