Southern Garrett County High School - Highlander Yearbook (Oakland, MD)

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The big payoff Results make work and practice worthwhile After months of hard work and preparation, the senior ‘When I first read the script of Arsenic and Old Lace, | ; really felt it would be a great Senior class play. However, when the time and effort we gave started to take effect, I saw the play from a different point of view. In fact, I liked it all the more! When I look back on it now, I feel we accomplished something nice... not only to remember but class presented the play, Arsenic and Old Lace, the first weekend in March. First the cast spent many long, hard hours building the set for the play. They painted, hammered, and taped the living room of the Brewster sisters together. After the set was built, the cast started to put all of the separate parts together. This required the most effort. It could not have been done without the help of director Mr. Barry Shaffer. Traci Martin, student director for the play, said, 20 Senior Class Play also to learn from.” “When I heard the first laugh from the audience, all the - hard work and preparation seemed to pay off,” said Leigh Knotts, who played Abby Brewster in the play. Steve Friend contemplates hitting Chester Friend during practice. As members of the play’s technical crew, Steve and Chester find it’s more difficult than they realized. David Nock and John Hornyak discuss their cue lines and posi- tions during practice. In order to memorize each act, they relied on one another to help out.

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7s a % 0d ae E a ie Y Arsenic Teddy, played by Jim Metz, sits down to rest from all of his ad- ventures. He is completely un- aware of what his aunts do to lonely old men. Mortimer looks into the window set to find a corpse hidden there. Little does he know at the time that his aunts are responsible for the dead person. and Old Lace Insanity at its best What did little old ladies, insanity and murder have in common? They were all a part of the comedy-thriller play Arsenic and Old Lacewhich was presented by the Senior class. The play told the story of two old ladies, Leigh Knotts and Renee Helmick, who poisoned old men and buried them in their basement. Their crazy nephew, Jim Metz, who believed he was President Rooseve lt, dug the graves for them. Their other nephew, Alan Sisler, discovered their hor- rible secret one night on his way to the theater with his fiance, Chelle White. He tried to keep his aunts out of trouble. Meanwhile, his other brother, Doug Evans, who was a psycho, and his assistant, Alex Flanigan, show up on the scene to create more trouble. By the end of the play, everything was straightened out. Jim, Leigh, and Renee all ended up going to the Happydale sanitarium. The police, played by Tommy Smith, Scott Lohr, Scott Jamison, and John Hornyak, still did not believe there were twelve bodies buried in the basement. Senior Class Play. 19

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¢ ; .. 4 Renee Helmick, who played Mar- tha Brewster in the play, gives her stage nephew Doug Evans some help with his makeup. She seems to be wanting to make a perma- nent addition to Doug's face with a magic marker. Tommy Smith and Scott Jamison help themselves to some pizza af- ter the dress rehearsal perfor- mance. Tommy and Scott played the parts of officers Klein and Brophy in the play. At the rehearsal party, David Nock takes part in the festivities by having a glass of soda. The cast of Northern’s High School's play brought part of the refreshments to the rehearsal as a token of ap- preciation for being invited to attend. Senior Class Play 21