Hilltopper 1957

Lef t to Ri gh t: Victor Bu o n o , Ma r i e W y g a n t , Da v e Bu rn e y , Bill F r a n k l i n .

CLUB OFF ICER S —L e f t t o Right: T r e a s u r e r C . Ba r r a c k , V i c e - P r e s i d e n t B. M a c a t e e , P r e s i d e n t T. F a h e r t y , S e c r e t a r y V . As - t o r g a , Sg t . - a t - A r ms J . Bo wm a n .

Virginia Urhi w a s "M ary ."Na nc y Bruce pl ay ed "Ha rry ," Shirle y Wo rla nd w as "J o, " andD av e Burney a s " O w en .""J en ny" w as pl ay ed by Mari e W ygan t,"J an e"by Pat Pfister, a nd "Mr. Park side" by Bil Franklin. Ittak es ma ny lon g hours of work to st ag ea pla y. Long hours sp en t on re ad ing ,pa nt om im e, voi ce control, not to men tion all th e ne ce ssa ry work tha t must b e done by the prod uctio n s sta ffs . And so th e me mb ers an d pl ed ge sof th e Alc ala Masqu ers have fou nd ou t. This yo un g organi zat ionha s set in its first year a tre me ndou s ex am pl e.An ex am pl eof wh at go od or ga ni za ­ tion an d tea m work can acc omp lish to ge th er tow ards a co mm on goal . Let us ho pe tha t th e fine pat h of this yo un g organ izatio nis f ol lo w ed — not on ly by futu re me mb ers of th eA lca la Ma squers , but als o by any gro up of stu den ts w h o will in time to co m e, join t og et he ra s a clu b fo r a com mo n g oa l.

Even w hil e rehe ars als for "The Bet ray al" wer e go in g on , wor k w as star ted on the Spri ng pro­ duc tion of th e Masqu ers . . . "J en nyKissed Me." On e of th e inte rest ing items w as tha t so m e of th e yo un g th esp ian s ha dlea din g roles in both "Th e Bet ray al" an d "Je nn y Kissed Me. So it w as not so str an geto vie w Ma squ ers like Victor Buo no an d Bill Franklin wa lki ng aro un d camp us with scripts for bot h pl ay s in t heir han ds , mumb­ ling to th em se lves. . . An d, ye s, the pl ay s the thin g! After the trem endou s recep tion ac co rd ed "The Bet ray al," ev er yo ne w as look ing for wa rd to "J en ny Kissed M e. " Itw as fin all y pr ese nte d in May a t th e Pup pet Thea tre in Ba lbo a Park for thr ee ev en in gs of fin e co med y. Includ ed in th e ca st we re Tom Faherty a s "Fat her Mo yn iha n," Bill M ac at ee a s "M icha el Sa un de rs," Muriel Johnso n a s "Mrs. De az y. "Sar ah Paul pl ayed "Sis ter Mar y," Marina Peters w as "S hir ley ," Kath leen Ritchey pl ay ed "Mi ss St ea rn s," an d

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