Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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WW 5 f'- x Below: Yesterday's Tomorrow character Spring Weatherby lCece Castanedal questions Tempest Frost tLisa Turnbulll and Hale Storm tNick Mischl about the mysterious incidents at the hospital as Dewey and Windy tTodd Nicholson and Joe McHughi get ready to take care ot Matt Turney lBob Garcial. Right: Betty Brown tJudy Gawliki ex- plains the theory of molecular trans- ference to Tommy lTerry Kanel and Sally tJanace Tashjianl. 'Soft Soap' bubbles with laughter 2 sets create problems in production space wo separate sets means two different plays, right? Wrong! Soft Soap used both a college dorm lounge and a giant mock television screen. The set was a complicated one as the crew had to build a large television screen stage left and a college lounge stage right. A passage had to be made between the two sets for the molecular transference scenes that happened throughout the play. Getting the main characters back and 26 Spring Play forth between the two sets without being seen was diffi- cult, stated Tim Sander, crew member. The stage crew had to move walls, beds, a desk, and a judge's bench without being noticed by the audience. This was made possible because a scrim was used as the televi- sion screen. The scrim was black when light came from the front of it and transparent when light came from the back of it. ln between scenes, the lighting crew lit the front of the scrim which allowed the stage crew to work unnoticed. The play itself was about college students who were very involved with a soap op- era called Yesterday's To- morrow. Some students were so involved in the soap that they molecularly transferred themselves into the show. lt was interesting to work with a large cast although the double set made us feel cramped, commented Bob Garcia, cast member. The cast portraying college students supplied their own costumes which were simply street clothes. The costumes for the soap opera were surgi- cal scrub clothes, uniforms, and lab coats. The students searched Goodwill stores and hospitals to find the needed attire. The scrim added a new di- mension to the production. The crew learned to work with it, and the cast learned to work behind it as Soft Soap offered a different creative ex- perience.

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Left: Couples crowd the dance floor for one of the many slow songs. Below: Lana Sipe and Bob Ploetz swing into action as they dance to Showbiz Left: Announced as the junior court member, Randolph Mitchell receives a certificate of congratulations from Claudia Moreno. 1 , L2 I Girls' Club Dance 25

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:N fan wwf, 3 5,4599 V A nga-'R 1. wx Below: Focus often moved to the lounge for the students' reaction to -li.. the soap. Left: Misty Weatherby fCl'ierie Mar- W 0 tlrel opens the soap opera scene be- '- --' ' hind the large television screen. H A Q ,3 i f ' 50 ,I L. f i n N? , 1 -. .A , Above: Mr. Rob Nerius, director, cri- Frost fLisa Turnbulll, and Spring tiques the performance at the final We-atherby QCQCQ Castaneday in me dress rehearsal. soap opera after her molecular Loft: Betty fJudy Gawlikl confronts transference. Hal Storm fNick Mischl, Tempest Spring Play 2