Northwest High School - Silvertip Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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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

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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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1' -X .s 94 0 Dracula 'Dracula' Production Excitement filly W czua'z'z'orz'zmz As the last drama production of the year came around, there was a certain excitement in the air. On March 22, the Northwest drama department put on the new play Dracula. Northwest was the fourth group to buy rights to produce the new version of the play. As in any production, problems abound. Despite set backs with cast members being sick and the unpredictable sound of the fire alarm during rehearsal from the use of pyrotechnicks Qflash potsj, the drama went on as planned. To prevent the alarm system from going off, the technical crew brought in numerous fans to be used during time the flash pots were used. Before show the audience was informed of possible sounding of the fire alarm syste In the event of the sounding of the fi alarm, the audience was to vacate t auditorium, so as to conform to state la and the drama would continue from whe it left off. Fortunately, the fans did theirj and the audience was able to sir through ti complete performance without having leave the auditorium before the final cu tain. As the curtain lifted and fog swirla about the ground, and with the howling Werewolves in the background, jonath' Harker enters the castle of Dracula. ii jonathan sleeps that night, three fema. vampires enter and attempt to take a bi from his neck, but Dracula stops them ar' claims jonathan as his own. The vampir l l 1 i i