Homestead High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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u QUWEHKW ll H Fe-1llPlay steps to the 55' E51 giuiii ofa dfffarenf U' a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a dyferent drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. -Henry Thoreau Non-conformity- not changing one's ideals to those of society. This was the main theme of the fall play, The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, which starred junior Matt Butzow as non-conformist Henry Thoreau. The play focused on the night Thoreau was put in jail for not paying his taxes and showed Thoreau's philosophies through flashbacks of his life. It showed how he reacted to authority, as in the school board's negative attitude toward his non-conformist teaching methods, and his reaction to human situations, such as the death of his brother, John Qjunior Mike Musgravej. It was a difficult play to do, said senior Rosalyn Cooperman, who played Thoreau's mother. DEEP IN conversation, junior Matt Butzow, as Henry David Thoreau, and Ed Smid, who played Edward Emerson, discuss 'Huckleberryingh CPhoto by: B. Schoppmanj 'You a'ia'n't just go in to watch a play, you Sophomore Carrie S hindeldecker S Fall Play Director Ed Koczergo said that he thought the play was a challenge, but he enjoyed doing it. I don't like doing simple little comedies, he said. Koczergo also stated he thought the cast worked well together. They were wonderful. Probably the best group of people, as far as working together, we've had. Butzow said that one advantage about the play being more difficult than plays usually done by high schools was that he got to know Thoreau well because he was working so hard with the character. You know him inside and out. You are your character. You think like your character, you act like your character, said Butzow. Overall, the play's theme of non-conformity came through to the audience, and the play got what Koczergo called very positive response. Tracy Jensen- Managing Editor 41.f ' -wr 309 X

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FALL PLAY CAST FIRST ROW: Brian Kern, Brian Johnson, Don Cochran, Stephan Kowalik, Jason Rosenbury. SECOND ROW: Matt Butzow, Ed Smid. THIRD ROW: David Wendell, Carrie Shindeldecker, Jeff Melton, Amy McCormick, Christian Cashman, Mike Musgrave, David Orr, Rosalyn Cooperman, Andrea Williams. BACK ROW: Susan Green, Anne Hutsell, Megan Musgrave, Krista Jenkins, Jenny Smith. iPhoto by: B. Shoppmanj Through Thoreau and Emerson my eyes were opened to philosophies that apply now as mach as they did then. Junior Christian Cashman fi AN EXPRESSION of brotherly love is shown as junior Matt Butzow, as Thoreau, greets his brother John Thoreau, played by junior Mike Musgrave. iPhoto by: B. Schoppmanj LEARNING IS IMPORTANT. 1-'ll Matt Butzow, playing Henry David Thoreau, shows Bailey, played by junior David Wendell, how to write his name. iPhoto by: B. Schoppmanj Fall Play