Lincoln High School - Links Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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Mummers Anorhef ospecr of Mummers wos the Minne Troupe ond the Reoder's Theoter Troupe, mode up of Mummers with in- terests in these speciolized oreos. The Mime Troupe, of course, uses gestures, movement, expression, attitude but no spoken words to communicate with the audience The Reoder's Theoter. on the other hand, stresses dialogue, os speeches exclusively are used. The readers, dressed in plain block clothing ond sitting or standing motionless, read directly from the script, ond do nor use sets or props. According to Mummers' President Amy Thone, one of the purposes of Mummers is to spread awareness ond appreciation of the Pine Arts in the Lincoln area. Thone is also in Mummers because she loves to be in ploys, ond enjoys seeing ond reading them. The desire to perform in front of on audience, to entertain, is the motivation for most Mummers, ond is the reason for rhe dub's existence. This year s Mummers group wos under the direction of first-year sponsor Mr. Charles Fichfhom, ond the officers were Amy Thone, President; Kim Sandberg, vice-president; Kim Brcwn. secretory, Leslie Forbes, treasurer; Lynda Fogerberg, publidty; Orion Evermon, historian, ond Michelle McCann ond Lance Purdy, librarians. The other faculty sponsor wos Mrs. Karen Nicholi. Top: Rezo Kiani. AJon Gehr ond Mory Sompson portray anger orreonveness ond euphoria Above: Bener Holler ond Boon Evermon moke lost minute preparations on rhe bockdrop for Joynire Robert Bierboum ond Judy Thiem do rhe Mummers Hjsrle Mummers Officers—Row one: Kim Sandberg, vice president Mshell McConn. librorion. Kim Drown, secretory Lyna Fogerberg publicity Row two: Orion Evermon historian. Amy Thone. president, Mr Dutch Fichrhorn. sponsor Mummers—29

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 Mummers—Row one: C Schoenburger, L Schleiger, A. Thone. J Thiem. L Tholler. A Dunroin, K. Drown. L Fogerberg Row two: E. Koulb, S Holler. M Sompson, M McConn, J Thornron. L folly, B Dunklou. S Jomleson K. Sondberg Row rhree: A Gehr. T Bony D Evermon. J. Eilets Mr Fichihom. C McMonn. N Voder R Aupperle G Eisentrager R. Bierbaum Row four: R Kloni. J. Holbert, C. Cortson. D Wollasky M. Dyer. B Holler Dramamania Mummers is rhe Lincoln High dromo club. There were abour fony srudenrs this year who paid rhe one dollar per semester due that mode them Mummers Mummers' acriviries were varied. Probably rhe biggest projects for the club were the Mummers' Play and sponsoring Joynire, the student talent show. The Mummers Ploy this year was The Bad Seed, o story of o child bom inherently evil. The Joynire theme was Spotlight on America: A Solute to the Fifty States.' Of course, drama club members also participated in rhe All-School Play and the Musical. Another of Mummers' activities was inviting different theatrical groups to come and perform for the club or its meetings, every other Wednesday after school. When there was no performance scheduled, the club did something else os o group, such os going to o ploy or another theatrical event A service project that rhe Mummers undertook was rhe Outreach Program. Dromo dub members went our to the elementary schools and conducted dromo workshops for rhe gradeschoolers. 2ft— Mummers

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All School Ploy Flooding success The All School Ploy added another success to o long line of performances on the LH5 stage. To get in on the excitement and the humor, one hod to be in the Auditorium on November 6 or 7. when dromo oriented students presented a Woody Allen comedy entitled Don’t Drink the Water The ploy was about the experiences of o family of tourists from the United Stores who ore trapped in on Americon Embassy, somewhere behind the Iron Curtain. Tryouts were held on September 16 ond 17, to select o cost of 25 people. After that, it was simply o matter of a lor of hard work. It was almost two months later that audiences viewed the excellent presentation Their enjoyment ond appreciation mode worthwhile the many hours of work pur in by directors, actors, ond crew members. For Director Charles Fichrhorn the ploy wos exciting for o special reason. As the new Dromo Teacher, it was rhe first performance rhor he hod directed on the LHS stage. He commented it hod been o long rime since he hod lost direoed o stage production, but he felt that positive support ond talented students evened our ony possible problems. To give advice, senior Kim Drown, on LHS stage veteran, served as rhe Assistant Director. The superb ocring did nor come without long hours of rehearsal. From these long hours emerged many memorable characters. The Hollander family members were Walter (Tom Hinshow), his wife Morion (Mary Sam- son), and rhe daughter Susan (Leslie Forbes). Axel Magee, rhe obsenr-minded son of rhe ambassador, was played by Dener Holler Heod of Seaer Police Kro- jack (Orion Evermon) hounded rhe Hollander family of rhe Embassy Often forgotten ore the souls hiding behind rhe scenes These ore of course rhe crew members, groups of people working in such oreas os Props, Set, Lighting, Moke-up, Costumes, Publicity, ond Sound. Crew heads were selected to supervise each group's duties. These crews gave ony interested student in school on oppor- tunity to participate in producing rhe ploy. Mr. Fichrhorn termed rhe crews very impressive.’ This recognition wos well deserved, since without rhe crew members, rhe show would never hove token place. About rhe many donated hours, Lynda Foger- berg ond Kim Sandberg (Props aew heods) agreed rhor it’s a lor of work, bur it’s great fun.” A mixture of work and fun were vital in retaining o good attitude, which in turn leod to success. In the end. everything was worthwhile. The audience was entertained with o play that amused yet still reflected on rhe situation in rhe world. The individuals involved discovered rhe rewords of cooperation ond gained o new experience 30—All School Ploy