Tryouts are over; the cast is chosen; and now the students set to work to make this year's all‑school play a success. Andre Obey's three‑act play, Noah, will be presented by the Thespian Society on May 22, 23, and 24 at 8 p.m. in the auditorium.

"It is a lovely, lyrical, romantic treatment of the Biblical story of Noah, a man who sets sail on an ark with his wife, his three sons, three neighboring girls, and a host of unusual animals," commented Mr. Robert Norris, director of the play.

Tryouts for parts in Noah were held April 8, 9, and 10. The usual format for tryouts is a reading for a particular character; but in addition to reading, each student was given several impromptu pantomimes and adlibbing scenes to perform. Pantomimes included anything from pretending to be a chocolate‑covered dart board to an elephant.

The results of tryouts were posted the next day. Paul Zeissler '69 will play Noah, and Mary Gianpetro '69 was chosen as Mama. Noah's three sons will be played by Ned Peterson '71 as Japhet, Dave Benton '69 as Shem, and Mark Millonas '70 as Ham. The three girls will be performed by Sandy Salerno '71 as Sella, Tina Kaneen '70 as Ada, and Donna DeFranco '69 as Norma. Jan Zabinski '71 will play the man.

A menagerie of animals will be played by Cindy Dunn '72 as the bear, Jeff Harms '70 as the lion, Sue Winn '70 as the monkey, John Berner '70 as the elephant, and Shelby Wessell '71 as the cow.

Other animals will include Deb Kurcab '71 as the tiger, Dorothy Burchard '71 as he wolf, and Alice Mott '69 as the lamb.

This year's student director for the all‑school play is Jim Hokestra '69. Lighting will be supervised by Mr. Merel Marine, and sets will be constructed by Mr. Robert Pelikan

Dave Picon '69 will design all the costumes including the animal heads, and Mr. Norris will design all the sets.