Raytown High School - Ramizzou Yearbook (Raytown, MO)

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1 x .lf NN Leslie Hunt as Aunt Sigrid pleads with her sisters, played by Mike Gill as Uncle Chris scares the timid Mr. Tuhorkellson Suzanne Brownfseatedjand Gay Hopping, to talk to Uncle Chris, QGreg Knoxy out of wanting a dowry when he marries Trina. Presents Its Spring Production, I REMEMBER MAMA A high-strung cat and several people with allergies did not stop the cast and production crew in rehearsing for the spring play, I Remembev Mama. The cat endured aspirins and sedatives, and cast members were re- lieved of their sneezing, caused by the cat, by taking allergy shots. After the play was selected and copies were obtained, the set design was planned, try- outs were held, and the twenty-three member cast was chosen. The six week rehearsals be- gan after the production crew was picked. These rehearsals held four to five times each week lasted for several hours. Revolving around the problems of the Hansens, a Norwegian immigrant family in San Francisco, I Remember Mama is a warm, sentimental comedy written by John Van Druten. Eight members of the cast, who portrayed older characters in the drama, had to acquire Norwegian accents in order to make the play realistic. However, the accents could not be perfect because the audience would not be able to understand them. Finding furniture typical of the 1910 peri- od, which included an old iron cook stove and an old telephone, presented problems for the student director. Fighting last minute deadlines that were menaced by a measle epidemic also faced the cast and crew during the final weeks of rehearsals, but keeping to the axiom, The show must go on, the drama department was ready for the performances, March 13 and 14. ,vgw Connie Crow as Katrin is offered her first cup ofcoffeeby Mama and Papa, portrayed by Carol Hayes and Tom Trotter.

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'x Q , 2 , Connie Crow, as Katrin, rehearses a part in the school play as Christine her sister, played by Connie Gerken helps her, The English gentleman, Mr. Hyde, S-llvlike Talbottj makes a hasty exit from the Hansen home w ere he was a boarder. Raytown High Drama Group During one of the rehearsals Rick Stevenson, head of the com- mittee in charge of lighting, operates the White strip lights.

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