St Marks School - Marker Yearbook (Salt Lake City, UT)

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OUR TOWN Mr. Larimer, without whom there would be no theatre department, directed two plays this year. In spite of conflicting activities and limited rehearsal schedules, both The Dragon and Our Town were overwhelming successes. Our Town was the first all-school play with cast members coming from all of the top six forms. The play, written by Thornton Wilder, is unique in that there is no scenery or props. It was the third play produced at Moreau Hall and its proceeds went into the boys ' athletic fund. The cast established a theatre fund which they hope will add ' to the improvement of facilities of the theatre department. Although the play is thirty years old, the effect of its ideas was felt by the cast and the audience. In the famous soda fountain scene, the Stage Manager (Kit Sumner) serves sodas to George (Andy Tujios) and Emily (Sue Hazeltine). In the closing moments of the play, the mourners gath- er at Emily ' s grave. They are: Mrs. Webb (Sandy Felt), Mr. Webb (Hank Lamb), George (Andy Tujios), Dr. Gibbs (Hobby Hogle), and Rebecca (Connie Clark). 50

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Boys who have earned their letters in team sports gather for an on-campus meeting. Members standing are; Paul Winther, Andy Tujios, Steve Amoss, Doug Snedden, Ray Gibson, Phil Patterson, Chuck Culp, Kit Sumner, Hank Lamb, Andy Tucker, Wim Ray, Jeb Myers, and Robert Mallinckrodt. In the front row are: Mark Jones, Rick Stevenson, DeWitt Persons, John Litton, and Craig Knight. LETTERMEN ' S CLUB Basicly a service organization, the Lettermen ' s Club is comprised of boys who have earned a letter in any sport. Once again they set up the chairs in the Judge Memorial Gym for the third annual concert presented by the Utah Symphony and sponsored by Rowland Hall - Saint Mark ' s School. These boys were drawn upon to lead most of the school ' s teams and they were a constant source of enthusiasm and school spirit. 49

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On stage! Cast and crew prepare for the final dress rehearsal. Holding the talking heads are A Citizen (Bruce Barnes), the Peddler (Tanny Goodman), and technician Doug Snedden. With the dragon are AAr. Fox ' s assistant, Ray Gibson, The Weavers (Craig Knight and Judy Little), and the Blacksmith (Rob Priest). THE DRAGON AAembers of the cast gather before the sets in AAr. Fox ' s studio prior to leaving for the theatre for final dress rehearsals. For their play, the seniors selected a fresh attack on an old problem; autocratic govern- ment. The play, a satire on this form of gov- ernment, was given its third presentation since its premiere in Russia. The Dragon, by Eugene Schwarz, tells the story of Lancelot (a distant connection of the original), who rids a town of a dragon. In so doing, he dis- covers that dragons have a way of reappear- ing. The play ' s success was enhanced by the imaginative and colorful sets designed by Mr. George Fox. One striking feature of the set was a three-headed dragon that material- ized before the audience ' s eyes. In an early stage of rehearsals AAr. Cat (Becky AAarkley), Elsa (AAichele Hackett), AAelissandra (AAischa Axiine), The Dragon (Kit Sumner), and Lancelot (Wim Ray) practice act one. 51