Thornwood High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (South Holland, IL)

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Fairies flutter through forest As the doors to the cafeteria were opened audience members found themselves lost in the wooded countryside of ancient Athens. No, it wasn't a Greek holidayg it was the KommArts Klub's winter play pro- duction of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Dream was the first winter show produced by the club, which told the immortal story of three pairs of lovers fighting for each other's hearts in the forest. As the King of Athens, Theseus, prepares for his nupital ceremony, a crisis arises in the city. Two young men, Lysander and Demetrius, fight for the hand of Hermia until they find themselves lost in the woods and caught in the middle of a squabble between the king and queen of the fairies. Through the many comedic subplots Above: The king, Theseus CJohn Trzcinskij, and his bride to be, Hippolyta tLaura Gan- nottl, prepare for their wedding ceremony. Above Right: Sharing a devious plan of re- venge, Oberon fShole Milosj and Puck Ueff Asmusb confer on the time and place to streak Titania's eyes with the love juice. Right: After falling in love with a man trans- formed into a jackass, the fairy queen Titania tDebbie Raquetj tries to win the affections of the Athenian commoner Bottom Uames BOXJ. 30 WINTER PLAY and a magic flower the three pairs are finally united. q The classic play was directed by Mrs. Claire Boyce and student direc- tors Sue Meginnis and Tracey In- gram. Understanding the complex Shakespearean language was the major goal of the cast. Mr. Robert Nerius handled the technical aspects of the show. The stage had to be quickly and easily transformed from a castle into a mysterious forest. Senior citizens were invited to at- tend the magical comedy, free of charge, on Thursday March 12 while the public was invited on March 13 and 14 at 8:00 p.m. As one student explained after viewing the play, I never could understand Shake- speare, but I really liked this.

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Theatre crew takes a chance For the first time in Thornwood's theatre history three plays were produced in the same evening. The spring production was entitled The- atre By Chance: An Evening of One Act Plays. The interesting feature was that the plays were directed by three senior students. The evening opened with Alicia Herman's production of The Boo- geyman, a bizarre story of a man hunted by a spectral killer. The sec- ond play, Vanities, directed by Shole Milos, dealt with three high school Above: The narrator CJudy Sasutal explains the many facets of Lester Billings' emotions in The Boogeyman. Top Right: General Grant tJeff Asmusb and General Lee tBill Crowleyh settle the Civil War in a scene from A Thurber Carnival. Above Right: Discussing plans for a football game and pep rally Kathy tCathy Skizasj, Joanne tJulie Ritchiej, and Mary CDebbie Ra- quetj relax in their high school gymnasium. Right: Portraying a trio of plageristic sisters Patti Cook, Cindy Ahrenhold and Mary Jane Dwyer debate meanings of old poems in A Thurber Carnival. 32 SPRING PLAY cheerleaders growing up in the ear- ly sixties. The final production, A Thurber Carnival, consisted of short skits by James Thurber and was di- rected by Ruben Rucoba. The technical aspects of the shows were run by speech students. Keith Uldriks, Patti Cook, and Mary Jane Dwyer designed and built the sets for their respective shows under the supervision of Mr. Robert Nerius. The triplet program was staged on May 8 and 9 with the traditional sen- ior citizens performance on May 7.