Washington College - Pegasus Yearbook (Chestertown, MD)

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Department Chairman Mr. Drama enthusiasts Mr. Maloney, Beth Miller, Ted Legates and Amanda Fansler get together at a student faculty tea. Timothy Maloney Mr. William Segal, pictured with son, Alan, left the Drama Departmeni short-handed when he resigned in January to pursue a career with the Orchestra of New Orleans.

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Linda G. McCauley Dennis Porter Chemistry major John Wunderlich exhibits the outcome of his senior project — make-your-own- clone. Susan Wooden Chemistry 27

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Dramatic show-and-tell department treats campus to stage productions Howard Hecht and Mr. Timothy Maloney in rehearsal for Tartuffe. Ted Legates (as Tartuffe) and Beth Church (as Elmire) Two or three times a year the members of the Drama Depart- ment and other interested stu- dents take the opportunity to pre- sent the rest of us with a virtual show-and-tell of what they learned in class in the form of dra- matic productions. To them, it ' s all a part of their education. To us, it ' s a chance to see some first rate drama right on campus — for free. The Department ' s fall production of Richard Wilbur ' s translation of Moliere ' s Tartuffe brought vet- eran actor junior Ted Legates to the stage in the title-role, with senior drama major Beth Church starring as Elmire. Mandy Fansler, Nick Nappo, Dan Beirne, Sally McKenzie and nota- ble newcomers Howard Hecht, Chris Ellinghaus, Beth Miller, and John Williams rounded out the cast, with Mr. Maloney as Or- gon. The production ran so smoothly that the audience had no impression of a veteran theatre person, in the form of the Depart- ment chairman, surrounded by struggling student-actors. These dramatic people take their busi- ness seriously, and the production was, in a word, to quote ELM reviewer Pete Turchi, fun. The March production of Eugene lonesco ' s The Bald Soprano was, well, different. Not that it wasn ' t fun, mind you, but different seems the only apt adjective to describe this piece from the The- atre of the Absurd presented in the stark setting of the Fine Arts Basement. (Some of us didn ' t even know the Fine Arts Building had a basement!) The play starred Beth Church, Sally McKenzie, Virginia White, Steve Mumford, Steve Gaul, and John Williams. They managed to leave us with that inexplicable feeling of having learned something but not being quite sure what we learned, lonesco would have been proud.