Harbor High School - Mariner Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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Dawning whether he'll stay Of not, Chris Gebhardt trunks It over WhllH Al Altonen and Debbie Long wawl for hrs de CISIOU. The final touches ale dppmau Io Debbie Long's make up by Smcey Hayman. Dr. Cook 5 Garden was presented on the ch and 12th of November Strung coffee! Rachel Riddell puts a coat of paint on the back wall of the stage covering up Brigadoon's background. Pondenng all srdes of the argument Alan Lopuszynski has made, Chris Gebhavdt searches his moral values for a concluSIon. 6 Student Life

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Fertile plot for fall show An eyebrow raising subject, a freak snow storm, 3 new director, and an un- usually large crowd highlighted the fall play The subject was not your basic hap- py ending high school play; this was Ira Levm's Dr. Cook's Garden. The show dealt with euthanasia, mercy killing as it is commonly called. The play revolves around the return for a visit of a small Vermont town's favorite son from med school. Dre Jim Tennison lChris Gebhardtl arrives home to find that the man who had taken the place of his dead father and who had directed him into medicine was secretly poisoning the bad or sick residents of the town. Being the only doctor in the village for several decades, Dr. Cook lAIan Lopuszynskil feels he is responsible for the town's well-being. The play eventually ends with a violent confrontation over the morality of the killings; Cook has a heart attack in the heat of the fight and lies helpless, pleadw ing Jim for the pills that would save his life. Jim chooses to let the doctor go, falling into the same trap Cook had years earlier. This was the first Harbor show for new director Debra Lowe. Awarded the drama contract only five weeks before the scheduled show date, she decided to present a show with a small cast to limit the confusion. The cast, besides Gebhardt and Lopuszynski, was Amy Karhu lSarahl, AI Altonen iElias Hartl, and Debbie Long lBeal. The student director was Carla Bee and the stage manager Dave Eichorn. The Friday night show had a surprismg- ly large audience for a Harbor fall playi About 100 people showed up despite an early winter snow storm which dumped several inches of snow onto Northeastern Ohio. The large crowd was probably due to strong faculty support lseveral members of the faculty promoted the show in their classesi and also an ad- vanced ticket sale, said Debra Lowe. Thespians made around $150 dollars on the show when we usually lose money on it, added Thespian vice-president Alan Lopuszynski. '35 iii: Disgusr registers on Alan Lopuszynski's face to Chris Gebhardt's shouted arguments during the second act of Dr. Cook 5 Garden Fall Playe 7