Parkland High School - Par Key Yearbook (Orefield, PA)

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Prior to committing Veta Louise Simmons. Dr. William Chumley and Dr. Lyman Sanderson, played by Seniors Mike Kaiser and Kerry Boll, confer on their diagnosis. In her effort to describe a trying experience with Harvey to the doctors at Chumley Rest, Veta Louise Simmons, played by Junior Debbie Cooper, uses extreme hand motions to make her point. Drama club play - 21

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Since his friend is an invisible rabbit. Senior Jeff Andrew as F. I wood P. Dowd often seems to be talking to nobody. Elwood speaks to Harvey about their plans for the evening. As a family friend. Judge Omar Gaffney, played by Senior Troy Reynard, discusses Harvey’s effect on the Dowd family with Myrtle Mae Simmons, played by Sophomore Maria Shurilla. Harvey makes his on stage debut If you’ve ever stayed up at night watching Harvey on the late, late show, you probably wondered what that six-foot invisible rabbit really looked like. The Drama Club's production of Harvey was presented on February 8-9. Those who attended had the chance to see the white bunny in his first on stage appearance. After auditioning about 35 students, director Mrs. Nancy Carthew chose a cast of 13- Jeff Andrew played Elwood P. Dowd, the neurotic brother of Veta Louise Simmons. For Mrs. Simmons, played by Debbie Cooper, institutionalizing Elwood was top priority. The old guy was a great character to work with,” said Troy Reynard. Pam Serfass enjoyed her character, although she felt it was difficult for her to be beautiful and slightly airy without seeming stupid. Student director Karl Schappell admits that there were problems. The walls of the set had to be repainted three times. The puke green was changed for obvious reasons to a peach pink that didn’t match which was finally changed to a blue grey.” Rumors also spread about a paint battle between the crew and cast that ended with paint all over The puke green was changed to a peach pink. the cast and in everyone’s hair. I love the thrill of competition!” was Debbie’s reason for auditioning for the play. Dan Unger, the taxi driver, said he tried out, Because I needed the extra credit for English class. But the best reason came from Jeff who said, The fun about the plays is that I get to use the car and my parents don’t know when I’ll be home.” 20 - Student life

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Encore ’81 gets rave revue Having seen a review over the summer, Mrs. Nancy Carthew was inspired to have one of her own. Encore ’81 proved itself so great a success that a review may now be a five year tradition at PHS. This type of production does have its setbacks, though. Organization was the number one difficulty. Mrs. Carthew is strongly considering getting a computer next time around, as scheduling was very hard and had to be done carefully. Senior Karen McShane admitted, There was a lot of screaming, 'Shut up, I’m trying to talk!”' The student’s dedication to the show and each other was what made it such a success. Choreographer Glenn Wommer and musical director Donna Remaley did an excellent job getting 60 performers to dance and sing like pros. Re-doing shows did have its advantages, as those who had already learned the numbers could teach them to those with two left feet. Compared to a straight musical, this production cost approximately $1,000 more. This was partly due to the increased number of costumes. The cast did their best to render this drawback, as many nights were spent cutting and sewing their own costumes. The total production cost was $4,600, with $2,600 from tickets and $2,500 from patrons. No losses were suffered, however, as $800 was made in profits. Encore 81 consisted of six musecals which had been preformed in the past five years including an extra one. These A lot of screaming, ”Shut up, I’m trying to talk!” musicals consisted of Oklahoma”, Annie get your gun” Brigadoon”, Hello Dolly”, Fiddler on the Roof’, and Guys and Dolls”. in an attempt to make a sale of a genuine Each cast member was responsible for his or her Persian silk garter to Aunt Eller (Robin Lance), own make-up and the several touch-ups required Ali Hakim (Jeff Andrew) Finds himself knocked throughout the show. Senior Wendy Ayers re-down by her charms in Oklahoma. applies her make-up during intermission. 22-Student life