St Ignatius College Prepatory - Ignatian Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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AH! WILDERNESS Playwright; Eugene O’Neill Director; Peter Merle Devine Scenic Art Design; Katie Wolf Costume Design; Nelia Schubert Program Tickets; Barbara Talavan Above; Muriel (A. Dunne) laments the loss of Annibelle Lee in the poem E.A. Poe. Richard (B. Duggan) listens sadly. Left: Take me along! proclaims Lily (G. Ernster) to Sid (J. Tomsic) Costume Crew: Vittoria Ferre- boeuf; Maria Minuzzo; Adi Protti FINE ARTS 17 Fall Play STAGE CREW Front L-R: Joe Hobek Ill-Stage manager Set design; Amber Cli- sura-Company manager; John Gaskin-Stage Crew manager; Lara Sullivan-crew; Back L-R: Mike Cogliandro, Jr.-Lighting crew; Rich Jones-Assist Stage manager; Brendan J. McCarthy-Assistant Stage crew manager; Nathan J. Quan-Stage manager Set de- sign; Marc Gille-Lighting crew; Bryan Clementi-Lighting Crew NOT PICTURED: construction crew; Ann Armstrong; Katy Juar- anty; Susan Kavanaugh; Brooks McDonald; Adrienne Saez; Maura Wilson; Cordelia Wolf, James Zimmerman

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Construction Construction for our new student mall is well underway. October 4,1991 The extensive construction is getting closer to its Genesis III goal everyday. Our new tennis courts and parking lot are finally finished and ready for ac- tion. They opened October 14, 1991. 16 STUDENT LIFE

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Ah! Wilderness “Ah Wilderness ... We are paradise bound........” The words were spoken by an ide- alistic young Richard Miller about true love. The play: Ah Wilderness written by Eugene O'Neill; takes place in the early 1900’s on the Fourth of July in America. Ah, Wilderness tells the story of family relation- ships. The relationships be- tween husband and wife; par- ents and a child quickly grow- ing independent of them and an old love denied. It dictates the brighter side of falling in love, growing independent and establishing your own identity. The play’s action takes place the fourth of July day and the morning of the fifth. The play focuses on the emotions and concerns of the characters rather than the actions. The play has three main plot strands, Richard’s coming of age and falling in love, his par- ents inability to let him make his own mistakes and the ro- mance between Nat’s sister Lily and Essie’s brother Sid. Richard goes about achiev- ing his goal of freedom from parental supervision as many a teen would. He sneaks out on the Fourth of July with his old- er brother’s friend Wint to vis- it a ’’house of ill repute.” The next morning he sneaks out of the house to avoid a lecture and to see his girlfriend Muriel. Fortunately all works out well in the end. His mother and father, Essie and Nat Miller, continually worry about Richard and his odd behavior (he reads poetry and plays marked by the times as indecent, such as Ibsen Swinburne. Kipling to name by a but a few authors.) When Ri- chards small misdeeds cumi- late into a final act of defiance, it sends his parents into a pan- ic. Richard returns home on the Fourth of July soused causing tears, recriminations and re- grets Nat and Essie do forgive, however when it is realized that Richard is growing up he is no longer their little boy. Sid and Lily depict a couple desperate to marry yet unwill- ing to risk the pain each is sure to encounter. Lily a primish miss worries about Sid’s drink- ing and his inability to change even for her. Sid loves Lily and because of his love he vows to stop drinking and Lily agrees to go away to Waterbury with him. The Miller family waits for Richard's return: L-R Mildred (M. Allen), Nat (J. Miller). Lily (K. Walsh), Sid (M. Swendson), Essie (C. Dzwonek) 18 FINE ARTS Fall Play THE CAST FIRST ROW L-R; KEV- IN GROWNEY-TOM- MY MILLER; LEXI MONFREDINI-NORA; THERESA KELLY- MILDRED MILLER; SECOND ROW L-R; AI- MEE DUNNE-MURIEL McCOMBER; BILL DUGGAN-RICHARD MILLER; THIRD ROW L-R; DANIEL CLIF- FORD-ARTHUR MILL- ER; JOEY TOMSIC-SID DAVIS; KELLY SIMP- SON-ESSIE MILLER; PETER BURKE-NAT MILLER; GRETCHEN ERNSTER-LILY MILL- ER; BACK L-R; JOSH SMITH-McCOMBER BARTENDER; TODD DENBO-WINT