Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

Ife home-town baseball team, the Washington Senators, spends six months of
•*—I set, as he watches his favorite learn play to defeat after defeat after defeat.
Meg is always by his side, impatiently waiting for the end of the baseball
Bin take over that special place in his hcait which 15 currently reserved for
£ so determined to sec his team win. that he remarks to himself one evening
"seethe team steal the pennant away from the long-time champions, "those
this, the devil appears, in the form of a very distinguished gentleman. Mr.
as Joe Bo.»d into Joe Hardy, a 22-year old baseball player, aftei Boyd conhis
soul at the end of the season. However, Boyd works an escape clause into
pull out at any time before September 24 at midnight, and return to his wife:
ixHa/dy is an unbelievable success, who gives the Senators new direction and
jiy; Gloria Thorpe, a meddling newspaper reporter, is skeptical of what's going
a Hardy really enme from. She finds that no one under the name of Joe Hardy is
nbemin Io*-',» birthplace of Hannibal, Missouri. At the same time. Joe Hardy
* i time v .th his wife Meg. who doesn't know that Hardy is really her husband,
very attractive assistant Lola, who specializes in making men forgot their
^ sst awy from Meg. But Joe is truly in love with Meg and Lola fails in her atpiu
herself. Joe wants to exercise his escape clause. Lola drugs Applcgatc. who
Ihkrt the Yankees win on the 25th, but Applcgatc recovers more quickly than cxtfethe
pennant? What will become of Lola, who has betrayed the devil? Will Joe
£Bojrd? The answers will be revealed when Damn Yankees opens.
sctors prepare students for showtime
By Mark Schoeller
On the opening night of t)jmn
y*nfcces, when the thow hat ended
and the curtain has doted, the audience
will applaud the cait and give
them recognition.
But the audience will likely know
little ul the "unsung heroes" who
hi*e directed and produced ihit
musical.
Who arc these teachers and how
arc they preparing Lowell ttudcnlt for
Ihit production?
Three men haw been coordimting
this show. They are Jack Anderson.
Paul Zahttl'a. and Johnny Land
Anderson it the actual director. He
stages the olay and help* ttudrittt interpret
their roles. He spoke about ihe
life of a director.
"When things go wrong, they're my
k dull." lu' said, "and when thing* yy
1 right. Ihc cat! get* the credit. lhat\
J theatre."
What docs Anderson [crl about tintalent
in Damn Van I rev* "Lowell
sludentt t»a»e alwayt worked hard
and produced a quality production."
he staled. "This trar will be no exception."
Zahlilla it lint orclictira tondudur.
He noted that the mutic in JJjmn
Y*nkct\ it difficult because il wat
[ written for profcttional musician*.
jut he taid he feel* hiv tludcntt will
|"matlcrit."
^ He Tcelt that the production will be
"^ valuable experience for the orchestra,
especially for ihc musicians
who will etcntually lum prufetvional.
"The thow K»*S me an opportunity
'o train my students in all areav n*
mut... not just clattical." he
declared.
ZahtiiU commcnied that he hat
one goal for the production. "I hope
lo have Ihc audience humming Ihc
music aflcr they ha\e left." he \aid.
"Then 1*11 be satisfied," he ttaied.
Land it the mutical director. He it
Coordinating the tinging in the thow
as. . it teaching hit ttudcntt the fine
noinit of tocal mu >ic.
He taid he it "astounded" at the
amount of talent at Lowell. "We're
barely teeing ihe lop of the talent
iceberg at thit whool." h^ ttalrd.
"Many ttuJcntt with (K'leittial don't
ha»e the opportunity to partidpaie in
the production because nf wlicdulinn
ind academics." Few tchotilt *an
compare with Lowell Ctn talenl)." he
added.
Land said he wMir* more ttudenu
tincc Lowell i* tuch J compciitnc
whool." lictaiil.
Like mjn> l.-cll %!).»-* it- the
patt. OJ.T* >'-nler» t\ luhind
tchcdule >n preparatiiMi. but Ihc
faculty mcml>cr\ agree that llic*
aren't worrying.
Andenon piohably tummeil it up
bctt when he *a'.d. "There** no \how
you ocr lc«l you're rcat'y lur. but «n
opening nig 1 )!, a mtracl- occur* and
rtenlhinjt goet tpTenJidh!"
The Uwl'. December 7. 19M.Pt(tll
PROFILES
Stuocoti perfect tbdr muiktl nuuben under ibe dlrectioc of
Johnoy Land, Lowell's vocal uvuic teacher.
Lights, sets, props:
The stage crew life
By Cindy N«
Although the Lowell ttage cicw
members do not receive much
credit ot recognition, without
Ihem many o( LrwcU'i actititict
wuuldnolbc|Hittiblc.
1 he ttage ere* i\ responsible for
telling up Ihc uH-nd at rallies, puttine
up >•
member crew- got a late start on
ihe fall production, and they are
no* working hard during their
free time.
How does imconc become a
ere* member?
At the beginning of each year, a
notice in the bi.llclin will urge all
potential men >crs to attend a
ttatce crew ucetinK- At the
meeting, everyone U organued in*
lo "work parties" and wurks on
tariout projecti. Although many
people attend iScve meetings, only
a few are accepted. According to
Sul'iitan. it takes a year for a perwn
to ge 1 confident at being a
vrew member, and only freshmen
and sophomore* are accepted.
Said Sullivan, "There's a lot of
tatittaciion in doing a job thai no
CAST LIST
(in order of appearance)
r tort what you do. lt\ jutt a«
urh lun *% being in the mutical
Auction U*eH."
MEG BOYD Erin Picrson Elendcr Wall
JOE BOYD MarcBader DamirZchktser
MR. APPLEGATE Jason Mint Frauds Chu
JOE HARDY Brad HoppcrRobert Molossi
LOLA Avril Swan Dcirdrc Atkinson
Cast members of the musical production uke s break