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

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Donna Lucia vs. the fake. Senior Ter- rie McComb and junior Brian Smith play up their characters when they confront. “We will be back . . . says junior Diane Timmerman who portrayed the love of Jack Chesney. Laughing about his situation junior Brian Smith sits with senior Terrie McComb and Sara Lewis. Fall Play O A Porraatinn I

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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

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Eating at the Jones’ was a farce performed by graduates Rick Darnell and Marty Jones and senior Sara Lewis. Drama Club Front Row: Kim Cundiff, Steve Hoffman, Ben Lamb, Robin Miller, Mindy Hogue, Michele Swiezy, Carol Simpson, Tim Bonitz, Gary Per- kins, Cindy Daughtery and Cathy Cook. Row 2: Denise Trumpey, Tina French, Drew Benson, Bill Cunning- ham and Gregg Perrey. Row 3: Charlie Crow, Andy Marcinko, Roberta Heron, Mary Weilhamer, Carol Leet, Mary Walsh, Vicki Murphy, Todd Sutton and Bryan Moyer. Row 4: Elke Schwarz, Liz Joss, Ginger Walton and Karen Klinger. Row 5: Jim Mannan, Teresa Smith and Iva Warner. Row 6: Kelli Foster, Kim Swenson, Pam Scott and Lori Blaine. Row 7: Laura Guyer, Ter- rie McComb, Tom Brown, Julie Smith and Andy Stoeffler. Row 8: Charlie Corman, Angie Kasper, Diane Tim- merman, Debbie Kidwell and Gayle Gilmore. Row 9: Jim Lyons, Jill Ru- bush, Sara Lewis, Lisa Hiser and Elaine Hawkins. Row 10: Kathy Perrey, Kim Mann and Mary Zircona. Row 11: Chris Allbright, Pam Karandos, Pam Hankins, Mary Houghton and Jana Conwell. Row 12: Trina Lawson, Barb Bracken, Shannon Dillow, Sheryl O ' Gara and Tammy Parker. Back Row: Jeff Cowan, Miles England, Har- old Miles and Eric Benson. Master of ceremonies, graduate Brad Griffith, keeps the audience informed of what act is coming next.