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

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% THE CAST FIST ROW L-R: ALEXI KLESTOFF-TOMMY MILLER; AIMEE DUNNE-NORA, MEL- ISSA ALLEN-MILRED MILLER; SECOND ROW L-R: JENNY ENG- BELLE; FARRELL BENDER-RICHARD MILLER; LEXI MON- FRED INI-M UR I EL McCOMBER: THIRD ROW L-R: ARIC ZU- REK-ARTHUR MILL- ER; MARK SWEND- SEN-SID DAVIS; COL- LEEN DZWONEK-ES- SIE MILLER; JIMMY MILLER-NAT MILL- ER; KATHLEEN WALSH-LILY MILLER: BACK ROW L-R: JOSH SMITH-MR. Mc- COMBER BARTEND- ER; TODD DENBO- WINT Arthur (A. Zurek) recite M»rk Anthony' ip «h Belle (J. En »t-dixe Richard if. Bender) while from Juliu Ceatar to cheer hi» worried Mother (C. the bartender (J. Smith) look on Drwonek) Rt. A friendly fourth of July at the Miller Hou»e: L-R: Nat. Lily. Richard. Sid. E »ie. Tcenmy. Mildred

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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

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Winter Pops Concert ORCHESTRA STAGE CREW Unavailable for photograph: Paul Christen, Ir- ina Filshteyn, Maritess Gorospe, Michael Jackson, Ray Nagar, Cornelius O’Leary, Ivan Zasimczuk, Bryce Charchenko, Michael Dong, Chris Fong, Mark Beering, Sarah Gritz FINE ARTS Winter Pops Concert