Waterford Kettering High School - Kismet Yearbook (Waterford, MI)

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4 This year the Dramatics Club opened four productions to the public. These shows were Barefoot in the Park, The Sound of Music, The Playroom and three one act plays. All of these productions were well done and the audi- ences always left the auditorium with a good feeling. The object of theater is to allow people to en- joy themselves, to let them forget time for a while. The method of theater is a willing sus- pension of disbelief. ln both of these categories, Mike Vanderl-Ioek, Larry Anclress and Lori Thompson discuss set construction. this year's group was outstanding. The acting was especially exemplary of what should be seen on stage. Most people don't understand the work put in- to a play. What really happens is six to eight weeks of two hour rehearsals four nights a week. What we see is a finished product that lasts may- be two hours. What really happens is backbreak- ing work on a set. What we see is a stage that looks nice enough to live in. What really happens is a face sweating from caked on make -up. What Mary Clark watches Torn Burling stare. . . Karen Goff, Randy Thomson and Vicld Wilson study parts before trying out for The Sound of Music.

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Dramatics Club Calls for Curtain Dramatics Club LEFT TO RIGHT, Cindy Evans, Howard Andress, Lynn Stehlik, Lori Thompson, BOTTOM ROW, Bob Bass, Don Glenda Flath, Mark Cavin, Dorinda Martinson, john Gressa Meyers, Bill Klaus, Wayne Ut- Marie Whiston. TOP ROW, Mr. and Miss Patty Looman. ley, Bart Russel. SECOND ROW, Mike Reilly, Brenda Stokes, Rich Welch, Sue St, James, Mark WOOdle, Adrienne Kl2.uS, OT, r 73452 Wife, Kim Kirkpatrick and husband, Tom Burling worry over mother, Mary Clark in the play, Barefoot in the Park. Directors, Mr. Mike Reilly and lviiss john Gressa applies make-up to Patty Looman think about try-outs. himself,

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Actors suspend time we see is an old man, who we know is really only sixteen years old. What really happens is scorch- ing work under lights to correctly position them. What we see is an evenly lighted set. These things and others are what make a play enjoyable to the audience. But, don't misread this, the actors and crew have more fun than anyone out- side the theater could know. . . . at Randy Thompson who stares back in exhausted wonderment. V i ' ' 'n 21' -1 1' , .Winn 1621 ti Kim Kirkpatrick and Laura Sias are Wheeled off stage by Bob Boss at the end of a play. A i , ,X , N XR. , Y K yy I ww- V . N a c i ,. I' 1 . -v ,. 37 f , ','!lZQ,'iL7,i,'f gif Linda I-Iosler, Lori Barkell and Gai-ian Weston try-out for The Sound of Music , as W Mrs. janet Hunt plays the piano accompaniment. john Gressa offers niches to Mary Clark as Kim Kirkpatrick and Tom Burling look on.