Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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'Crimes' captures essence of eomed , drama 1n life The smell of popcorn, the taste of Babe's lemon- ade, and the mauve of Lennie's kitchen all cap- tured the audience's senses when Crimes of the Heart, the fall pro- duction, played two nights. The set played a big part since only one scene, Len- nie's kitchen, was used. Unlike previous produc- tions, the set remained unchanged. Because the set was so realistic, it was like redesigning a real kitchen and more detail was put into the one set, said Mr. Rob Herius, tech- nical director. The play revolved around three days in the lives of the McGrath sis- ters -- Lennie tLaura Mag- navitel, Meg tStacey Brouml, and Babe tliris Lovelll. Reunited by a crime committed by the youngest, Babe, each sis- ter was forced to come to grips with the events of the past and present. They did this by hurting each other but in the end became close friends once again. An interesting aspect of Crimes of the Heart was the way the events of plot were treated- comedy in- terwoven with drama. This technique was used to arouse empathy from the audience on sensitive sub- jects. An example of this was Meg's speaking of how she would send her grandfa- ther into a coma. lronical- ly, this hadjust happened, so the wom Lennie and Babe became hysterical with laughter. lt was diffi- cult to pull off in rehears- al, but during perfor- mance, the audience's laughter became infec- tious, so we became wild with laughter, said Lau- ra. As the blend of comedy and drama came to a close, the viewer recog- nized the labor and artist- ry that was required of those both on stage and off-stage of Crimes of the Heart. Left: Lennie tLaura Magnavitel pours herself a cup of tea to soothe her nerves while Babe fhris Lovelll tells her of Meg's obsession with death. Above: Mr. Tim Sweeney, direc- tor, critiques the final dress re- hcarsal. Fall Play 25

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ff fg-'71 57' .F A 2 Dazzling the courtyard with their costumes are Tricia Walski, Rigo Zambrano, Julie Richman, Corey Blank, Faye Shegog, and Nancy Campanile. 26 Halloween Dress code abandoned as costumes take over What other day would Freddie Krueger be allowed to roam the halls without being stopped by a security guard? Halloween, of course! Using latex liquid and nose putty, Mario Melone, senior, re-created the look of the unforgettable Fred- die. l really went all out and tried to make this the best looking costume it could be, said Mario. Freddie is disgustingly in- terestingf' Winning first prize in the costume dress-up spon- sored by SCOTfl'ligh- landers was the grim reaper, Nancy Campanile. l'When I first saw the mask I said that's me, said Nan- cy, who wore the same cos- tume last year but without the fake hands and sickle. ul knew l needed some- thing else since l didn't win last year. Other winners in the con- test were Corey Blank, 2nd place for her Geisha girl costume, and Faye Shegog, 5rd for her vampire dis- quise. Over 20 pumpkins were decorated for the pumpkin contest, but B219 was the winner. Wearing a hard hat and goggles, Katie Salemo was dressed as an iron worker. Everyone thought l was the coal miner's daughter, she said. Always wanting to be in the musical Cats inspired D.J. rlalicky's dressing as a black cat. lil liked the idea, and cats are what Hallow- een is all about. Well, black cats, at least, he said. Though the disguises dif- fered the thought remained the same. Halloween was a day of unusual dress.