Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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Fall, spring plays entertain the ‘curious’ and ‘sleepy’ The Thespian Society was busy putting on productions for the entertainment of MHS students. The Curious Savage was the Fall Play that was presented in Reinhart Audito- rium on November 17, 18 and 19. Unlike previous years, the cast consisted of sophomores and juniors only. Tim Runholt, senior, was the student director who made the play very successful. “The play was about a lady who was put in an insane asylum by her family, said Laurie Reinhart, senior, and I thought it was very good. Linda Roe, senior, said The publicity for this year ' s play was much better than last year, and we did have a larger audi- ence, but I think more students could have attended. After finishing the Fall Play, the Thespians went right to work on the senior production. George Washington Slept Here was presented on April 13 and 14 in Reinhart Auditorium. The cast consisted only of seniors. Drew Furuness, guidance counselor, stated, “I enjoyed the play very much. The seniors did a very good job. The play was directed by Bruce Woods, English teacher, with the assis- tance of Jessie King, senior. The play was about a man who bought a run down house because he thought George Washington slept there. Rich Robinson, senior, stated, There was a lot of time and effort put into the play, but it was well worth it. According to Dawn Spiroff, senior, George Washington Slept Here was very funny and well organized. — Susanna Eibel, Vicky Tsampis Kawlck Scott Otterbacher, Carol Gruber, Kenny Moore, and Sheryl Riddle, sophomores. In a serious performance from the fall play “The Curious Savage. Smiling their way Into everyone’s heart, Laurie Reinhart, Linda Roe, and Brian Tretter, seniors, perform for the entertainm ent of all MHS audiences. 20 PLAY PRODUCTIONS DJurlch

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t like informal dances because more people can go without worrying about the expenses that a formal dance has.” Diane Ramuscak, Senior Traci Irwin and Ron Vanna, seniors, jam at a MHS informal dance. At the Halloween Dance, Danny Bellovary and Jim Marando, juniors, show what they ' d really like to be. 19 DANCES

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Robert Winchester, Jessie King, and Linda Roe, seniors, dazzle the audience with their performance in “George Washington Slept Here.” Djurich i k eing in a play gives you the op- portunity to be someone else for a short time and have a lot of fun.” Jessie King, senior Kawick Scott Otterbacher and Sheryl Riddle, sophomores, plot a way to get rid of their mother by putting her in an insane asylum. 21 PLAY PRODUCTIONS