Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Musical talent stages 'Pippin ' WhaT was happening OcT. 30 and 34? The aver- age sTudenT was eiTher waTching a movie for The fifTh Time aT home while eaT- ing sTaIe DoriTos and drinking a flaT SpriTe or having The Time of his life waTching The TheaTre G-uiId's producTion of Pippin, Pippin, direcTed by Mr. Tim Sweeney, was a brighT musical comedy seT aT The end of The eighTh cenTury. This colorful play Told The Tale of how Pippin, played by Tom Collins, searched for his idenTiTy. Tom, junior, had auife an advanTage aT Tryoufs. When I was eighT I did a producTion of 'Pippin' wiTh The Chicago HeighTs Drama Group. I plan on making a career ouT of TheaTre - maybe you'Il see me on Broadway one dayI he said. STacy Brown, senior, por- Trayea The lead player which was originally a male parT. STacy sTaTed, MBe- cause of The gender swiTch. we had To change The key on a IoT of songs. To be an onsTage per- former, The casT of 28 had To be able To sing and dance. However, if one couldnff fill These requiremenTs, he was welcome To join The Techni- cal crew ThaT had The very imporTanT job of building The seT. The seT offered an in- TeresTing challenge due To The muITipIe scene changes and ITs symbolism, said Ivlr. Rob Nerius, Technical direc- Tor. Many sTudenTs found Tech much more fun Than going on sfage and singing. OfTen Times Ponce a Techy always a Techy. Rich Alvar- ado, senior, commenTed. LasT year I worked crew. and because IT was fun - I joined crew for 'Pippin' I really liked making 'Pippin's' seT, buT I ThoughT The besT parT was Tearing iT down. Some of The crew goT upsef as Two monThs of work was Taken down, buT I figured There's always anoTher seT To be made. WiTh some sweaT and a couple Tears, buT a IoT of laughs and good Times, The casT and crew of Pippin IefT a lasiing memory for all who shared This mysTicaI producTion. Qi!',, ,Q 2,9 zwffifiv . . . U., T rfrrrxfcsrra' TT f 1 Tii22?' ' sc.aLil'2w sifsie :Life , . . I Q Qfws rr I Le' TTL...-I 5,55 11,1 1 5 swf 1.2 I T I T r IT I Tfif La iiiawnf 9--W iliich rlfivrrlrrgiriia Lead player, STacy Brown con- ducTs The acTion of The enTire show. Dancing In The final scene, Andre Fluker leads The resT of The casT in drawing Pippin inTo The flame. A ia -A Fall Play 31 ,

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