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by Sara' Turnquist

The cast of Pink Panther Anderson said . friendships to form . Whether
Strikes Again had a lot of new Despite the difficulty of the cast and crew were back-
changes to work with from previ- switching from the auditorium to stage or acting on stage, they all
ous productions. A new director, the cafeteria, good things came supported one another.
Mark Hawkins, performing in the from it. There was a great cast
cafeteria, and having a play in- "My character was able and crew to work with. Every-
stead of a musical were just some to interact more with the audi- one had his or her own special
of the changes made. The cast ence and talk to them one-on-one talents.
was able to adapt to the changes more. In the auditorium, there is We were able to bring
and develop new memories. a barrier between the audience them all together. It was a great
For the spring play, a new and the cast," senior Adam bonding experience between a
director took over. The cast en- Froemming said . bunch of friends. We had fun
joyed learning new methods from In the past years, a musi- backstage and on stage, whether
their director. cal was usually performed in the we were acting or with friends,"
"I enjoyed having a di- spring. This year a new direction sophomore Tony Goolsby said.
rector that was different than we was taken and a regular play was With all the changes that
were used to. We all got a chance carried out. occurred, everything turned out
to learn different styles of direct- "Until this year I had done all right. The cast and crew were
ing then what we 've had in the mostly musicals, and I had been able to develop many new
past," senior Liz Franke said. labeled as a musical person. It memories.
The cafeteria posed wasn't too much of a switch. We "A great moment was
some difficulties, but the crew and bonded more doing a play be- when Mike Nickel blacked out
cast were able to work around cause there's more competition on Friday night. He fell and hit
these. in a musical," junior Audrey his head and blacked out for a
"We had a hard time with Bostrom said. couple minutes. He came to and
the lighting and sound. The tech- The cast and crew were we had to play it off. Pink Pan-
nical crew did a great job, and it able to become a tight group. ther was a barrel of laughs,"
turned out superb," junior Cliff Practicing everyday allowed Froemming said.

Adam Froemming and Mike Nickel's Margot, played by senior Sarah Brown,
characters converse. Part of the comedy comforts her fat her Dr. Sassembemder,
was that "Adam Froemming had never played by seni or Bri an Santa Maria. They
spoken a word of French and had an all became involved in Dreyfus's vicious plot
French part. It was funny to hear him to take over the world. photo by Annie
attempt to say things with a French accent," Lorsbach
Bostrom said. photo by Annie Lorsbach

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