Laurel Park High School - Koine Yearbook (Martinsville, VA)

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Senior Play 19

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From the first read-through, the sense that something special was happening began to build I Never Saw Another Butterfly was a demanding play It demanded time and hard work in rehearsal but more than that, it demanded a disturbing look at the cruelty of men and an admiration for courage and love in the face of almost unbelievable suffering The story of Raja Englanderova. a survivor of Terezin. a concentration camp for Jewish children in Austria and the people who were with her there — her family, her teacher, her fellow captives and the young man she loved, brought quietness and tears to audi- ences that had all but drowned out previous school productions The cast was led by one of the most ex- perienced actresses at Laurel Park, Jeanne Eggleston, who made Raja unforgettable She was supported by Cindy Handy, Gary Deering, Donald Draper, and Linda Bernard in the major roles and by fifteen other se- niors most of whom were on the stage for the first time The set for the play was simple platforms and was lit with only pools from spotlights, but the production made use of a sound track and slides of the cast in costume taken in settings around Martinsville that were representative of the bleakness and loneli- ness that must have been part of Terezin Faculty members working with the cast were Mrs. Ginger Preston, Ms Diane Dunk- ley. Ms. Betty Shankle, and Mr Wayne Moore. ABOVE Under a crude canopv. the Rabbi unites Irca and Pavel The children of Terezin work m their forbidden schoolroom, but their thoughts are of home RIGHT The lovers refuse to be separated As the fear of Nazi take-over mounts, the fathers patience snaps and he slaps his son for questioning his passiveness and his wife, daughter and sister watch in disbelief OPPOSITE CLOCKWISE The mother lights the last of the sabbath candles while German tanks rumble through the streets Even within the camp walls. Raia and Honza fall in love At Terezin. Raia s greatest source of strength IS her teacher. Irena Synkova Members of the cast are (FRONT ROW) Carolyn Price, Denise DeHart. Pam Per- kins. Grady Perkins. Cindy Cummings. Ms Diane Dunk- ley. Ms Betty Shankle. Mrs Ginger Preston. (SECOND ROW) Cathy Harris. Tom White. Kathy Garber. Sandra Hodge. Regina Mason. Jeannie Washington. Linda Ber- nard. Francis Cabiness. Mr Wayne Moore. (BACK ROW) Michael Waller. Alvin Carter. Jeanne Eggleston. Gary Deering, Cornelius Jamison. Cindy Handy. Donald Draper As the play ends, the spirits of the important people in Raja ' s life return to offer encouragement erBitNrFI

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MIXED DOUBLES Causes Some Mixed Feelings The Junior Class play wasn ' t quite that this year For the first time tryouts were open to the entire student body because of the lack of interest shown in past years. This upset some of the class who felt that the tradition of an all junior cast was sacred There was even a petition circulated in rejection of the change But the change was made. All students were allowed to tryout for parts The results were good, though Juniors tried out in larger numbers than many people expected, and they were given pref- erence over other students. They had little to fear When the play. Mixed Doubles, was presented on Dec 6 and 8 it was def- initely junior with the exception of only two underclassmen The play was set in two adjoining rooms of a little hotel in Mexico. The two acts were unrelated, but had some of the same characters. These were the permanent residents of Casa Pericolo, Wilma, the proprietress (Barbara Reynolds), Luz, the cleaning woman (Leigh Turner), and Julian, the gardener (Monte Magill) Act I, Love Means Never Having to Say You ' re Forty , centers around the confrontation between a separated couple who are both out for a fling Christopher Sage (Chris Cannaday), an aging but conceited actor, comes to Casa Pericolo with a 20 year old girl, Jackie (Sandy Diehl), who is out to see the world Chris ' s wife Shelly (Nancy Blankenship), a screenwriter, is in the other room with Howard (Jasper Stockton), a straight-laced businessman. Chris and Shelly accidentally meet after each has a fight with his partner, they discover that the boredom they were trying to escape was actually exciting, and they are happily reunited, Leonard , Act II, is really a shipment of heroin cleverly dis- guised as the cremated remains of a scuba diver The smugglers. Max (Terry Eggleston) and George (Carl Hagwood), have their moll, Lily (Lydia Eanes), pose as Leonard ' s grief-stricken widow. Next door is an old couple. Amy Dimston (Cindy Brown) and Donald Steed (Tim Eanes), who are living together for tax pur- poses. When certain complications arise, the smugglers decide to get Donald and Amy to take the heroin back to the States The couple agrees, thinking the pot contains Leonard. After Luz breaks the urn containing the heroin, Leonard changes hands several times and a wild chase begins for recovery. Finally, the smugglers are tricked into believing that the Rev Simon Clugg (Timmy Martin) has flushed the heroin down the toilet. Ex- asperated by the whole ordeal, they head back to Marseilles for another shipment, unaware that the heroin is hidden in their luggage. Calm returns and Amy agrees to marry Donald. THIS PAGE ABOVE Julian, the Mexican gardener, doubles as a bungling bellboy 3EL0W ; Chris and Shelly are r OPPOSITE PAGE CLOCKWISE: Excited by her Desert Delight perfume, Donald Steed kisses his roomie Amy Dimston The keyhole is a coveted spot as Amy. Donald. Simon, and Wilma try to hear the plans of the dope smugglers in the next room Quick changes between scenes are a hassle, but an amusing one for Jasper Stockton When a married couple ends up in the same motel with friends , it ' s a little hard to explain The smugglers plan how to convince the old couple to take the disguised heroin back to the States 20 Student Life