Franklin Pierce High School - Micopacen Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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Sue Smith and Kathy Collings, who portray a pair of naughty children, mess Jan Lingbloom's kitchen up in the play L'The Cabawacheeu, presented to a predominantly children's audience. ,Ian Lingbloom, who portrayed a kind housewife in i'The Gabawacheef' finally tames the little elves by the play's conclusion. ' V ' -' . , . t ,.i., .,,.1,.,, tr, f T ' if , If Q me A 'if' G+, J. W- 5,22 fa vf, .. f t y ZR-1, 2- 3 - has v- qt ' 9112 ai . -'I a mi Y zwifliiiataa : em sf 5 The masks of tragedy and comedy are Thespian's Raiding an ice-box, Kathy Collings gets into mischief in 'fThe Gahawa- symbol. cheef' Pla For Young Ones Presented For lst Time OR the first time Thespians produced a play aimed at the elementary school age level in a fable entitled The Gabowacheef, The idea was first conceived by Thespian Sue Smith. By Feb. 5 it became a reality as it played before a full house in the FP cafeteria. Members of the cast included Sue, Kathy Collings, ,Ian Lingbloom, Betty Olson and Debbie Skillings. The Mouse That Roaredw became this year's spring play given Mar. 31 and April 1. The light comedy, made famous by a movie which starred Peter Sellers, involved a mouse-sized country declaring war on the United States and winning with no more than a handful of bowmen. The performance was given in two acts and was rated as a top-flight performance. Mr. Roger Shaw, Thespian advis- er, felt that the play was an excellent finale to one of Thespians, finest years.

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Bald oprano Chosen Top One-Actin Pla ,lulia Cousineau readies Margaret Espeseth for a visit from her boyfriend inthe play Poison, Passion and Petrificationf' Ric Mose, portraying the French conqueror, Napoleon, and Osse Baard, playing the role ofa young female spy, talk of Ric's missing dispatches in the production of Man of Destiny. 92 HESPIANS presented six weeks of hard work in giving their annual one-act plays Dec. 9 and ll. Mr. Roger Shaw's dramatists produced a wide variety of one-act performances, including George Bernard Shaw's Poison, Passion and Petrificationi, and Man of Desti- ny, an old-fashioned melodrama entitled Little Nelli' and an anti-play christened The Bald Soprano. ln awards given following the plays, The Bald Sopra- noii received three of seven, including one for the out- standing play. Kelli Taylor and Ric Mose were chosen top actress and actor, respectively. Ken Stixrud, acting as the cold-hearted villain, attempts to win the love of the sweet maiden, Nell tKe1li Taylorl, in the melodrama, 6'Little Nell. Mikkel Thompson lets out a scream as he recites his nonsense lines in The Bald Soprano.

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LORRI MCDOWELL, 1966 Daffodil Princess Talented Lorri McDowell FP Daffodil Princess