Warren Central High School - Wigwam Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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@ 11 ®: “Kiss Me Quick — I’m Double- Parked.” This is not something a boy would say to his date but the title of the winning play in “Some One Acts with Class.” Performed by the soph- omores, this one act farce was written by John Kirkpatrick. It tells of all the problems Dentist Alex Bixby, Drew Benson, encounters on his way to get married. Two factors account for the reason the sophomores won this year and the previous year, the only two years “Some One Acts with Class” has been performed, according to Di- rector Thom Feit. “They are eager to achieve first place and show their tal- ent so they work hard and they are usually able to get more parents and friends to come.” In second place was the senior play, “Afternoon at the Seaside,” a mystery by Agatha Christie. Set on the beach during a summer afternoon, it concerns a robbery of an emerald necklace which turns up in the pocket of Bob Wheeler’s, Pat Gibson’s, jeans. “The Tiger and the Pussycat,” the ju- nior play, came in third place. A com- edy by Bill Majeski, it takes up where the classic, “The Lady or the Tiger” leaves off. Lancelot, Kevin Zahn, chooses one of the doors, gets mar- ried, and unhappy with married life, is caught in Princess Evaline’s, Mary Morgan’s, garden. He then faces the doors again and ends up being eaten by the tiger. Percy, Ben Lamb, hides Noreen Somers, Sara Lewis, behind a towel while she changes out of her swimsuit. Lancelot, Kevin Zahn, agrees to be the husband of bellydancer Maize, Jill Rubush, while the preacher, Russ Kelly, reads the vows. Theatre q Recreation I s7

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Elke Schwarz, Maize’s mother, takes a swig from her bottle while waiting 1 with other townspeople at the trial of Lancelot. Asked to show her pass to the beach ■ house, Beauty, Liz Joss, gives it to the . beach attendant, Eric Bencon. Policeman Matt, Chris Allbright, asks Dr. Alex Bixby, Drew Benson, to move his car because it is double-parked. Nurse Lilly Carter, Beth Bartley, checks over Edith, Debbie Eckart, who has been kicked in the mouth while Carrie Bishop, Andy Stoefler, advises against it. Theatre Recreation

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9 99 GQq@ ora® Q: What did junior Brian Smith, a long black dress, a wig and the line, “I’m Charley’s Aunt from Brazil where the nuts come from” have in com- mon? A: Combined they added to the hilarity of the 1977 fall play, “Charley’s Aunt,” a farce that critics have proclaimed the world’s funniest since it was published by Brandon Thomas. Set in England at Harvard University the play centered around the love lives of Jack Chesney (junior Jim Lyons) and Charles Wykeman (senior Ben Lamb) which have fallen in love with Kitty Verdun (junior Diane Tim- merman) and Amy Spettigue (senior Angie Kasper). But what would the play have been without Charley’s Aunt? But which one? Puzzled? Charley’s Aunt legally is Donna Lucia d’Alvadorez (senior Terrie McComb) and also Charley’s le- gal guardian. However, the imposter that took her place was none other than Lord Fancourt Babberly (junior Brian Smith) when Jack and Charley needed his assistance when the real Donna Lucia couldn’t come to act as a chaperon at the luncheon for the girls. Everything went well until there were a few unexpected visitors, Sir Francis Chesney Gunior Kurt Moore) Jack’s father . . . who on Jack’s prod- ding has put the idea of marrying the rich Donna Lucia in his father’s mind. Which would have been fine since Jack and his father were a little low on money, but when Donna Lucia changed her plans on coming to visit her nephew. So now Sir Francis would be proposing to a man. Sir Francis unfortunately was not the only one with an idea like that though. Mr. Spettigue (junior Tim Bonitz) . . . Amy’s legal guardian . . . knows of the famous Brazilian million- aire and he too wants to be her husband. But how could it be done to get a college gentleman to parade around in a dress? Lord Fancourt just hap- pened to be entering theatrics and his first big role would be dressing up as an old lady . . . Charley and Jack asked him to show them his costume. While he was trying on the outfit the gents found out some startling news. Donna Lucia wasn’t going to appear. Jack’s and Charley’s hopes for a chaperoned luncheon with the girls was at stake. But, who looked like an old woman and could take Donna Lucia’s place. None other than . . . Lord Fancourt Babberly. So they started the luncheon with an imposter. The problems didn’t end here though. The real Donna Lucia and her niece Ella Delahay (senior Sara Lewis) who happened to have a secret admirer, Lord Babberly. Between laughable moments with the butler, Brasset (senior Tom Brown) and everyone getting married in the end, Mr. Thom Feit, drama di- rector, stated, “It was a classic revival of the greatest farce in the English language.” There were a few problems during the production times in the play as Brian Smith explained, “During the dress rehearsal I was worried, but when opening night came everything fell into place and the extra hours of practice paid off. The production turned out to be a lot better than any- one had hoped for.” Possibly Angie Kasper said it best, “Brian Smith looks great in a dress.” Junior Jim Lyons tries to rid the gar- den of some unwelcome company, se- niors Ben Lamb and Angie Kasper, all which had the same idea of proposing marriage in the garden. 20 Fall Play Recreation l f