Kitchener Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School - Grumbler Yearbook (Kitchener, Ontario Canada)

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The Major Play I A Flight of Fancy -Broadway - 1950 -the com- pletely happy moment has ar- rived. The audience waiting breathlessly for the curtain to rise on that superbly enacted play-no - not Oklahoma -not Carousel- but that play of plays, comedy of comedies, June Mad directed by the now famous Mr.A.J. O'ConneIl. A glance at the programme re- veals that it is the same happy cast that played for six nights to packed houses in the Kitchener Collegiate Auditorium in 1945. New York acclaims-A Record Achievement Z II June Mad, 1945 Rehearsals- From 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. daily mem- bers of the cast met with Mr. O'Connell in the auditorium or- somewhere? Let us listen in- Dr. Wood CBill Lahnb is to enter from door left reading paper. He will come to the stairs where Millie Lou fAnnalies Janzenj sits waiting for Mervyn tHarvey Riedlingerb. The Doctor should almost tumble over Milly Lou, then step back in surprise and annoyance. Now listen- Dr. Wood- Oh, excuse me. Milly Lou. Milly Lou- Oh, that's alright Dr. Wood, I guess this is just about as much your home as it is mine. In the first try Dr. Wood forgets to stumble-in the second he stum- bles too Well and Milly Lou laughs and can't say her line-in the third the Doctor fails to show surprise- in the fourth-but well, so it goes until the scene is just right. Then follows scene upon scene-patience and perseverence conquer and the important night has come. PEGGY XAIRN. A XIII B III The Play Goes On The central figure about whom the plot is woven is Penny Wood CPat Shantzj. She is a pretty young girl of fifteen who tries very hard to grow herself up. Her difficulties are legion. Mervyn CI-IarveyRiedlingerD her twenty-one year old uncle insists on calling her t'Slats in front of wealthy Roger Van Vleck fHugh Cowiej, and also. in the presence of the great 'Cos- mopolite', Chuck fSigmund Rezet- nikj her local boy friend humiliates her as he remarks, Where do you get that one stuff? Julie Harris CPeggy Nairnb the charming sweet- heart of Mervyn, is, like Penny. swept off her feet by the dashing Roger, who, unlike Chuck, has no glider to distract his attention. For guidance and comfort Penny can always turn to her mother. Mrs. Wood CJoan Barberj. Poor Mrs. Wood always has 11LlIT1Q1'0l.lS self- invited extras for dinner! Dr. Wood CBill Lahnj on one occasion falls under the spell of June Mad. Yes, the moon affected more than Penny. Chuck's father, Mr. Harris CReginald Schedlerj persistently opposes his son's flights, but finally loses his aversion and becomes a glider fiend himself. Milly Lou CAnnalies Janzenl drives Mervyn to distraction as she tags after him. She never gets her man, but How she loves him! Effie CFrances Rothaermelj and Elmer ttlohn Johnston? provide constant amuse- ment. How Eifie's slip does slip- Oh, chestnuts , and how Elmer embarrasses Mervyn- Oh Boy Oh Boy! Shirley CUrith Seymour? and Ralph Wentworth fDonald Taylor? amply extol the value of orchids and. as dinner guests, they help to complicate matters for Mrs. Wood. 56 THE GRUMBLER

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. MAJOR PLAY CAST AND COMMITTEES Seated. left to right: Harvey Riedlinger. Peggy Nairn. Joan Barber. Sigmund Rezetnik. Vivian Nilsson. Mr. A. J. O'Connell. Annalies Janzen. Pat Shantz. Desta Leavine. Hugh Cowie. Lirith Seymour. Molly Sim. Standing. left to right: Mr. F. J. Hodge. Mr. W. T. Ziegler. Annie Dick. Russel Wagner, Audrey Smith. George Moser. Otto Yoworski. Lois Hunter. Reg. Schedler. John Johnston. Donald Taylor. Frances Rothaermel. Bill Lahn. Ralph Hoeft. Mr. H. S. Minielly. ' :wgwr .,1,x- -. fi i 595153 Q Q Q .:,:g,.5,.A:.jQQ1v 55 ,gg ,...,,.. 1? ...E in - EI' ,J ' 'ii 1553 1'.E:A2-222.2 -'f-s:-35::f-2:1-:3- ' , f of W' A SELECTED sHoTs FROM JUNE MAD l