Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Students direct fall one-act plays The High School, His and Hers,'f and The Ugly Duckling were the three One-Act plays presented by the Thespi- ans at the '74 Pall Festival. All the plays were directed and performed solely by students. The High School was directed by Rich Wrede and starred Diane Bringman, Sue Brzozowski, Julie Croteau, Ruth Eby, Martha Floyd, Glen Madsen, Iohn Reilly, Sue Seaquist, Joe Voss and Laura Zeszutek. His and Hers, directed by Annette Koch, had an eight member cast includ- ing Debbie Bittner, Ann Grober, Nancy Gyger, Mary Nighswonger, Bob Potsier, jan Sypole, Margaret VanderMyde and Mark Zajac. The Ugly Duckling was directed by Kathy McKeough. Its eight member cast consisted of Debbie Childress, Dan For- rest, Laura Lawson, Janet Libby, lane Lynch, Ellen McNaughton, Terri Orel- lana and Glenn Townson. Right: Prince Simon 1Dan Porrestj and Princess Camelia tLaura Lawsonj simultaneously discover each other's true identity in The Ugly Duckling. Above Right: A Iewish family, Ioe Voss, Iulie Cro- teau and Rich Wrede, star in The High School, a drama about the oppression of the jews. Above: Mary Mistletoe CMary Nighswongerb ad- monishes john Mistletoe lMark Zajacj for his rude behavior in front of her mother in His and Here,

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Thes pians, Theatre Guild enable students to get into the act Participation behind the scenes of two plays allows any student the privilege of becoming a member of Theatre Guild. Theatre Guild members are devoted to the technicalties of play production - things like lighting, settings, make-up, Membership in the National Thespian Society is achieved by earning 10 points through working on plays in Theatre Guild. Thespians is a national honor organization which was founded for the purpose of promoting theatre arts in all costumes, and props. schools . Above: Thespians: Front Row: Karen Livengood, Ianet Lew, Nancy Gyger, Terry Orellana, Ann Grober, tsecjg Annette Koch, tpreslg Rich Wrede, tpreslg Kathy McKeough, lscribejg Renee Pusateri, Ellen McNaughton, Sue Cosman, Sandy Flemingp Row 2: Debbie Bittner, Paula Storey, Laura Law- son, Sue Seaquist, Diane Dmitrovich, Diane Bring- man, Margaret VanderMyde, Mary Costello, Shelly Wilkinson, Sue George, Iulie Croteaug Row 3: Glen Madsen, Dan Albert, Glenn Townson, Donna Ko- liboski, Lynn Kraus, Lori Surufka, Renee Rakow, Cynthia Wrede, Dennis Stella, Torn Friedman, Dan Forrest, Back Row: Mr. Tim Sweeney, Matt Pies- cinski, john Black, Dale Norman, Mark Zajac, Rich Unterberg, Ian Pawlowski, Peter Cieply, David johnson, Mike Lau, Gary Baranowski. Top Left: Mike Long and Nick Zerebny work the lights for Lovers and Other Strangers. Center: Theatre Guild: Front Row: janet Lew, El- len McNaughton, Laurie Srnaga, Terry Orellana, Diane Bringman, tsec.-treas.l, Dan Forrest, tv. pres.J, Sue Cosman, tpres.j, Renee Pusateri, Robin Rogers, Nancy Gyger, Cathy Gorski, Row 2: Ann Grober, Sandy Fleming, Laura Kostro, Chris Zereb- ny, Donna Bullar, janet Halmstedt, Glenn Town- son, Cindy Gasior, Debbie Childress, Sara Grober, Maryellen Meneghin, Melody Mayerchik, Row 3: Mike Long, Margaret VanderMyde, Karen Szama- towicz, Shelley Wilkinson, Susan Seaquist, Diane Dmitrovich, Jeannette Carlson, Karen Livengood, Mary Costello, Sue George, Laura Zeszutek, Nick Zerebny, Darryl Onak, Row 4: Donna Koliboski, Debbie Bittner, Renee Rakow, Lori Surufka, Cathy Croteau, Laura Lawson, Howard Lew, Katherine Nix, Paula Storey, julie Croteau, Lynn Kraus, An- nette Koch, Kathy MCKeough, Cynthia Wrede, Back Row: Dan Albert, Denny Stella, Tom Fried- man, Glen Madsen, Rich Unterberg, Ian Pawlows- ki, Peter Cieply, Mark Zajac, Rich Wrede, David Iohnson, Dale Norman, Mike Lau, Gary Baranows- ki, Matt Piescinski.

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Left: Carl Floyd, Mettha Marsalis, Rich Wrede, Nancy Cyger, and Bonnie Skubisz portray the evil witches in For the Love of Rarnpionf' Below Left: Dennis Stella and Paula Storey are frightened by the head witch, Rich Wrede. Below: Rapunzel and the prince are convincingly portrayed by Margaret VanderMyde and Terry Hard. Witches, princes charm children For the fourth consecutive year, Mrs. Sarah Sweeney's Theatre Arts class pre- sented the Children's Theatre for the benefit of students from 10 to 15 area grade schools. Rich Unterberg, a student ofthe class, wrote both the script and the music for the '74 selection, For the Love of Rarnpionw CRapunzelj. All the produc- tion and crew work for the play was done by the students. Rich Unterberg and Margaret VanderMyde co-directed the play. The cast of For the Love of Ram- pion consisted of Debbie Bittner, Pam Condon, Kim Cosman, Carl Floyd, Cin- dy Gasior, Sue George, Karen Granda, Nancy Ctyger, Terry Hard, Rosanna ja- vier, Becky Kuyper, Mettha Marsalis, Ken Morgan, Rosie Salas, Bonnie Sku- bisz, Dennis Stella, Paula Storey, Ian Sypole, Mrgaret VanderMyde, janet Weinberger and Rich Wrede.