Kearny High School - Komet Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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On December 6th and 7th, Kearny High School Drama Department presented a play entitled Street Scene . Trying to recreate the slice-of-life realism of a New York City brownstone Apartment was a real chal- lenge, but the cast and crew did an excellent job. While the play was spiced with typical moment of everyday city life-gossiping neighbors, an eviction, young love, and a woman giving birth-it mainly re- volved around the Maurrant family. Unhappy in her marriage to Frank, Anna Maurrant began an affair with the milk collector Steve Sankey. Frank came home un- expectedly one day and found Steve in the Maurrant apartment with his wife. In a drunken rage, he killed them both and then ran off. A few hours later the police dragged him onstage where he said his final dramatic goodbye to his daughter, Rose. While most of the main parts were played by seniors, many talented sophomors and juniors joined the cast this year. Besides contributing to the huge success of Street Scene , they help insure future drama achieve- ments for Kearny. During a quiet moment in the play, Mrs. Emma lones and Mrs. Greta Fiorention gossip about Anna Maurrant's affair while Mr. Oleson looks on. .gg fi Lights, Camera, Action in the Streets Built by the stage crafts class and the cast and crew of Street Scene the beautifull desi n f Y 8 ' ed set stands empty. Suspicious of his wife's plans, Frank angrily questions her. 22

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Rose Maurrant ...... Mrs. Anna Maurrant ..... Mr. Frank Maurrant ...... Mrs. Emma jones .... Mr. jones . . ........ Miss Mae jones ...... Vincent jones ....... Mrs. Greta Fiorentino Mr. Lippo Fiorentino Mr. Abraham Kaplan Sam Kaplan ......... . . Miss Shirley Kaplan . . Mr. Buchanan ...... Willie Maurrant .... Mrs. Olga Oleson . . . Mr. Oleson ........ Miss Cushing ...... Mrs. Hildebrande .... Charlie Hildebrande . Mr. Steve Sankey ........ Mrs. Alice Simpson . Mr. Harry Easter .... . ...... Neil Krouse jr. Mr. Dick McGann . . . . . Dr. Wilson ......... Policemen . . . . College Girls .... Nurse Maids ........ Marshall james Henry Fred Cullen ......... . . .Tracie Alexander ..........Terri Axe Marshall Sylwestrak . . . . . . . .Donna Bell . . . .David Mumford . . .Lisa Alexander . . . .Marty Lipman . . . . . . . . .LeahSwall . . . . . . . .Leslie Andrews . . .Howard Dumont . . . . . . . .Ken Maskil . . .Susan Wasmund . . . . . ...jim Snyder . . . .Carlos Morante . . . .Valerie McCraw . . . . . . .Dan DuBray . . . . .Regina Folsom Kellene McCormick ...............jill Small . . . . . . . .Scott Witte . .Monica Showalter . . .Michael Morgan . . . . . . . .james Irick . . . . . .Marty Lipman Howard Dumont Michael Morgan . . . . . . .jody Souder Mary Hatch .Connie Sundstrom jill Small . . . .Mike Morgan .............jameslrick After her mother dies and her father is taken away, Rose explains to Sam why she too must leave A crowd of onlookers gasps as young Rose attempts to comfort her dying mother before she is taken away on a stretcher. FLAT 'lt SEAN