Rogers High School - RYB Yearbook (Michigan City, IN)

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life lines Student directors prove to be essential to THE CAST Cut, Cut, that's not your line! HThat's the way I've rehearsed it for the past three weeks! Well it's wrong. Take it back to your entrance! What's the purpose of you student directors anyway? Many times, throughout the long rehearsals, the cast members felt this way. Actually, the student directors played an important role in getting the show on the road. Student directors had a lot of responsibilities. They were always there for prompting and going over lines with the cast members. Some of their responsibilities were to get the necessary props, make sure everyone had the right costumes, and help with the little things like getting a Coke for Mr. Troyer. Although the student directors were taken for granted, they weren't as indispensible as the actors thought. -'-'-v-' I e -Kryket Mars Head waiter, Fred Jackson takes the order of the Couples. Ermengarde tKim Kepchay and Ambrose tTim Hubbardt have a small disagreement. Malachi tScott Barnest and Horace tEriC Browni have a chat. Student director, Sheryl Lansberg, performs one of her many duties by operating the stage lights Spring Play 23

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Bringing people together was the job of THE MATCHMAKER A Merchant of Yonkers, Horace Vangergelder iEric Browni becomes so rich he decides to find a wife. To do this, he hires Dolly Levi iGayle Rugglesi, a friend of his late wife. Dolly sets Horace up with Irene Molloy iLaurie Abbeyi, but problems arise when Vandergelder's Chief Clerk, Cornelious Hackl iMikek McKinnoni falls for Irene himself. To further complicate matters, Vangergelder is trying to prevent his neice Ermengarde iKim Kepchai, from marrying artist Ambrose Kemper iHubbardi. To ensure himself that the marriage won't take place, Vangergelder plans to send Ermengarde away to live with Miss Flora Van Huysen iKim Milcareki. After scenes in flower shops, restaurants, and on Ms. Van Huysen's patio, Irene and Cornelius, and Ambrose and Ermengarde get together. Ironically, Horace and Dolly find themselves engaged to each other, and everyone involved found happiness. One factor made HThe Matchmaker different than plays of previous years, the cast. Both leads, Eric Brown and Gayle Ruggles were in their first major production with 'The Matchmaker . Other actors and actresses making debuts in The Matchmaker , were Laurie Abbey, Mike McKinnon, Brett Dargis, Kim Milcarek, Fred Jackson, and Kim Kepcha. These new faces combined with stage veterans such as Tim Hubbard, Jennifer Welsh, Scott Barnes, and Bob Nauyokas, gave UThe Matchmaker a never before seen cast, which provided for a very entertaining show. -Scott Barnes Trying out a new dance step, Irene iLaurie Abbeyi gives Cornelius tMike McKinnoni the eye. Dolly tGayle Rugglesi asks Ambrose iTim Hubbardi if he has seen her peg leg. Student Life

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Wondering where Uwe is, Sandri Dekker casually enjoys some punch as she shares the joke with Jeff Mara. Threatening to do his John Travolta impression, Marvin Wiederhold teases Jeannie Withrow. The Politics of Prom After the April showers and the consequential boom in gardens, and while most young menls thoughts are turning to love, the high school student's mind is turning to prom. The most important job of the male is to rent a tux. The female's is to take a few days off from school to shop for her dress and accessories for the prom. It is a good idea to go out of town for the dress as this minimizes chances of showing up at prom wearing the same dress as another girl. The distance also helps to get another day off from school for the fitting. Once all these preparations are completed, the ritualistic flowers must be bought. The boy must have a sister or his mother buy the flowers for the girl. The girl's bouquet can be either hand held lshe can leave it on a table and lose itl or it can have an elastic wrist which will snap, and then she will lose it. Either way, she should lose her flowers. The flower exchange is performed in the girl's home before the couple leave. She will have a boutonniere for him, which should match her flowers and her dress. Her mother will have to pin it on for her. The dinner is usually uneventful except for a few spills. The flowers, his lap, and her sleeves are all good targets for spills. The restaurant will be packed with other couples headed for the prom. They can all talk to each other and create havoc in the restaurant. When the couple finally arrive at their destination, they will enter cautiously, sign in, and sit down at a table way in the back. They may talk to the other couples. The girl should comment on the other girls' dresses-especially the one that is the same as hers. The brave couple polishes off the evening by driving home as the girl falls asleep. The tux is returned, the damages paid for, but the girl keeps her dress sealed in a plastic cleaner's bag in her closet to remind her of the ordeal. The veterans of the prom will always be able to reflect upon this enlightening, enriching evening as one of the most embarrassing moments of their lives. It is one of those wonderfully painful rites of passage that was conceived in order to forge onto high school students the emotional scars that make people so interesting later on in life. -Jeanette Scott 24 Student Life