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

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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

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Senior Play 19

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Members of the cast are (FRONT ROW) Chris Cannaday, Nancy Blanken- ship, Timmy Martin, Sandy Diehl, Tim Eanes. Leigh Turner (SECOND ROW) Jasper Stockton, Cindy Brown, Lydia Eanes, Terry Eggleston (BACK ROW) Carl Hagwood, Mr John Myers, director, Barbara Reynolds. Monte Magill. Junior Class Play 21