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pages by Ca itlin Cruz
Which of these

Laugh In

A.. Juni or Dylan Hartn ett and
freshman Katr ina Kuss dance
together in a sce ne. "M y favorite actors isn't in
part of th e W inter Pla y was the
dance party the cas t had ,'" Hart-
nett said. B. Senior Kim Morss ITS?
plays th e Dumb Blonde tell ing
about time. Morss was involve d
with th e Winter Play for three
ye ars of high sc hool. C. juni or
Lauren Schaa l sits ce nter stage
as Ed ith An n, a mischi evous five
yea r old. "Edith Ann was insan e,
but funny, so it was enterta ining
to play a five yea r old," Schaa l
sa id. photos by Tyler Myers and
Kay/a Benker

Thespians refres h with co medic relief, ta lent in Laugh In and ITS .

Th e li ghts in a filled, sil ent auditorium dim theater tro upe that enco urage d students in
and within five minutes the audience ca nnot the th eater arts.
contain th eir laughte r. This on-going com- "ITS is an enjoya ble group for people who
edy was supp li ed by the Winter Pl ay ca ll ed love theater or for those w ho just want to
Rowa n and Martin 's Laugh ln . get their feet wet," se ni or Kelly McCullough
"Laugh In was the predecesso r to SNL ," sa id.
junior Will Hurd sa id. While parti cipating in ITS , students expe-
After a two-day audition process, actors ri ence d both th e behind the sce nes an d the
bega n rehea rsa ls, and the stage crew bega n performing as pects of theater.
to buil d the colorful , funky sets. "In Battle of the Bands, we got to be th e
"Actin g in this show was different beca use techi es [stage crew], w hile w hen we put on
it fo llowed a nontraditional plot line. Th ere the va ri ety show, a play or a musica l we got
were diffe rent types of freedom for each to perform," se ni or Nick Herink sa id.
skit," se ni or Jeff Packer sa id . At the Intern ati ona l Festiva l at UNL, ITS
Though the actors provided the comedy, members were expose d to a va ri ety of tal-
they wo ul d be lost without their stage crew. ented young actors.
"Th ere we re a bunch of small sets with "Th e fest iva l was a wee k full of rea lly fun
constant cost ume and microphone changes," theater activities and spectacular high sc hool
stage manage r Kir sten Mill er sa id . shows, " so phomore Dan Kell y sa id.
Plays and productions stem from a pas- As the stage darkens, the curtains cl ose
sion of theate r and perfo rming. Intern ational and the audience fil es out, eve ryone rea lizes
Thespian Society was a nati onall y recognized why these thes pians love what they do.

W inter Play/ITS 9 3+