Grayson College - Saga Yearbook (Denison, TX)

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1 ww 'Wait whal am I doing. she wanls +o shoor me. l' When love slrilces il hi+s hard and Harry Whisman found our how hard ir can hil as he shows Darla Dosier how 'ro operafe a gun and lhen remembers 'rhal il is he she wanfs 'ro use il on. The Boon' one of four me acl plays presenled by 'rhe Drama sludenls gave sornelhing for everyone fo laugh al. i we ri I -..A.,,Q..Av E 'A in wig l if A I ZW. ' ,, V .mu li A Q N solemn discussion on The inqralilude of 'rheir children and whaf 'rhey can expecl when dealh arrives was iusl a few of The discussions carried n belween Susan Womack and Sandy Hix in 'rhe play Save Me a Place ar Fores+ Lawn in lhe drama producfion Conglomerale. 139

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138 Drama Opened Thearrical Season Wi'rh Conglomera+e Drama sludenfs will begin lhe cullural sea- son wilh a play enrilled Conglomera+e Oclober 2I-23. The one-acl plays were: The Big Black Box by Cleve Hauboldq The Boon' by Anfon Chelchov: Save lvle A Place A+ For- esl' Lawn by Lorees Yerbyq and The Srill Alarm by George S. Kaufman. Ann Reeves, drama insfruclor and direcfor of +he play, explained Thar Conglomera+e was a colleclion of one acl plays, designed +o afford us +he opporrunily lo laugh af ourselves. lrighrl Dale Henderson +ried in vain +o refrieve his personal effecrs from fhe wily Black Box in The One acl play The Big Black Box . lbelowl Members of fhe casl of The one-acl play The Sfill Alarm , wafched a 'fireman play his fiddle while Their holel room burned. They are, lefl fo righ'I': Jeff Neill, Pele Carpenfer, Dale Henderson, and David Upham.

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40 Ann Reeves, drama inslruclor and direclor of Guys and Dolls, goes over The opening scenes ol The hir musical wilh Mike Mclfnighl, Mar Keifer and Jerry Don Gulledge. Mclfnighl played Nicely Nicely Johnson, Kifer played Nalhan Delroil and Gulledge played Ginny Soull Slreel. The rehearsals lor The musical began on Feb. 8 and conlinued 'lor live weeks prior lo opening nighl scheduled for March I6. Players Presenled l 'Guys And Dolls' l Frank Loesser's hil' musical, Guys and Dolls, became Grayson Counly Col- lege's second musical comedy produc- rion. The play had a successful Three-year run on Broadway and is among The mosl' popular musical ever presenled on lhe slage. The musical was a comedic look al gamblers and Their chorus girl friends. The slory cenlered around gambler Sky Maslerson, a man who ser The sky as his limils on his bers. ln order lo win Miss Sarah Brown, a Salvalion Army mission- ary, he wrole an l O U for l,OOO sinners. Olher casl members included Alice Slark, Joe Traweek, Connie Yales, Dr. Jerry Ables, Pele Carpenrer, Bill Kersh, Becky Nunn, Harry Wisman, Berl Lively, Jo Ann Ziegler and Prissy Smilh. Ann Reeves reviews parl of The scripl wilh Mark Kifer who plays Nalhan Delroil. ln The play, De- lroil runs a Tloaling crap game and has been en- gaged lo Miss Adelaide for I4 years. , -,., A