Jacksonville High School - Crimson J Yearbook (Jacksonville, IL)

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Action in the play continues as (top) Melissa Hiatt, Todd Hamilton and Bekah Wiest talk about the news. Mark Burnette puts the cuffs on David Toby at right. The crew behind the scenes watches at middle: Michelle Farmer, Karen Robinson, and Tim Brannan. Bob Grenda reads the paper at bottom, while David Toby prepares to smother the screaming Kathy Taylor. Night Must Fall 27

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“Night Must Fall” Kicks Off JHS Thespian Productions The Jacksonville High School thespians presented “Night Must Fall” on October 18 and 19 in the J.H.S. auditorium, at 8 p.m. “Night Must Fall” is a murder mystery by Emlyn Williams. The play centers around Mrs. Bram-son, a hypochondriac in a wheelchair. During the course of the play, David Toby (Dan) has a chance to kill Kathy Taylor (Mrs. Bramson), has an affair with Be-kah Wiest (Dora), and manages to charm everyone except Celeste Hill (Olivia) into thinking he is innocent. The cast included: Judge J. David Bone (The Lord Chief Justice), Kathy Taylor (Mrs. Bramson), Celeste Hill (Olivia Grayne), Bob Grenda (Hubert Laurie), Cyndi Selby (Nurse Libby), Melissa Hiatt (Mrs. Terrence), Bekah Wiest (Dora Parkoe), Mark Burnette (Inspector Belsize), and David Toby (Dan). The cast of “Night Must Fall gathers on the set. Below, David Toby (Dan) and Celeste Hill (Olivia) converse on the couch, Kathy Taylor, (Mrs. Bramson) is the potential murder victim. Across the top are Bob Grenda, Cindi Selby, Kathy Taylor and Celeste Hill. 26 Night Must Fall

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“Nobody Likes Mordacious” Second Play Of Season “Nobody Likes Mordacious” was the second successful play of the fall season put on by the JHS thespians on November 15 and 16. Appealing to audiences young and old, “Mordacious” was the first performance under the direction of first year instructor at JHS, Mr. Richard McCoy. During “Mordacious”, the audience was taken on a trip to a lost island to help Orafu find her parents. As a part of the trip on the island, Orafu and Swizzle encountered a Huge and Hairy Thing (played by David McGuire) and wicked pirates. Once on the island, they encountered magical traps and a genie. And you may ask: Who is Mordacious? Why doesn’t anyone like Mordacious? Well, Mordacious is the evil ma-gician witch who caused Orafu all her problems. Mordacious scenes include Amy Hardwick and Catherine Bur-nette under attack from Huge and Hair Thing (David McGuire). The cast of Mordacious includes Matt Sherrow, Deedee Daniel, Catherine Burnette, Mark Burnette, Bob Grenda, Amy Hardwich, Brad Karr, David McGuire, Gordie Herald, David Phelps, Scott Birdseli, and Cathy Baugh. In top photo at center Brad Karr has just called up a genie to terrify Geordie Herald. 28 “Mordacious