Weekend Show at Warde Recalls 1976 Thespians

Fairfield Warde High School will host the Fairfield Teen Theatre's production of Beauty and the Beast this weekend. Show times are scheduled for 8 o'clock Friday and Saturday evenings in the auditorium of the Melville Avenue campus.

The production will no doubt bring back memories of the stage performances we enjoyed during our senior year at Andrew Warde High School.

According to our 1976 Flame yearbook, "Thespians is an organization of hard-working and talented students. To become a member one must work one hundred hours on dramatic productions. This can be done in a variety of ways: by either acting in a play, being on stage crew and working on a set, or by being on make-up crew or wardrobe crew."

The Thespians were very active during our senior year at AWHS, presenting several plays. The first play was the musical Showboat, followed by a drama, The Scarlet Letter. The final dramatic event was a group of three student-directed presentations. There were two plays, The Bald Soprano and Androcles and the Lion, followed by a sixties cabaret. These presentations were casted, produced, and directed by the Thespian members.

The make-up crew and stage crew were integral parts of all stage productions at AWHS. Even though the make-up crew was in existence for only two years by 1976, its members mastered the techniques of applying make-up in order to achieve extraordinary dramatic effects.

The stage crew, another well-qualified group, spent weeks before each play building the set and designing the lighting. It took a lot of planning and a lot of work by all the crew members to make the plays successful.

If you have the opportunity this weekend, and you're in the area, drop by Fairfield Warde High School and take in the current production presented by the Fairfield Teen Theatre. You'll not only enjoy the show, I'm sure, but you'll recall the plays we enjoyed during our senior year at Andrew Warde High School.

Paul

Please sign the AWHS Class of 1976 Guest Book.

Visit the AWHS Class of 1976 Gift Shop.