Oviedo High School - Oviedian Yearbook (Oviedo, FL)

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si N 5 I, . in xx mm h h.1LX. WMM 1 mm S' Carl Geiger, as Ebenezer's nephew, greets him with a Christmas invitation. ' 5, Ye 'Y 1 Party guest, Debi Herzog, and Tiny Tim, Randy Panke, make a By the end of the play, Ebenezer Scrooge, Jeff Ventre, finds a warm spot in his heart for cheerful toast to the Christmas spirit. Tim, Randy Panke. 26 X Drama Q it fi 6 Tii f V 2

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o office workers, Robert McClellan and Julia . Fezziwig, David Abbott. Smith, celebrate during the Christmas party given by employer ckstage, sponsor Mr. Mintrel Martin has ticism and compliments for the actors, l both Bob Cratchet, Mark Lindsey, looks in disbelief at a totally changed Scrooge. Nix - ,i x Thespians Stage Theatrical Renaissance ver since Mr. Mintrel Martin took over the OHS Drama Club a year ago, his main goal has been to build it into an exciting, enjoyable, and worthwhile experience for both the performers and the audience. This year's strategy began with choosing a play that would be familiar to the students as well as a challenge for those involved in the production. The one chosen, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, proved just that. Mr. Martin, along with student director Susan Poole, began casting early enough so that the play would be ready for Christmas. The company was plagued by many prob- lems, however. The low turn-out of would-be actors revealed the lack of interest in drama that Mr. Martin hoped to eliminate. Also, the prolonged absence of a curtain, problems with the costume suppliers, and the con- flicting baseball practice schedule of a few of the actors all contributed toward a one- week postponement of the production and the cancellation of an additional short seg- ment called Pop Reads a Christmas CaroI. The entire company put in many after- school hours of practice to ensure the suc- cess of the play. The first sessions seemed to resemble a Laurel and Hardy movie more than a Sir Lawrence Olivier performance. Carl Geiger and Jeff Ventre proved the main causes of a great deal of horsing around and even a few tears from the director. When they both finally did end their disrupt- ing antics and the rest of the company and crew were able to find Randy Panke, Susan Poole gallantly tried to keep things some- what under control. The show did go on. The production played December 17 and 18 and, aside from a few opening night nerves, things went smoothly. After the Christmas break, the club again went to work, this time on the spring pro- duction of It Happens Every Summer. And so the OHS Drama Club lived on in the hopes of gaining more and more inter- est, developing more seasoned actors, and bringing a bit of entertainment and culture to Oviedo. Drama f 27