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Long practices after school and also on the weekends

made the winter play
by Le)lie Piaskowski

ethng frustrated with the movie industry are junior Sara
G
Schwe id and senior Matt Uehling. Schweid and Uehling were
scared about getting caught with their fake achng school.
con tr,bu ted by Molly Flynn
(1 ophomore John Sturgeon works on the set. The set crew put in
D long hours to make enough scenes for seven scene changes. Every year the winter play is a fun, exhausting,
cont r~bu ted by Molly Flynn
and trying time for its actors and actresses, and this
year was no exception.
This year director Jan Fischer chose the play
"Once in a Llfet1me." The play was about t he change
from silent movies to "talkies" and how the actors and
actresses learned to talk and act.
Two actresses who learned to act and breathe
correctly were jUnior Molly Meyerink and senior
Melan 1e Benesh .
"Breathing IS harder then it loo ks, it took a lot
of work. But it was rewarding to hear the audience
laugh at me and Melanie . And we got a big applause at
the end," Meyerink said.
With everything to learn, including st age posi-
tions and l1nes, being 1n the play became a little stress-
ful.
''Being part of the plc:1y is so exciting, but JS it
comes closer to the performances, the practices
become later, and sometimes I wouldn't get home until
1 0: 30," sen 1or Beth Johnson sa1d .
But nothing cou1 9 stand in the way of pure f un
and excitement.
"The play was some of the most fun I have ever
had, and I made a lot of new friends," freshman Nathan
Fineman said.
Two out of the three performances were at
night time. So on Friday and Saturday n1ght, the
stress was taken off
the cast and set crew "Wi11t cr F'L1y is sc1 lllUch fu11! 1 ou'll
iscussing the next plays they will write is sophomore Mandy Tifft !Olive l"c::wcly 1110et IYtte1· ~ eO~,le i11 yc.,u1·
1
With the cast partieS.
) Fulton) and junior Taria Abram IArd ice Sulhvanl. They talked about "talkies", life. "
ich was when the actors and actresses actually talked to each other allowing the "Cast parties ~ju11io1· T..::wia Ah·a111
d.ience to hear them. phot o con tr~buted by Moll y Fly nn were a time to rest up
ctor.,-Matt Uehling, Sara Schweid. DaVid Brodhead. Aaron Wons& Kristen from the performance and make sure that the next
3..ITiSh. Mofur Flynr:>. Nate Welch, Kaela Burke. Caiy Butt. Michiille Lee.
)rie Grant-Ieanila. Kaylan Paisley. Tarek el Sha.fey. Andy Kerkhoff. Ted performance would be' perfect '," senior Rob Botkin
;:un;ga. Melanie Benesh. Molly Meyerink. Burke BOurne. Nl.andy Tifft. Tarta
brarn, Ryan Durham, Anna Cashero. Adam Rowmgs. Jennifer Th, Peter said.
msen, Aaron Hanger. Beth Johnson. Andrea Comisar, Joe Selzle. Nathan .
meman, Rob Botkin. Peter Chan.~& Justin Green. John Sturi[eon, Curtis Ehler, After all was said and done, the cast, set crew,
roduclion Manager-Chris Hur<J; Stage Manai[~James'Wingert
ssistant Production Manager-Jenny Paska.cl1; Cos~me Ma:na.l(er-Jenna and the audience thoroughly enjoyed the perfor-
ala.dez; Sta.l(e l.eft-Jen Bruce, Justin \;~n. Luke Holt Stage Ri.l(nt-Ahcia
hlers. RacheT Dellevechio, John Sturi[eoru Light.. Brooke Stevens.-spothght.. man ces.
urbs bhler, Mandy Burdic. Sound:-Allie Brui[ler. Assistant Costume
l.anai[er.,-Judith Blank. Allie Norris, Peter Chan~ Film Corrdinator/ 195
perawr-Steve Lambert; Ushers/Hostesses-Alex Breedlove. Kathleen Clark.
'l.rah Lambert. 8mi.l Sorricl0 Director-Jan Fischer Winter Play