Triple Cities College 1948 Yearbook (Endicott, NY) - Full Access - HTML5 format

BACK Row: Edythe Scales, Shirley Dawson, Spero Arbes, Erwin Goldberg, George Heinsohn, Harry Ac– curso, Dave Garman, Tony Casamo, Annette Smith, Jerry Gibbs, Jeannine Conklin. FRONT Row: Tom Makres, Dave Merrilees, Sonia NeJame, Otto Reith, Dick Singe!, Dolores Green, Tait Robertson, Dr. Hasenpflug. President ............................. ............. OTTO K. REITH Vice-President .................................... SONlA NEJAME Treas11rer ...................................... DAVID MERRILEES Sec,-etary .......................................... RrCHARD SINGEL Fac11Jty Advisors .................... MR. WAYNE FARROW AND DR. MARGARET HASENPFLUG With the presentation of the radio play, The P/Qt to Overthrow Christmas, at the Christmas Convoca– tion in 1946, the Colonial Players launched a sched– ule which was to give the student body dramatic entertainment, and the Players, themselves, valuable stage experience. Larry McGrath and Betty Clune starred in the groups' next presentation, the three act comedy, Cia11dia. Under the able direction of Dr. Sidney Al– bert, Claudia came to life on the stage of the neigh- 88 boring U-E High School, and the Players quickly made plans for future performances. At the Spring Convention, Eugene O'Neill's one act play, lie, was the feature presentation, with Sonia NeJame and Otto Reith turning in fine performances. The annual award given by the Players to two of its members for outstanding acting and participation in all group activities was presented to Sonia NeJame and Otto Reith for 1946, culminating the dramatic group's first year of activity. Harry Accurso, and a strong supporting ca t featuring Monica Semanek, George Heinsohn, Sonia NeJame, Otto Reith, Tom Makres, and Eugene Sha– pan, rollicked through Kaufman and Hart's famous comedy, The A1an Who Came to Dinner, in the fall