Oglethorpe University - Yamacraw Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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B-16 1981 THE YAMACRAW Players The cast oi Pippin was highlighted witii a chorus group including D ; minique Daniel, Eric Gilgcnast, Bobby Martinez, Cassandra Massengill, Kim Morrison, Mollie Simmons, Lidewey Slegt, Harry Stern, Paul Sykes and Mia Wadopian. Also featured were Nicki Brown, Bob Kane and Diane Peer (Bottom Left), Ann Montanaro and Mike McCracke (Top Center Left), Gerald Kemp (Center Right), John Wilson (Right), Donna Passaro (Far Right), Chuck Nicholas and Stephanie Staples.

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rill, YAMACRAW 1981 B-15 P ' 1 ■ Kl Xt j . 1 H H K H F 1 h Ik F J ■ ' ' l V ' H K! l fa ' RH in ,y ' j | HI Hk ifl JRo ' B.. W The cast of You Can ' t Take It With You included Robin Johns (Far Left), Mike Burke and Brenda Peed (Top Left), Jack Dowd and John Wilson (Left), Barbara Kernel and Mike McCracken (Top Right), Donna Monroe and Gilbert Price (Middle Right), Carter Berkeley (Bot- tom Right), Rob Joseph and Sheila Marx (Top Far Right). Not Pictured; John- nie Badges, Mark Nolan. Kevin Kincheloe, Jim McCoy, Eric Gilgenast (see page 5) Far Right: Ogle- thorpe Players advisor Dr. N ' icki Weiss at a Saturday set construction meeting.

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llf, YAMACKAW 198) B-17 The Oglethorpe Players: BACK ROW: Ann Montanaro (treasurer), Mollie Simmons, Donna Passaro, Mia Wadopian, Andy Bieger (pre- sident), Paul Sykes, Laura Anne Riley, Lee Boggus, Nicki Brown, Kevin Kincheloe. ROW 2: Mike Burke, Harry Stern, Laura Fowler, Mark Nolan, Mike McCracken. FRONT ROW: Seretha Masdon, Dr. Victoria Weiss, Lidewey Slegt, Sheila Marx (secretary). Dawn Sonsini, Eric Gilgenast, John Wilson, Terry Tribbet. NOT PICTURED: Johnnie Badges, Carter Berkeley, Cathy Brown, Rob Buck, John Crowe, Eric Crunick, Jack Dowd, Jon Fagerstrom, Dean Foreman, Peter Garland, Steve Harris, Robin Johns, Rob Joseph, Bob Kane, Barbara Kernel, Gerald Kemp, Cindy Larbig, Kathy Laskey, Jill Lesko, Sandra Lynch. Bobby Martinez, Cassandra Massengil, Jim McCoy, Tricia McCullogh, Donna Monroe, Kim Morrison. Peggy Mueller, Chuck Nicholas, Ed Oden- kirchen, Brenda Peed, Diane Peer. Glenn Prescott. Gilbert S. Price. Anne Sams, Debbie Schrieber, Mara Schultz, Sherry Seidenstein. Stephanie Staples. Paul ' eiland, Robert Wilds that the spring production would be Pippin, a musical comedy set in the middle ages. The characters in the play emerge from a dramatic troupe led by a Leading Pla er (John Wilson) who narrates the story as it is enacted. Pippin (Bob Kane) is the scholarly young son of Charlemagne (.Mike Mc- Cracken) who goes out into the world searching for some way to make his life fulfill- ing. With guidance from the Leading Player and the other characters. Pippin tries everything from war to religion and from love to murder, and. finding that he can live an extraordinary life in ordinary ways, he settles down with a widow, Catherine (Nicki Brown) and her daughter Cleo (Diane Peer). The Players may have set a new precedent with Pippin. the first real mu- sical to be performed at O.U. since anyone can remember. The success of Pippin has indicated that it can be done - even at Oglethorpe. .• lthough the cast of any show is the most visible, the test of any dramatic group is the talent and ability of those who work behind the scenes - on sets, costumes, lighting, make-up. publicity, directing, and other backstage chores. Throughout the year, the Oglethorpe Players have shown improvement in every area. Under the leadership of the vibrant Dr. Victoria Weiss, the Players are grow- ing in numbers, increasing their versatility, and general- ly keeping everyone well entertained.