Glenbrook South High School - Etruscan Yearbook (Glenview, IL)

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Bruce Bitcon seems to be in a world of his own while the rest of the cast rehearses. Justin Synnesvedt says, Thanks, I needed that. in The Matchmaker D. Kornelly signals face-masking as he calls one of his cast members over. Bill Green and Doug Sanders are sur- prised to see Mr. Vandergalder pass by the shop. Linda Peterson and Debbie Green berg sing a song in the Matc'11mak er

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Director Adds Twist To 'Ice Cream Suitg' May Brings Non-Musical Version Cf 'Dolly' - ant two scoops of ice cream? Actually, ' ' that's not what the winter play, The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, was about, but, the audience did get two scoops. When Mr. Douglas Kornel- ly decided to have Ice Cream Suit as the winter play, the cast included six parts, all male. To give it a twist, he did another production, but, all female, and put one right after the other with a 15-min- ute intermission in between. The main characters in the male version were played by Mike DiBenedetto QGomezJ, Ron Cathercoal celebrates after clos- ing night of The Wonderful Ice- Cream Suit It's how much? Mary Strategos asks as Ellen Greenberg takes her measurements. Bill Green fVamenozj, Rob Lowie fMartinezJ, and Paul Kapustka QVillanazulJ. The same characters in the female version were played by Ellen Greenburg, Lisa Shineflug, Mary Strategos, and Lia Alex- opoulos, respectively. The play done twice, was uniquely different. According to Kornelly, he did two separate plays for three basic reasons, To give more people an opportunity to perform, to give a unique opportunity to the audience and to give a unique opportu- nity to me. Kornelly put the play into f Mike DiBenedetto gives Lynn Hein- lein a lift in The Ice Cream Suit. Cindy Ditzler looks for help from Mike Barbo when the Boys go to buy the suit. District Competition with other schools and the play placed third. Ten minutes to curtain call! Someone yelled. Behind the stage, people began fum- bling with make-up smiles and good luck hugs were ex- changed. All of this was for a good reason, the first perfor- mance of The Matchmaker was about to go on. The Matchmaker was the spring play which was per- formed on May 19 and 20 at 8:OOpm. It was a non-musical version of Hello Dolly . The main character, Mrs Dolly Levi, was played by ju- nior Sue Schreiner. Other main characters were Horace Vandergelder Uunior justin Synnestvedtj, Cornelius Hackl Uunior Doug Sandersl, Barnaby Tucker tSoph. Bill Greenj, and Mrs. Irene Mol- loy fSophomore Linda Peter- sonj. The director of The Matchmaker , Mr. Douglas Kornelly, feels the play was terrific and the students loved it. He was assisted in the production by Nancy Barr fassistant directorj and Steve Janicki ftechnical directorj. Mike DiBenedetto measures Rob Lowrie for the suit in Wonderful Ice-Cream Suit

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North, South Actors Tell Musical Story Cf George M. Cohan - utting on George M I was just a sparkle in Director Gerald Mur- phy's eyes until it became a North-South musical May 3-6, 1978. All the fame didn't come easy though. Tryouts wer- en't hard, but competition was difficult, there were a lot of good actors and actresses trying out, said Jeff Clonts, who played Jerry Cohan in the play based on the life of George M. Cohan. Jeff also said, lf some of the dances weren't known prior to tryouts, it was difficult to get a main part. Leads from Glenbrook South were Clonts, Robin Lee Uosiej, David Steinhorn lSam Harrisj, Beth Herrman QAg- nesj, and Charlotte Laystrom lfay Templetonj. One critic called the show a one man show, but without the cho- rus and dancers, the show wouldn't have been as suc- cessful. Rehearsals started two weeks after the variety show, on March 11, from 3:30 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. for the first two weeks. During the final weeks, rehearsals lasted until 10, 11 or even 12:00 midnight as some parents will admit, they came to South upset about the late practices. 20fNorth-South Musical Iohn Dolf and Jeff Clonts seem to be having fun in this colorful number in George M along with the other casts. we fri? David Steinhorn, John Dolf and Jim Karahalios light up the stage with a tap dance number. The dancers salute and smile as they seem pleased with the performance.