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HEHE COME THE HH UJl S

nIH II y IlLLI ISH H

For Thespians, last mmute adJUStments are a mustll Attama Jean
Yes Bubbles, you do have ten fingers. Nikki Brown makes sure that Rodney's uh, well, straight.
gets into character as the airhead " Bubbles."
The 1990 Senior Class Play, " Here Come The Bndes" was a
smash success, due to the hard work and team effort put forth by
the cast and crew. Begmmng m January and workmg alter school
almost every afternoon, the play came together slowly, improving
by leaps and bounds toward the end when practices were moved to
"Please Mike, not in front of the camera. Besides, the Performmg Arts Center There were limes when we could've
you know I don't like the taste of that lipstick." murdered each other, there were t1mes when we all stood together
as one, but no matter what, 1n the end, not one of us walked off that
stage unchanged.
The plot centered around Jimmy Took and h1s best friend B1ll
Thompson, who lived a ltfe of le1sure in Jimmy's house, neither one
employed Bill's relative, Aunt Ellen, who ltves w1th the boys and
takes care of them, wonders how they are able to live so well when
neither one of them has a job. Her question IS answered in the form
of a telegram from Jimmy's Uncle Dan, who happens to be very nch
He informs Jimmy that he will be m town that af1ernoon to meet h1s
nephew's new bridell The only problem IS that J1mmy's not marrtedl
So Jimmy and Bill try to con Madge Burns, J1mmy's gtrllnend mto
pretending to be his bride. But she refuses. So they try to bribe Mr.
A scene from " Night of the Living Dead"? No, just Oswald, a bill collector, into dressing ltke a woman and playing
Jimmy's bnde. He refuses too. In desperation, J1mmy forces Bill to
the weary cast striking the set.
play the part of his bnde
Meanwh1le, an msane woman, Lady MacBeth, has escaped from
the local asylum, " Green Gables", and a strange doctor, McDaniel,
IS searching the prem1ses for her. Then, Ms. Smyth and her sister
- Bubbles, two gold-diggers who follow Uncle Dan around, arrtve
at the house, are scared away by Lady MacBeth. Uncle Dan arrives
and tries to coax a kiss out of Wilhemina, (Bill dressed as a woman)
in trade for the check that the boys so desperately need. While the
boys are off showing Uncle Dan the rest of the house, Mr. Oswald,
dressed as a woman, enters and talks to Peggy Westfield, Uncle
Dan's ward, who'd just arrtved. The two Wilhem1na's manage to JUSt
avoid each other all day, until at one point Mr Oswald-W1Ihemma
steps into the living room, and, being near-sighted, mistakes Uncle
Dan for Jimmy and starts hugging on him instead.
The rest of the play involves Jimmy and Bill trymg to successfully
hoodwink Uncle Dan mto believing that Wilhemma has left J1mmy
The play ends happily, w1th hints that Madge & Jimmy m1ght get
married, the same going for Bill and Peggy, and Uncle Dan & Aunt
Ellen. " Here Come The Bndes", indeed II
The coat Todd Baker (Mr Oswald, Wilhemina) Beth Hemphill (Lady McBeth), Jesse Chillum (McDaniel), Renee Palteraon (Peggy Weatheld), Mike
Harlow (Jimmy Took), Rodney Phillips (Bill Thompson, Wilhem~na), Altanla Jean (Costumes), Amber Roberson (Ms. Smyth), Mr Wilson (D~rector),
Chris Poplin (Uncle Dan), Gigl Gnlfln (Aunt Ellen), Angela Lumbert (Madge Burna), Nikki Brown (Bubbles Duvalle), Mrs. Phillips (Director), Scolt
Ladner (Siege Manager)