Northwest High School - Silvertip Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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is F I E E 5. 5 92 ' Dinner Theatre Dinner Theatre Ambience elaeerr, boot 1117112112 Cheering the hero and booing the villian were part of the audiences' reactions to the melodrama Lzly, the Felonk Daughter, which was presented in the Commons as a dinner theatre by the Northwest Thespians. The time period of the melodrama was set in the 1890's in Boston, Massachusetts and centered around a family known as the Fairweathers. Lily, a girl taken in by the family a fe years earlier, and Compton, who is also Fairweather, are about to announce the engagement as the melodrama open However, everything is haulted when Lil discovers that Compton has a bad habit c gambling on horse races. Having lost a tot: of 310000, Compton has a big gamblin debt. Later, an ex-convict, Robin Steel, enter the scene looking for his daughter. Stem gave up his daughter a few years earlic because his wife died while he was i prison, and he had no way of taking care c the daughter. The only lead Steel had i locating his daughter was a contract that ws

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Q 1:1 is E. a 51.5 it 'it v 11, sit . xiii. ' ' . ga , ini s ,www- aat A mm . X . W-M J 4 3 1 Q f E e x tt ' t. P .-MQ . ' Eg 'ay In 4 .. 3 iw T ii ,. . ..ra,.,.. The play was a one set production, the rologue and the epilogue were played in ont of the main curtain. The set was iought to be one of the most difficult to Jnstruet because of the bricks that had to e drawn free hand on the flats and then ainted to make them look real. The bricks ere 100 feet high by 100 feet wide. The only set back by the members ofthe lay was when last minute cast changes were iade and the new members of the cast had 1 learn their parts in three days. The only mmplaints from the production came from re males who had to wear tights to give the Tect of the Medivial time period. 'Kelli Brown CAST MEMBERS Hank Bennett Marion r,.,.. Mrs. Bennett . King Arthur . Guenever . . . Merlin ...... Sir Sagramor . Clarence .... Elaine ..... Sir Lancelot. . . Queen Morgan Sandy ...r... Radio Voice , , . . . . . . .Rick Brewer . . . .Patricia Duff . . .Debbie Shaffer . . . . . .Chris Knitig Susan VanSteinberg . . . . .jeffEngelken . . ,... Tim McGlasson ......,DaleOrth . . .Michelle Gates . . .Kurt Woodward , . . .Dawn Gorges .......LoraHull . . , .Randy Holland TOP LEFT: As one read or viewed the play. A Connec- ticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. one might invi- sion fighting knights back in the medival times. as Mrs. Bennett 6Debbie Shafferj does here. BOTTOM LEFT: Befuddled from the new devices brought to the land by Hank Bennett. Sir Sagramor fTim McGlassonJ awaits patiently for an answer. CENTER: In a last minute costume check, Mrs. Ben- nett QDebbie Shafferj helps Sandy fLora Hullj with her hat. as Sir Sagramor fTim McGlassonJ and King Arthur CChris Knitigj look on. TOP RIGHT: Using a modern day typewriter, Sandy fLora Hullj types a business letter. Connecticut Yankee 0 91

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' i Frm written and signed by Jonas Fairweather. .obins Steel finds out that his daughter 'as Lily. After Steel finds his daugher, Iompton disappears, because his father Qld him to get away before the police arrest im for embezzlement. Two years later Compton has made no ppearance and is still missing, Robin Steel living with his daughter and the airweather family. Everything looks to be ist, as the landlady comes to throw the imily out of their house, because they can ot pay the rent. But when the landlady :mes to the house with the buyer, Lily :cognizes him -- It is Compton, and he has :me back. CAST MEMBERS Lily ........................ Paula Ellis Betsy Fairweather. . . .... Patti Staggs Compton .,,......,. ..... C hris Knitig Jonas Featherweather ..... Kurt Woodward . . .Bruce Adams . . . . . .Helen Peck Craven Sinclair ..... Miss Ophelia .... Robin Steel .... .... R andy Holland Mrs. Kingsley .... .,... L ori Delozier Mrs. Bloodgood , . . ...... Pamjunkin Marie ......... . .......,.. Kym Greer Montmorency ........ Student Director .Glen Cunningham ........LoraHull -Kelli Brown TOP LEFT: Taking a few minutes from her respon- sibilities as director, Lora Hull smiles as she watches the performance. BOTTOM LEFT: Bowing to the audience at the close of the melodrama are Mrs. Kingsley, Betsy Fairweather, Robin Steel, Lord Montomerency and Craven Sinclair. CENTER: Stepping in to break up a Hght between Compton and Craven Sinclair is Lily. TOP RIGHT: Showing how much he loves her, Comp- ton kisses Lilly as her father Robin Steel looks on. BOTTOM RIGHT: With a wave of the hand, Villian Craven Sinclair gives an evil grin to the audience as he sneaks into the house ofjonas Fairweather. Dinner Theatre ' 93