Morton High School - Top Hat Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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aftechcLc It’s a bird, it’s a plane! No! It’s Dracula Baby! More powerful than the smell of garlic! Able to drain blood banks in a single gulp. Out cast from his family, Count Dracula (Bob Wolanin), travels to England to get recognition for his dastardly deeds. While in London, he visits the sanitarium under the direction of Dr. Seward (Neil Wilson). He falls in love with Dr. Seward’s beautiful niece, Lucy (Sue Boilek) who intends to marry Dracula and leave her fiance Arthur (Mike Neiswinger) heartbroken. Lucy is pale and weak. Dr. Seward seeking a second opinion calls VanHelsing (Jerry Irvine) to help him restore Lucy’s health. During one of his visits to the sanitarium, Dracula encounters the Nurse (Jodi Nicoles). She has a special quality that intrigues him. He goes to see Sylvia (Leslie Casper) to find out if she can tell him who he really loves. She shows him that it is the Nurse, but he already started making Lucy a vampire. The wedding would have to continue as planned. In a desperate effort to find Lucy after she had fled from her room with Dracula, Dr. Seward, VanHelsing, the Nurse, and Renfield (John Swanson), a kook from the sanitarium, interupt the wedding ceremony. Dracula, in sending his friends away, becomes mortal and is free to marry the woman he truly loves, the Nurse. While serving Renfield the kook, Frank the monster and Harry the werewolf, the barmaids sing a popular Transylvanian tune. “I’m ready for bigger things,” sings Dracula Baby (Bob Wolanin) as he ponders beautiful Lucy’s blood. Plays — 21

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Astonishment appears on the faces of Lucy (Sue Boilek), Dr. Seward (Neil Wilson), Nurse (Jodi Nicoles), and Arthur (Mike Neiswinger) as Van Helsing (Jerry Irvine) reveals that Count Dracula is a vampire from Transylvania. Awkward in the presence of his fiance Lucy (Sue Boilek), Arthur (Mike Neiswinger) tactfully keeps his distance. 20 — Plays Tr 7 ' r TA

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Pair staIks treasure It brings joy and happiness to anyone who owns it ... “The Golden Periwinkle . This notion seems especially appealing to an unhappy, nasty old man and a greedy spoiled brat of a little girl. So Thaddeus T. Mulberry and Melinda set off to find the treasure. They begin in the magical country of “R where all is beautiful and happy, yet the Golden Periwinkle is not there. The Land of Light may hold the secret of it’s where-abouts, but the pair must travel through the dark and spooky Land of Night to arrive. Mr. Stanley Elgas admitted, “I’m not totally satisfied with the script, but I am satisfied with the experience of writing and directing the play.’’ “Where ' s Melinda?” Citizens of R Susan Masick, Leslie Casper, Pam Magginnis, and Mark Noldin search. On their perilous journey, Melinda (Cecelia Stojan) and Thaddeus T. Mulberry (John Swanson) encounter the Land of Night ' s creatures. 22 — Plays