Palm Beach Community College - Galleon Yearbook (Lake Worth, FL)

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Spring Awakening ■25— •MORRIANNE LASH DIRECTS MARIELI VREDLAND, MICHELLE RIDEOUT AND KENDALL SMITH I am training you to be pro- fessionals , said Mr. Frank Leahy, director of this year ' s fall play. Spring Awakening. As he was giving the rules and directions to the cast on the first night of rehearsal, he was constantly referring to how things are done in Broadway theatres. He kept stressing that if anyone did not think that the theatre was extremely important, then they did not belong at rehearsal or in the play. But all of the members of the cast were completely devoted to what they were doing. They are all very talented and wanted to put on a Ui •ROGER KEIDER AND BOBBY AMOR ' good, professional play as much as Mr. Leahy did. There were four student directors, Susan Nutt, Bill Woodward, Marianne Lash and Gary Messick. Each director has certain scenes they were in charge of. They took the actors through the scenes, giving them the necessary direc- tions and changes in the script. This was known as blocking ; the actors would write the directions right on their own copy of the script and mem- orize them along with their lines. The directors could change the script for a particular scene if they felt one was needed. The actors also could suggest changes to make themselves fell com- fortable as possible with the set. Long speeches were cut down to get just the meat of the passage. This was done to keep them from getting too wordy and to convey the meaning of what the ch- aracter was saying to the audience and knowring where the actors were at all times. STUDENT DIRECTOR SUSAN NUT INSTRUCTS MICHEAL COPPOLA JR., AND ROGER KEIDER '

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Free Money There is such a thing as free mon- ey, or almost . . . Each year there are milhons of dol- lars of unused money that was intend- ed to help benefit students to receive their education. There are many stu- dents who either quit school or just don ' t ever bother to continue their education because they can ' t afford it. The Financial Aid Office should be the first stop. There an application must be filled out, usually with family assistance. Next an analysis form would be made and sent out. When returned, this form will show exactly what the financial need is. It is then decided just where the money will come from. There are a number of different funds available. Some are sponsored by the Federal Government ; there is the Basic Grant BEOG, the SEOG, which is a supplemental grant, the college Work-Study Program, in which a student is placed in a job for the campus, and their way or part of their way through school is paid for, plus they are paid for the work done. Also, there is the Federally Insured loan, in which the Government pays the interest. Palm Beach Junior Col- lege sponsors an Institutional Grant and finally there is a State Grant spon- sored by the state. These are offered to all students. How much each stu- dent will receive depends upon the need, marital status and many other factors. There are also other ways of obtaining money. Many companies, clubs, and personal doners also pro- vide scholastic opportunities. Infor- mation on these can either be found by writing to various places at random or inquiring at the Financial Aid Of- fice. Some local churches will also offer helping scholarships or award scholarships. If money is needed for a universi- ty after attending J.C. the Financial Aid Office should also be notified at least one semester before graduation, so they can lead you in the right dir- ection. Jill Williams CLAUDETTE BOUTON MILSIY E WORK STUDY STUDENTS KAY DAVIS AND MARY ANN RAY MR. FAQUIRE FINANCIAL ADVISOR

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The second week of rehersals the actors had to go through the scenes without their scripts. They remem bered thier Hnes as well as they could. When they forgot a line they would ask thier director for that scene to help them out. If the actors were not in a particular scene, they went off to an- other place and studied their lines. They kept drilling themselves until they had them memorized to the best of thier ability. At this point the actors were really becomming comfortable with their characters. They started to form their personalities so they could portray them to the audience to pro- duce the right imput of emotion from them. Spring Awakening was about kids just beginning to be curious about sex. Unfortunately. Some got to curious for their own good. Kendal Smith portrays Sarah Brint a young girl. The part of her mother, Josephine Brent, was played by Jaquie Sembrio. Wendy Wiess played Ina. Johnathan Parker was portrayed by Bill Wood ward, his wife Amanada Parker was played by Patti Hardie and Roger Keider played their son, Mathew Park- er. The character of Mrs. Waring was portrayed by Mary Peake. Her son, Martin Waring was played by Bobby Amor. Gary Messick, along with be- ing one of the student directors played the roles of Professor Cleese and Des- mond Whitechapel. Vincent Cameq- nuolo played the part of George Pro- fessor Chapman and Benjaman Pierce were played by David Depahul. In the role of Michael John Anthony was Micheal Cappola Jr. Marieli Verdland played the Winston, The part of Martha Armstrong was played by Mich- elle Rideout, Rachel Tyler was also portrayed by one of the student dir ectors, Marianne Lash. And many others. A lot of work went into producing this play. There were many hours of rehearsing and studying of lines in- volved. -X- Sharon Brown ' DIRECTOR MR. FRANK LEOHY