Pittsfield High School - Saukee Yearbook (Pittsfield, IL)

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Cast sings riotous 7V,2 cent-finale song. Thespians Cam Ct ash Success Scene 2 of act 1 ends with fast paced Racing with the Clock scene. Babe and Sid look over Pop's stamp album.

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HARVEY CAST Vela Louise returns after she was mistakenly treated at the sanitarium. Myrtle Mae Simmons Veta Louise Simmons Elwood P. Dowd Miss Johnson Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet Ruth Kelly, R. N. Ruth Kelly, R. N. Duane Wilson —......... Lyman Sanderson, M. D. William Chumley, M. D. . Betty Chumley ...... Judge Omar Gaffney E. J. Lofgren ......... Kristy Berry Cherryll Gaffney ..... Stan Ballinger Jeanie Cockrum Martha Shaw Marcia Hammitt Marjorie Foster John Pennock Steve Harry Lonnie Watkins Elizabeth Schimmel Charles Buddy Beal Larry Bowman jhe bicuu Rrife Uu Qm i PQcy Mrs. Chauvenet is about to be introduced to Harvey, the tall white rabbit who is partly obscured by the telephone stand. 7

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 You'll never get my key! Wlilv FVi t tyu ttxrfl As their first project of the year the National Thespian Society produced and presented the Broadway hit Pajama Game. Expenses and profits were split between the Thespian Society and the band. This was the first time at P.H.S. for a play that was open to all students. The turnout at tryouts was very good. Work on the play started immediately with a reading rehearsal. Then came singing, dancing, and acting rehearsals. Because of the way the play was written there were a great number of scene changes required. This was done by chorus members who doubled as stage hands. The final rehearsals were during and after Christmas vacation. As January 31 came around, the play was shaping up well; a controversy arose over certain parts of the play, but rehearsals went ahead on schedule. January 31 finally arrived; until curtain time the cast had not seen or heard how large the audience was. The opening night audience was the largest ever seen at any play—but the Saturday night audience was even larger.