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

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“Harvey,” this year’s spring play, “hopped” right along and ran very smooth- ly. “Harvey” is a comedy about a man, El- wood P. Dowd, who sees a 6’1 W' imaginary rabbit, Harvey. Elwood’s sister, Veta, wants Elwood committed, but instead, she ends up being institutionalized. After a while, the sanitarium realizes that they have made a mistake and Veta is released. However, a strange turn of events saves Elwood from being committed. The cast worked as a team and after sev- en weeks, of practice, they pulled it all to- gether and gave a very enjoyable perfor- mance. It was the last show at Rogers for the cast’s seniors: Andy Conru, Dave Dabagia, Leanne Mark, Bob Nauyokas, and Manette Wienhoft. It was sad to see such talent leave, however, the show must go on and there were a few underclassmen in the show. On opening night, the audience’s response was one of the best Rogers has seen for the spring play in a long time. Not only did the cast put on a good show, but there were also the people backstage who contributed a great deal to “Harvey’s” success. The stage crew and tech crew, did excellent jobs for the scenery, lighting, and sound. Ms. Heeg found all of the costumes and did makeup. Mr. Peters supervised the stagecrew and put in many extra hours working on the set. The student directors were Tara O’Brien, Chris Moss and Kathy Richter, who worked the lightboard and spent time after school helping the actors with lines. Mr. Troyer directed the show, did the advertising and put up with the cast. Everyone who saw “Harvey” knew the hard work that the cast and crew did. -Amy Russell Elwood (Dave Dabagia) waits for Harvey's advice before ordering magazine subscriptions. The cast of “Harvey'' listens to the helpful comments of Mr Troyer Harvey” 27

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Dr. Sanderson (Pat Puetzer) and Miss Kelly (Amy Russell) are caught in the midst of another quarrel. The cast of Harvey: Top Row Pal Puetrer Andy Conru. Molly Roper. Bob Nauyokas. Manette Wienhoft. Mark Craig. Hayley Edinger, and Jon Albcrtin, Bottom Row David Dabagia. Amy Russell. Erica Wagner, and Lcanne Mark Judge Gaffney. (Jon Albertin) and Myrtle Mae Hayley Edinger) try to calm Veta (Leanne Mark) after she is released from the sanitarium. Dr. Chumley (Bob Nauyokas) thinks the holes in Harvey's hat are just another fad 26 Student Life

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Lisa Merriweather. freshman, and Byron Hurt, senior, gave the audience an opportunity to share their world by singing Share My World.” At the grand finale of Bits-N-Pieces all the performers congregated on the stage to the beat of Flay and Bay. Magic between the different acts was provided by the talented freshman Mike Bootcheck. For the third year in a row. Ron Riley delighted the audience with his saxophone playing. 28 Student Life