Patrick Henry High School - Encounter Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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Lucky Break What! Kevin Chukes has a broken ankle!! What are we going to do!!! That's what member of the cast thought when Kevin Chukes, star of the spring musical, Pippin, came back to school with a, so called, broken ankle. The cast was told not to do anything that could be hazardous to their health. Despite the warning, Chukes went ski- ing for his first time. After his skiing trip, Chukes seemed perfectly fine, ex- cept for the cast on his leg. Mr. Auer and senior Cyndi Zale, directors of the musical, were frantic when they saw him. The next performance of the play was sold out with curious people want- ing to know how Chukes could perform with a cast or who the new Pippin would be. To much relief for cast and hat are we go- ing to do? crew Chukes came to school the next day minus the cast. Pippin's cast of twenty-one audi- tioned the week before Winter Vaca- tion. The play ran during the last week of February and the first week of March. Tickets sold for 33.00 in the Quad and 353.50 at the door. A total of 32,500.00 went into the production, which included elaborate sets and colorful costumes. The entire play took place in Pippinls mind, which was not extremely obvious to the audi- ence. Tracy Beyer and Vicki Jenkins said Pippin was bizarre!', different , and Hunusualn, but agreed that it was Uwell done and entertaining. Kelli Johnson commented, kilt was an excel- lent musical that featured a lot of young talent. Kevin Chukes as Pippin and Leah Prewitt as Catherine, display their unique acting abili- ties during the romantic love scene. Prewitt and Michelle Becker played the role of Catherine on alternating nights. Mike Scales and Marla Hoffman act out a scene from the play Pippin during the auditions held December 13-17. Both made the chorus in the production. -- fe--..g? ' 1 Senior Cyndi Zale directs the spring musical, Pippin Patrick Henry From the Director's Angle Behind every production, there is someone who makes sure every- thing is done. Student director of '!Pippin , senior Cyndi Zale, was that someone. She defined a student director as a cross between the di- rectoris tMr. Auerl secretary, substi- tute, and gopher. In discussing re- hearsals, Zale admitted that it was difficult to 'Shave the respect of your friends while you're constantly criti- cizing them according to your abili- ty. Zale felt that the cast and Mr. Auer were very cooperative. Being a director had nerve rack- ing moments. She couldn't forget when during a performance, several cast members fell through a box backstage, or when on stage the cast almost broke character when they looked backstage and saw Hcrewf' members dressing hilarious- ly, or Umooningw them! Zale was in many drama produc- tions and felt that Lathe student di- rector is a stepping stone from the actors to the directors. When asked about the pressures, and if the show was worth her efforts, Zale replied, HPippin was the perfect show for me to direct. The pressures came from within, and even though there was a lot of tension, l learned by my mistakes. . .the name of the game is to be persistent and donit get discouraged!

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