The play, Noah, written by Andre Obery, is this year's all-school play. Noah is being sponsored by the Maine West Thespian Society and will be presented on May 22, 23, and 24 at 8 p.m. in the auditorium.

Ticket sales began on Monday, May 5. Tickets can be purchased at the head of the cafeteria, from the bookstore, from all members of the cast and crew of Noah, and from all Thespian members. Tickets are $1.25, and no seats are reserved.

Tryouts for parts in Noah were held on April 8, 9, and 10. The three girls will be played by Sandy Salerno '71 as Sella, Tina Kaneen '70 as Ada, and Donna DeFranco '69 as Norma. Portraying Noah's three sons will be Ned Peterson '71 as Japhet, Dave Benton '69 as Shem, and Mark Millonas '70 as Ham.

Also appearing in the play will be Jan Zabinski '71 as the man. Portraying Mama will be Mary Gianpetro '69, and Paul Zeissler '69 will play the part of Noah.

Equally as important as the people in the play are the animals. Portraying the animals will be Alice Mott '69 as the lamb, Jeff Hanus '70 as the lion, Shelby Wessell '71 as the cow, and John Berner '70 as the elephant.

Also appearing will be Cindy Dunn '72 as the bear, Sue Winn '70 as the monkey, Dorothy Burchard '71 as the wolf, and Deb Kurcab '71 as the tiger.

Dave Picon '69 will be designing all costumes for the play. Set design will be done by Mr. Robert Norris.

"Sets have been designed to be nonrealistic, sort of a fantasy like the play itself," explained Mr. Norris.

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

Jim Hoekstra '69 is this year's student director. Mr. Merel Marine will be supervising lighting for Noah.