Wasson High School - Wahian Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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lr! 'E PAT MANGONE GIVES hcr hair a final primp a on stage before the curtain goes up. Cast Cleota . . . Ellen Turner . Tommy Turner . Patricia Stanley . Wally Myers . Dean Damon . . Michael Barnes . . Joe Ferguson . . Blanche Damon . Ed Keller . . . Myrtle Keller . . Nutsy Miller . . Newspaper Reporter .... . Production Staff Assistant Director ...... Production Manager . Property Manager . . Sound Manager . Costume Manager . . Linda Bratcher . Vicki Smith . Alex Asbridge . Patti Mangone . . Kurt Preuss . . John Corlew Tommy McCaman . . Jim Conley . Kathi King . Mark Fleming Becky Maxedon . . Ken Burrett . Jim Daily Vickie Richards . Loren Grace Leona Chapman . Judy Kennedy . Judy Keeton WATCH OUT! I've only got one head! complains Jean Lienemann to Nancy Hanes in the prop room.

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AN ANGRY TOM MY surprises reminiscent Joc and Ellen as they relivc their last college dance. COSTUMES, ACTIONS, EXPRESSIONS and stage setting all contribute to the humorous situations posed by the cast of the Junior Class Play Junior Class Play 'Male Animal' Challenged principles and the eternal triangle were the main ingredients in f'The Male Animal by James Thurber and Elliott Nugent, this year's junior class play Although a comedy, the story seriously stressed the right of individuals to think for themselves. Professor Tommy Turner's normally quiet life and his wife Ellen is suddenly turned upside-down when Joe Fer guson comes to town for the big game at the college where Tommy teaches English. Joe was the best football player the college ever had, and he was once unofficially en gaged to Ellen. In addition, Tommy's academic freedom is challenged when the board of trustees threatens him with expulsion if he reads a letter to his classes written by Vanzetti. At first his only ally is Michael Barnes, editor of the literary magazine. Even Ellen, in her preoccupation with Joe, is against him. The combined pressures of the upset in his private and academic lives forces him to consider the real attributes of the male animal. Only after he and his colleagues realize these qualities is a resolution reached.

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LIGHTING HEAD Kathy King works with Dave Haynes and Vern Gazvoda on the production. TODD DOUGALL GIVES the script a last-minute perusal before the dress rehearsal. Sophomores Present In Wasson's first sophomore production, the United States lost a war for the first time, and to a tiny European country whose only armed force is a band of bowmen, The Mouse That Roared is a delightful satire on present- day politics. It concerns the efforts of Queen Gloriana to ease the money problems of her microscopic domain. Is there a better way to do this than to lose a war with the United States, thereby becoming the recipient of unending aid and rehabilitation funds? The only catch to young Gloriana's beautiful plan is that her head bowman, Tully Bascom, captures the Q-bomb and several hostages when he and his men invade the United States during an air raid alert. Grand Fenwick wins the war and decides to keep the Q-bomb to protect the world from possiible future disaster. An inner plot is the love story of Gloriana and Tully, which blossoms after Gloriana realizes she is a woman as well as a queen. She has faith in Tully, even though her advisors think him a fool. HThe Mouse That Roared was adapted for the stage by Christopher Sergel from the book by Leonard Wibberly.