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   Orin, th e dentist (Senior Sam  Pane ),  threatens  Audrey                    •   Innocent
   (Sophomore  Rosa lyn Connell) to  addre ss  him as  "Sir."                    •
   Orin did  not  treat  Audrey  with any  respect  because  he                  •
   wanted  to control her.  (Sandy  Peter son)                                   •
                                                                                 •   Plant Turns
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                                                                                 •   Alien Killer .
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                                                                                 •        Caren      Friedman         •
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                                                                                 :        "Feed me Seymour. Feed me all :
                                                                                 • night long!"                       •
                                                                                 :        Clips such as  this and "Say:
                                                                                 • AGGHHH!"  rang in audience members' •
                                                                                 : minds as they left the auditorium after:
                                                                                 • watching the fall musical, Li ttle Shop of •
                                                                                   Horrors.                           •  •
                                                                                          Senior Joel Hinsey, who played •
                                                                                   Seymour in the Friday /Sunday cast, said :
                                                                                   that "most people liked this  play be- •
                                                                                   cause it was more modern and upbeat:
                                                                                   than other plays we have put on.  Those •
                                                                                   familiar with Little Shop of  Horrors :
                                                                                   were surprised at how the play differed •
                                                                                   from the movie." In general, the story :
                                                                                   told of a little flowershop on Skid Row •
                                                                                   that finally got business due to a plant, :
                                                                                   Audrey II.  ThesurprisewasthatAudrey •
                                                                                   II really was an alien interested in world •
                                                                                   conquest.                          •
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                                                                                          Hinsey noticed that each cast •
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                                                                                   developed its own personality.  "If  you •
                                                                                   went to see both casts, you would have •
                                                                                   seen two completely different shows.":
                                                                                 •  Even though each cast had its own style, •
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                                                                                 • they came together as one, helpmg each •
                                                                                 • other out. "There was a lot of teamwork •
                                                                                 : involved,"  said  Junior Sarah  Turner, :
                                                                                 • who played Audrey.                 •
                                                                                 •  •     Help was often needed, espe-  •  •
                                                                                 • cially when the cast rehearsed without •
                                                                                 : the plant puppet. "It was complicated :
                                                                                 • because there  was just a person waving •
                                                                                 • her arms instead of  the real  thing,":
                                                                                   Hinsey said.                       •
                                                                                          All  of the hard work paid off :
                                                                                   when it was time to perform, especially •
                                                                                   to  a  full  house on  the  second night.:
                                                                                   "Working with a small cast was really •
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              I                                                                    fun.  It  was the best!"  said Turner.  e   •
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    onnene, Crys ta l, and  Chiffon (Sophomore Kara Andrus,                                                           •
    enior Allison Harrold, Freshman Jenny Hennings) disc uss                                                          •
    ey mour's  lates t fam e.  Sey mour beco mes  popular due to                                                      •
    c mys terious pl ant.  (Sa ndy Peterso n)                                                                         •
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