Park Hill High School - Troyian Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

Page 33 text:

Wm tx 1 x I, f is-' - ' b A , W ,M L, ., gy 5 211.7 ,vw K K rf M. A I ft , my Tiff f . X :'x'W fy , I V xl 'H ', ,ww , 'I U 4 V' f N i 9 wi! 'Ni I ,I K IJ ,L i w f f ,S lx W f f 1 ! uv hiv' 1 ,,,.Wv. 1 of of x -4

Page 32 text:

Psyched out. Wade Urteaga, junior, takes notes as Bernie Lipari, senior, recalls the tragic death of his brother. Photos by Andy Costigan. Family matters. jennifer Hauth, senior, and Brian Pruitt, junior, consider a trip to Texas as a solution to their family's situation, Extraordinar Grdinary People Drama presents 'honest play' ...U.nnnun...nn...N.UH......H.-.n..................-..--H. All school plays are big produc- tions, but there was something about this production that really seemed to make it something No, this was no ordinary special. play . . . this was Ordinary People. Most theater students headed into the expecting the winter play to be a drama, but Mrs. Kelly McNabb, the play's director, added that this time the play was an honest play, not a tragic one. Members of the cast said that one major difference in this play was that this was not a fairy tale or far-fetched story, but instead was just as the title implied. The situation is not a unique one, be- gan Brian Norman, senior, who played the role of the main character's best friend. It's the sto- ry of how a family copes with the death of one son and the other's attempted suicide. 28 ' Winter Play ......nu.H-N..-.U...-U......U....................................... People in the school might not have the same problem Conrad has, said Scott VerNooy, junior, and a member of Conrad's swim team, Ubut they can still relate to ..................nn-......N-N-.U-.N....--...................-...- I think that everybody, if they look hard enough, can find a character in the play much like themselves. Scott Vernooy, ju- nior. him. Since Conrad Iarret, portrayed by Bernie Lipari, senior, was the main character in the play, the part re- quired a lot of extra dedication and responsibility. At school I had two or three hours a night of re- said Bernie, and I my lines a lot at home three weeks before the part was very easy to hearsal, worked on during the show. The ..-........-..-.H-1-.an.-U.........n...-...nn-...-...Qu-nun-.U overplay or underplay, because Conrad was changing constantly. An important task Bernie had to fulfill was to convey what Conrad was going through. A lot of his feelings are real teenage feelings. I think that if I can make an audi- ence member cry, that's my best accomplishment for that show. The auditions were considered by many to be more difficult for this production since there were more cuts. Approximately 50 stu- dents tried out, with only nine of those receiving a part. While the size of the cast may have had advantages, it also had drawbacks. It's the biggest family-like atmosphere that I've ever seen. It's the size that make it special, con- tinued Brian, but less people also means we have twice as much public relations work to do. - by Phil Mclntosh

Page 34 text:

in ff mn Zi A 1 .ii C! E' iii 5 : vi I 4 , I ' x 1