Woodward Academy - Phoenix Yearbook (College Park, GA)

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Butterflies An Free, You Can ' t Take It With You Dne-Act And Three Act Plays Each year the Woodward Academy Thespians perform both a one-act and a three-act play. The 1982-83 season con- sisted of Butterflies Are Free as the one-act and You Can ' t Take It With You as the three act play. Butterflies Are Free , originally a two-act play, was condensed into one act and entered in region competition. Adlen Walker portrayed the flighty, Jill Tanner, a teenage girl who falls in love with a blind musician. David Hall gave an outstanding performance as the blind Don Baker who is torn between his mother ' s wishes and his own. The moth- er was portrayed by Stephanie Bat- chelder, and Ralph Austin, Don ' s neigh- bor, was played by David Watson. In region competiiton, the play took third place with Adlen Walker taking best ac- tress. You Can ' t take It With You , though postponed due to the January snow storm, was a superb production dealing with the depression of the 1930 ' s. The play deals with two young lovers, Adlen Walker as Alice, and Paul Grady and Tom, whose families are at opposite ends of the spectrum. Tom ' s family is very wealthy and cultured, and finds it difficult to deal with Alice ' s bizarre and often crazy family. The cast included: Stephanie Batchelder, Ron Bertram, Richard Bregman, Alonso Duralde, Har rison Long, Christine Maugans, Walt McCollum, Holly McLendon, Debbie Mitchell, Bob Padgett, Scott Ridingin, Gordon Scott, Scott Searcy, Virginia Shapard, Lisa Shatterlv. David Smith and David Watson. Adlen Walker as Alice and Paul Grady as Tom share a tender moment in You Can ' t Take It With you. 2. Adlen Walker and David Hall relax in his apartment in Butterflies Are Free . 3. Holly McLendon as Mrs. Kirby with David Watson in perhaps one of his finest roles as Grandpa. 4. Lisa Shatterly as the artistic Penelope. Bob Padgett as Paul Sycamore and Ron Bertram as Mr. DePinna. 5 Virginia Shapard as Rheba. prepares the table for dinner 6 Christine Maugans as the lunatic Essie who believes she is a prima ballerina when in reality she can not dance at all 7 David Wat- son as Ralph visits with Jill, played by Adlen Walker in Butterflies Are Free . 8 Richard Breg- man as Henderson, an IRS agent, tries to deal with the crazy DePinna family 9 Scott Searcy as Ed works on one of his many imaginary printing jobs. 10. Gordon Scott as Kolehkhov chats with Mr. DePinna after dinner. II Alonso Duralde as Mr. Kirby looks on disapprovingly at the DePinna fam- ily ' s antics. 12. David Hall as Don Baker with Stephanie Batchelder who portrays his mother in Butterflies Are Free M : r « . V V ■ A WiV in I ilMMA

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Musical is Fiddler On The Roof Hddler On The Roof The Fine Arts Department presented Fiddler On The Roof as their 1983 spring musical. Fiddler On The Roof deals with the lives of a Jewish family in turn of the century Russia, and features such numbers as Matchmaker, Match- maker and Sunrise, Sunset . Direct- ed by Mr. Alan McClung. a large num- ber of students auditioned for roles with 2 being cast in the musical. The lead role of Tevye was played by Dr. Gary Jones. The fiddler was played by Donna Woolf with Virginia Shapard pro- traying Tevye ' s wife. The three daugh- ters were played by Alaina Edwards, Tina Garvin and Leanne Koon. 1. Senior Virginia Shapard played the role of Tevye ' s wife, adding another performance to her acting career. 2. As the ghost ofKuma Sarah, Mary Smith impressed audiences with her beautiful voice. 3. Rehearsal gave the cast the opportunity to perfect their dance steps. 4. As the oldest daughter Zeitel, Tina Garvin had to be able to sing and dance. 5- To be able to produce a good show the cast of Fiddler On The Roof put m many hours of intense rehearsal. 6. As Tevve ' s daughters. Alaina Edwards. Tina Garvin and Leanne Koon hoped for the Matchmaker to find them the perfect matches. 7. Lisa Shatterly effectively brought to life the character of Yenta the Matchmaker. 8. Dr. Gary- Jones was the highlight of Fiddler On The Roof as Tevye. 9. Fiddler On The Roof gave many students the opportunity to work on stage using their theatrical talents. 1 M DRAMA