John Wesley North High School - Aurora Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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Playing Doctor Is there an actor in the house? Actu- ally there were eight ctors, three managers, and a whole backstage crew in North ' s Little Theater when The Good Doctor opened on November 21. It ' s a comedy; an enjoyable show, explained the Director Stage Manager Miss Ferguson. It has some morals, not many, but some, she chuckled. The Good Doctor was cleverly pre- sented in ten different story-scenes, requiring the actors to change charac- ters during the production. It took Creating a scene in a theater, Eric Stapleton and his wife, Allison Rudloff, introduce thennselves to John Polite and Kim Young. Later in the story, Stapleton accidentally sneezes on Polite. For only three ruples, Kevin McDermott offers to drown for a Mark Troisi. Troisi ' s stan- dards of etiquette conflict with his curiosity, and he decides to witness this stunt for himself. me forever to get my characters right, but I had fun when I knew my lines! laughed Allison Rudloff, who played in three scenes. Other actors had different problems. It was difficult to get my stances and timing right in ' The Sneeze, ' ad- mitted Eric Stapleton. It was great working with everybody, though. Landmarking a new horizon in pro- ductions. The Good Doctor was the first North play to be videotaped. We ' re editing the three nights to- gether, said Ferguson. We ' re also going to begin a library of videotapes, starting with this one. With eight scenes and only four weeks of rehearsals, the cast was ready for opening night. We worked hard and really pulled everything together in the end, concluded Mark Troisi. 1 1 1 1 1 • ' L the good doctor 19

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Y«», ma ' am. murmurs Allison Rudloff humbly as her bo is. Valerie Taylor, deducts from Rudloff s salary, ll was hard not to laugh with the audience during some of the scenes, ' recalls Rudloff. THE GOOD DOCTOR CAST, FRONT ROW: Kim Young, John Polite; Row 2: Mark Troisi, Allison Rudloff, Eric Stapleton; Row 3: Steph- anie Gammon, Kevin McKermott, Valerie Tay- lor. 18 student life Approaching Stephanie Gammon, his true love, Mark Troisi tries to decide whether he should actu- ally seduce her or not. This was Gammon ' s first appearance in a Harlequin play.

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Students Face Trials Life is never as easy as you think. Just when you think everything is going all right, a wrench gets thrown into the works. This law certainly held true for North High School, as well. No matter how careful one was, unsuspected and sometimes very try- ing incidents would occur. Forgetting to take gym clothes home over the weekend was one such inci- dent. However, in Colin Grassman ' s case, this was the rule rather than the exception. I couldn ' t understand why everyone shied away from me in PE class, laughed Grassman. Most often when we lost our keys, there wasn ' t much to worry about because the spare ones were usually within reach. In Sean Clegg ' s situation, the extra key was out of town with his father. I had to leave my scooter in one of my teacher ' s room for a week, said Clegg. We ' re always trying to get rid of our change, but for Melissa Wil- liams, deciding to do it during the lunch rush hour was not a good idea. I still remember the look that the cashier gave me when I put all those coins on the counter, laughed Wil- liams. As a student, we came upon my obsta- cles, some were easy to pass while the others required more effort. The ' ups and downs ' taught us to do better, stated Pam Lackey. It ' s part of our life. whoops! Another victim falls prey to the hill. As Chris Miller desperately grasps for help, Jack Mares and Mandi Liles prepare for an in- evitable fall. Choosing to ignore his mother ' s advice about cleaning up after himself, John Polite pays the consequence. Filled with everything from school books to week-old food, Polite ' s locker is an example of a typical North student ' s locker. ' «I S. 20 student life