Northwest High School - Silvertip Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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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

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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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can have the visitors body when Dracula is through with it. In the first act, Dr. jack Seward and Mina Harker discuss the illness of Lucy Westerna. lNo one seems to know the source of her illness. Because they cannot solve the pro- blems, Seward asks a specialist and friend, Pro. A. Van Helsing to come and examine Lucy. What is wrong with Lucy? Van Helsing's diagnosis is that of a vampire bite. The Ivampire that is better known as Count Dracua. By being a living corpse, Count Dracula sustains life by drinking the blood of live human beings. Lucy dies later from the bite of Dracula, and walks the earth in limbo. But is finally put to rest when the professor and Richard Stockman stab her through the heart with a stake and cut off her head. Throughout the play, Prof. Van Helsing 3 5 .45 and Dr. Seward spend much of their time looking for Dracula. When they finally find Dracula, they drive a stake through his heart and kill him, just as they did to Lucy, but not before Dracula gives a big fight try- ing to gain one more innocent victim. CAST MEMBERS Dracula ........,........ Monte Brunner jonathan Harker . . . ..... justin Miller Vampira ................ Debbie Shaffer . . . . . . Kara Goodpasture, Laurene Hukle Dr. jack Seward ............ Bruce Adams Mina Harker ........ .... C indy Young . . .Dawn Strahan Richard Stockman. . . .... Bill Hinkle .Chris Knitig Pro. A. Van Helsing. . . ...... Paula Ellis Lucy Westerna ..... Renfield ........... . . Lord Holmwood . . . ....... jeffEngelken Director ........ . . .Clayton Crenshaw -Kelli Brown TOP LEFT: Walking around a cemetary in the fog of the night, Prof. Van Helsing CPaula Ellisl, Richard Stockman fBill Hinklej and Dr. Seward fBruce Adamsj look for the resting place of Luck Westerna. BOTTOM LEFT OUTSIDE: Fighting for his life, Dracula lies in his coffin wounded while Prof. Van Helsing fPaula Ellis? and Richard Stockman fBill Hinkley work together to kill him. BOTTOM LEFT INSIDE: While visiting the castle. jonathan Harker Qustin Millerj listens as Dracula Uvlonte Brunnerj plans the events for the evening. CENTER: As the plot thickens, Prof. Van Helsing 1Paula Ellisj, Dr. Seward fBruce Adamsl, Richard Stockman fBill Hinkley, Mina Harker fCindy Youngj andjonathan Harker Uustin Millerj discuss how to kill Count Dracula before he takes any more unsuspecting souls. RIGHT: Greeting his guest for the evening, Dracua CMonte Brunnerj welcomes jonathan Harker Uustin Millerj at the front door of his castle. Dracula 0 95