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

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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

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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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Do you find yourself financially in trouble because of tutition, books, food and rent? Well, how would you like to go to school and have the gov- ernment pay for it? That ' s what I did I get paid $311 per month for going to school under the old GI bill. You say you like the idea and you ' re thinking of joining the military for the GI ben- efits? Well, before you go down and sign up, you should know that the ben- efits for veterans are no longer the same under the revised GI bill. Also there are many rules which civilans do not have to worry about. While attending school, you can not miss the same class twice in a row, you can ' t the same class twice in a row, you can ' t miss more than four days a sem- ester, and you must mantain a C average. Interview with Mr. Davis Ward who is working for the Veteran Adminis- tration in West Palm Beach. Q: Mr. Ward, what do you think of the revised GI bill? A: I do not believe that the re- vised bill will be as good as the old bill oecause under the old GI bill, if the veteran wanted to go to school, he could simply apply and recieve up to $311 per month. The amount he re- cieved depended on his schedule load. Now, under the revised bill, the vete- ran must pay approximately 1 3 of his schooling costs. That is to say, for every one dollar that he pays towards his schooling, the government will pay two dollars. However, there is a $225 • per month limit. r — ft P| - g V 1 ' a 1 i H r m ■ V After interviewing several people under both the old and revised GI bills, it seems that the old GI bill is more practical for today. But, since it is not in effect, if you are thinking about joining the military just for the ben- efits, be sure that you save enough money while you are in the service. That way, when you are discharged, you can start back to school without any delay. Barry Underwood