Villa Park High School - Odyssey Yearbook (Villa Park, CA)

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Starting fresh, Alberta Schuster, VPHS' actors and actresses together this year in a series fourth drama teacher in f of well planned productions. Despite her lack of theatrical experience, under Ms. Schuster's direction her students to make excellent showings in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum in late November, Diary of Anne Frank at the end of March, The Roar of Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowds and the Vaudeville Show in May. Speech Club was involved this year with debates all over the Southland on an average of one every three weeks throughout the school year. VPHS Speakers, for the first time in ten years, have qualified for membership in the National Forensic League, and for the past two years the team has made trips to Chico State University in March and received excellent ratings. ... , 'Z Upper left: Tom Gorski, as Anne's father in Diary of Anne Frank contemplated his daughter's diary in the opening scene of the play presented in March. SPEECH CLUB - Front: Scott Engle, Mark Marbour, Terri Borel. Second row: Rhonda Filby, Ginger Fielder, Curt McMullen, Mike Bylinkin, Mike Brunskill, Katie Kimbell, Chris Miller. Third row: Laurel Marsh, Carey Zimmer, Lynda Williams, Jackie Wiena, Sean De Forest, Marc Poteet. Lower left: Lynda Williams, in the title role, helped her family go into hiding during a performance of Anne Frank. , Lower center: Leslie Clark sat thoughtfully during rehearsal of dramatic scene. Lower right: Mrs. Frank, performed by Janet McGilvery, rested after getting her family settled in wartime Holland in Anne Frank. ,ir.,'lC'g.,- , 3m -fgfgg.1ggi1:.' uw f:- CbfwgjZ'1f+:' ' f 'ffff 'ffvw-Q. 'tfvzvwpzf 1? W ,f-- T--ff-raw:f+ :r-zz:.:.4:Jvnns:::::.1p:1s ffvfwv:w119w9wm:gi f23ig?7. 2 I, 'iwii .,,1aaahw-W7 f , 'W' ' , 7 Mi? ' ,- .f,. V 7, z. iw ' V ,ff vwf Input 53

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I 've spent three meaningful years in the theater, and have experienced the warmest rela- tionships . . . I 'll be leaving in June with only one regret - that those beautiful times are now only lasting memo- ries. Lynda Williams 52 - Input Right: Thespian Terri Moore listened to suggestions from fellow dramatists during a break in busy rehearsal sched- ules. Upper left: Tom Gorski was momentarily distracted by friends while preparing a scene for drama classes. Upper center: Merrie Fairchilds considered constructive criticism during rehearsals of A Funny Thing Happened onthe Way to the Forum. Center right: Barb Wolski, in the role of Margot, found a pensive moment during production of Diary of Anne Frank. Lower left: Lynda Williams, as Anne in Anne Frank, considered the problems of a concealed existence. Lower right: Miep, played by Brenda Telles, presented an aged Mr. Frank, played by Tom Gorski, his daughter's diary in Diary of Anne Frank. WV.. . ' ' X in ,jf 5' I - C - f 3-hit, H t .s.. 4, gqarllflg l and Galt twill . MW Wgnct lifilllen :A funny l lowlll 'll may at Gfwsepdli We Vaudell Clul S . dm all l plone Well gihool Yell' llenywfff me Nalomll post M0 lem all Srale l excellent ralll H

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v 144' 4 1,4 -. .. 'mei tr' ' i -4 Q V X 4 1 4- f 4 4 ' W 5 -4- ,-,QQ I ' 9 1 4 'Z f- , Z lt was the best of times, it was the worst of times. - Derek Relf ,Maxi nn' 6 ,4anv 'Q.4 ' if pull' Aly if H ' 55625 -' W Top left: Warren Sheets, as Pseudoleas, looks over dancer Leilani Watts in an effort to evaluate her charms. Top center: Greg Smouse, as the peddler-of-flesh Marcus Lycus, expounded upon the desirability of his wares dur- ing performance of Forum. Top right: The happy couple, Philia and Hero, in the guise of Laura Howanski and Bill Rogers, gaze soulfully into one another's eyes and pledge eternal devotion. Center right: Cast members take their bows after a taxing performance. Lower left: Pianist Evan Owens concentrated on his Forum score in an effort to add continuity to the musi- cal portion of the show. Lower right: Dancer Tracy Sisemore shows off her ample talents in the vehicle of musical comedy. pr' -,- e, em, xqs-Queen:-ms A Funny Thing Happened onthe Way to the Forum, presented November 28-December I, T drew the largest audience ever to attend a dru- matic production at VPHS. This musicalfcomecly most lavish production ever to be presente' here, also involved the choral music, instrumen tal music, and dance department A newly instigated class, Choreography, supplied many of the involved in Forum, then went on to dance show known as X-panding 2 A. 51331 54 - Input Qs