Sammamish High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Bellevue, WA)

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sewer' r P Above: Miss Taro' to the left of them. Not only did the prehistoric antics and glacial rampagings in Sammamish's cafeteria November 18 and 19 draw laughter, but also many thought-provoking ideas on the troubles hu- manity eternally encounters. Thou and Calamities Q Despite all hectic moments, Miss Tarr reflected that she en' I h I e joyed recreating the play and seeing the students come alive before the new world of an audience.

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a Above: Miss Tan' to the right of them. L'If the dinosaurs don't trample us to death and if Miss Tarr doesn't eat us alive, we'll all live to see the end of this play. This play, Thornton Wilder's Skin of Our Teeth, subjects peaceful New Jersey suburbanites, the Antrobuses, to stam- peding dinosaurs, rampaging ice glaciers and the horrors of World War III. Perhaps the perils of actors in Sammamish's production of the play were not as deadly, but Director Beth Tarr presented a formidable reckoning when they missed a cue or failed to learn their lines. At times resembling a field general on DfDay, Miss Tarr com' manded rehearsals, walkieftalkie in hand, masterfully issuing orders. Other times, though, she could be seen stealthily sneaking around the set, popping from behind chairs, and whispering sweet nothings in startled actors' ears. Was she playing peekfafboo in the midst of production? No, she was just teaching performers to stay in character come fire, flood, or ice glacier. And the flood, The Great Flood, did come. Confusion pref vailed as the Antrobuses tried to pack pachyderms, kangaroos, and turtles in their Atlantic City Ark. Mrs. Antrobus Gan Hopkins, gathered up her children, Karen Cassel and Doug Hendrix, with Maid Sabina fKathy Riddlej as they ran for the Ark and a new world after the Flood. Backstage Director Tarr packed laryngitic actors full of Vitamin C and orange juice to stave off an epidemic. She searched every crook and nanny for a revolver fnot to shoot herself, it's in the playlj And hopping madly up and down she shouted Where's Mr. Antrobus? VV'here's Mark Peeples?! 16A as- ' They Survived A B the Skin of

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