John Marshall High School - Lex Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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SH A RUNNING THROUGH their parts, Tim Long and Brian Charloe endeavor to perfect their roles. ALL EYES UPON HER, Aunt Eller fLisa DeWitt! sings Oklahoma.,' TAKING A BREAK from rehearsal, Mark Muraha- shi cracks up over a funny comment by Garry Britt. HARMONIZING the Farmer and the Cowmany' are Seniors Lisa DeWitt and Susan Johnstone. ? ,,,, 30 0 Plays

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YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU Penny Sycamore Essie Carmichael Rheba ...,, Paul Sycamore A Mr. DePinna . . Ed Carmichael , Donald ..., Martin Vanderhof Alice Sycamore Mr. Henderson . Tony Kirby . . Boris Kolenhov Miss Wellington Mr. Kirby A A . Mrs. Kirby . . FBI Agent . . FBI Agent . A . Grand Duchess Cabbie .,., SusanJohnstone . i..,... Patti Diamond Tracie Watterberg A , . . . Jerry Vawter . . . . . Oliver Hall . . . . Randy Sheets A ,,r. David Spencer . . .... Steve Strouts . , . . Stacey Huston A A A Jason Smyers . . . Tom Yates . . . Jon Maynard . . . Grace Milner . . . Brian Charloe . . , . Pat Sprinkel , A A A Trent Himes ButchHall . . . Zaxaro Kokkoris ,, .......TonyClark THE MAGIC OF BROADWAY Dawn Alcorn, Scott Bailey, Jon Carlisle, Patti Diamond, Margi Gould, Cindy Harmon, Julie Hinshaw, Susan John- stone, Jon Maynard, Lynda More, Randy Sheets, Karen Smith, Steve Strouts, Jerry Vawter, Tom Yates. Poll. winter shows offer comedy, music All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players, wrote Shakespeare. On Marshall's stage, Marshallls players present- ed a 1930's comedy, You Can't Take It With You and a variety show of Broadway hits enti- tled The Magic Of Broadway. Fireworks, xylophones, snakes, ballet, and blintzes were only a part of the zany antics of the characters in Marshall's fall production You Can't Take It With You. Since first opening on Broadway in 1936, the play,s appeal has made it one of the most widely performed by high schools. According to Vi Watson, director, I wanted to do an old American comedy, and You Can't Take It With You is a classic. The play revolves around the love affair be- tween Alice, granddaughter of Martin Vander- hof, patriarch of a family of eccentrics, and Tony, son of a socially prominent, conservative family, the Kirbys. The conflict between the fam- ilies makes up the play. Some of the best of Broadway musicals were performed on Marshall's stage during the Winter show, The Magic Of Broadway. The cast combined both past Thespians and present stu- dents. Watson had several reasons for doing a vari- ety show. The main reason was that, Ever since I did one four years ago, the alums have been driving me crazy for another. The show was also a way for the drama department to help celebrate Marshall's twentieth anniversary. Se- lections were taken from Ain't Misbehavin, Ball- room, They're Playing My Song, 42nd Street, A Day ln HollywoodfA Night In The Ukraine, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, West Side Story, Evita, and The Fantasticks. OBLIVIOUS to the zany going ons in his house, Grandpa Vanderhof lSteve Stroutsl studies his stamp collection with a magnifying glass while Essie lPatti Diamondl dances in the background to xylophone music. Plays ' 29

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THE CAST Aunt Eller . .A.....,.., Lisa DeWitt Curly , ,Jon Maynard Laurey . . . . ,Dawn Alcorn Ike Skidmore ..,, David Spencer Will Parker Scott Bailey Jud Fry Jerry Vawter Ado Annie Carnes , Susan Norton Ali Hakim Brian Charloe Gertie Cummings Patti Diamond Andrew Carnes Tim Long Dance Lead ii... , Margi Gould Cord Elam . , ..., . . , . , . Clinton Calhoun THE ENSEMBLE Garry Britt, Wendy DeMarre, Sam Drennan, Julie Hinshaw, Lisa Jeli, Susan Johnstone, Stephanie Krimbel, Zaxaro Kokkoris, Kaci McNally, Matthew Moody, Lynda More, Mark Murahashi, Connie Posey, Ann Sarna, Les Walmer, Tom Yates, Trent Himes. Dedieotion evident in Qlxlohomol Shet up and Cain't were common ex- pressions heard in the school during the spring musical Oklahoma! as Western dialect spilled over into everyday life. Rodgers and Hammer- stein's Oklahoma! was presented April 22, 23, and 24, on Marshall's stage with a cast of twenty nine incorporating both newcomers to the Mar- shall stage and established regulars, Set in Indian Territory, just after the turn of the century, the Oklahoma characters include a cowboy named Curly, who fights for the affec- tions of Laurey Williams, along with hired hand Jud Fry. Laurey's Aunt Eller watches out for her niece and her friends. Laurey's friend Ado Annie is plagued with the dilemma of choosing be- tween her cowboy Will and the Peddler Ali Ha- kim. Andrew Carnes, Annie's father, worries about finding a suitable match for his daughter. Produced in only five weeks, Oklahoma! took a lot of hard work and dedication, said Senior Thespian Lisa DeWitt. It all went by so fast,', was Chorus Member Stephanie Krimbel's comment. To publicize the show, posters were put up all around the school, publicity scenes were staged during the lunch bands, and costumes were worn during one school day. Despite a constrained budget, Director Vi Watson persevered to offer utheatre in its pur- est sense - a classic story combined with effort and a willingness to please. IT CAN'T BE IN BETWEEN? is the musical question posed by Ado Annie lSusan Nortonl to boyfriend Will lScott Baileyl. Plays 0 31 L