Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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Teor Along the Dotted Line Becomes Thespion's The Thespian Club presented Tear Along the Dotted Line for its annual spring play. Written by jules Tasca, the play was centered around the communica- tion gap. Stephanie and judy, played by jane Kerst and jeannie Geren, moved to a shabby apart- mentforthe purpose ofattending college. The landlady, played by jean Ann Winget, and her son, Rudolph the Paper and Pencil Man, portrayed by Mike Neu- meier, created the typical unso- phisticated landlord family. Stephanie's overprotective mother, Mrs. Newcombe, played by Sue Smith, added to the spider-webbed confusion by her Biggest Hit discovery of baby treatments and magazines left by Stephanie's pregnant neighbor, played by Cathy Bell. Mrs. Newcombe's secret and frequent attempts at cleaning her daughter's apart- ment created tension for the teenaged girls. Mrs. Newcombe inaccurately accused Stephanie's boy friend Kurt, played by Brad Woolf, of being the reason for her daugh- ter's pregnancy. The play ended with Stephanie and ludy leading their own lives, and the Christ- mas spirit prevailed when the two girls spent the holiday with their families. 28 Student Life

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