Inside the

Fii n e Arr t s
Pg. 4
Entertainment
Cast
Inside the
actor’s studio
Huan He
Junior Staff Writer
It’s opening night, and families and students alike crowd the
Performing Arts Center. The lights
dim.
A sudden hush falls on the
audience. They all watch intently,
waiting for the first sign of movement on stage.
Then the thrill begins.
As an actor in the school
play Ladies, Sigh No More, I am
filled with nervousness the moment
I walk into the dress and make-up
room. (Yes, guys have to put on
make-up for the play as well. It’s
a sacrifice I am willing to make
for the sake of theater.)
I walk into the dress and
make-up room anxiously. I look
up at the clock: only one and a
half more hours until showtime.
I change into my costume,
and prepare to put on make-up.
Then it hits me: I don’t have any
Got Shakespeare? idea how to
on
Beth Deardoff and put
Erin Bauer do.
make-up!
So I
Below: Med time, call
my
ladies! Huan He t r u s t e d
gives Beth Deardoff m a k e - u p
and
Erin Bauer e x p e r t ,
some daily meds.
B e t h
Deardoff.
She tells
me to “look
up” while
she pokes
my eyelids
with this
pen-like
object.
E y e l i n e r.
Why must
women torture themselves like
this on a regular basis?
Moments later, I find
myself looking like a raccoon. I
feel a strong urge to crawl into a
hole. But that’s just the beginning
of the whole process.
Beth puts a funky powder
on my face that makes me want to
sneeze (foundation). Next, Beth
tells me to smile for the next step.
Then I am attacked with a furry
brush that supposedly is blush. I
look in the mirror, and it looks like
I’ve been given a good ole’ slapping
from a woman.
I am about to get out of my
chair, but NO! It’s still not over. We
still have to put on the final touch:
lipstick. I’ve never felt less like a
man. After the half hour of torture
is over, I end up looking like I
belong on the street corner.
Director Skip Altig enters
the room. One more hour until performance. He leaves us with some
last words of encouragement (“If
you’re not nervous, then YOU
SHOULD BE!”)
After Mr. Altig has left the
room, the whole cast huddles.
Amist the nervousness and excitement, we say a prayer. Following
the prayer is Beetle Juice, a tradition here at the NPHS theater
department. We all put our hands
in the middle, and with one final
attempt to let go of our nerves, we
scream. “Beetle Juice, Beetle
Juice, Beetle Juice!” Then the play
begins.
The first five minutes go
Lady MacBeth
Cordelia
Kate
Ophelia
Lady Anne
Jamison
Dr. Patrick Wells
Juliet
Desdemonia
Mysterious Man
Calpurnia
Titania
Lavania
Alice Ford
Erin Bauer
Beth Deardoff
Desiree Russell
Sarah James
Eva Baltz
Huan He
Patrick Bailey
Chelsea Volz
Sheila Hansen Snell
Craig Cullinan
Kayla Hudson
Stephanie Hengen
Jessica Halligan
Aubrey Halligan
somewhat roughly, but most of that
can be blamed on nerves. I wait
patiently behind the curtain for my
cue. In my hand, I clutch my script.
My eyes are glued to every line in
the script. Every so often, I hear a
woman and a man in the audience
laughing very cheerfully.
Then we hit our first road
bump. The cast skips a whole page
of dialogue! I go onstage on my
cue. The lights bombard my face,
and at this moment, I know I have
to “just do it.”
As I catch a glimpse of the
audience, I can feel the words tumbling out of my mouth. It must be
the nerves. Then I say my first line.
After all those weeks of
play practice, all the hours of memorizing, all the times of perfecting
my character, it all comes down to
this. I just hope I don’t actually
break a leg.
Sophomore
Stephanie
Hengen casts a spell on
the audience.
B u b b l y
f o r
B u b l e
Jensyn Rudolph
Feature Editor
In this day and age, it becomes difficult for
one to find music to listen to. And by music, I mean
GOOD music, which rules out any and all songs
singing about lip gloss. (Although, my lip gloss is
poppin’.)
One fateful morning, I rolled out of bed and
started my daily routine, which starts with turning on
my TV and switching over to VH1 to watch music
videos.
I was slightly surprised to hear an unfamiliar
voice emerge from my TV. His incredibly dreamy
voice is unlike any other. And that is the day that I
realized that Michael Buble (pronounced boo - blay) is
the man of my dreams.
His newest single “Everything” has awesome
lyrics and unlike most music you stumble across today,
it has meaning.
Upon further investigation (which may or may
not include illegal downloads by means of Limewire),
most of his songs are remakes of older ones. One of
my personal favorites is “Dream a Little Dream of
Me,” originally done by the Mamas and the Papas.
His sound can be described as a modern-day
Frank
Other songs on Jensyn’s iPod:
Sinatra,
Musicbox - Regina Spektor
a n d
Misery Business - Paramore
believe
Sitting, Waiting, Wishing - Jack
me, he
Johnson
can croon
Somebody to Love - Queen
just
as
No Such Thing - John Mayer
well.
Bubbly - Colbie Calliat
Hello Operator - White Stripes
And not
only can
he sing; he’s not bad looking either!
Some other artists that are worth checking out
are Jack Johnson, Colbie Caillat, and Regina Spektor.
Unlike Buble, Johnson produces more mellow
music. Some of his songs such as “Upside Down” are
featured on the Curious George soundtrack.
Colbie Caillat is new to the music scene. Her
relaxing music is far from anything I’ve ever heard.
Her song “Bubbly” is a refreshing tune.
Regina Spektor has a style that cannot be
described. One of my all-time favorite songs is “Ode
to Divorce”. She uses a lot of metaphors in her song.
Mostly, I appreciate her music because her voice is so
unique.
So now that you know what’s shuffling
through my iPod, I encourage you all to go listen to
some of these songs.
Pg. 13
More than meets the eye
Joel Mapes
Senior Staff Writer
I recently got a new
car. It’s a 2000 Ford Explorer,
it’s a pretty nice vehicle, and I
got a sweet deal on it. You can
imagine my surprise when I
woke up one night to find it
standing in my front yard.
Yes, I said standing. It
had two legs, two arms, a head,
and it was standing there,
looking at me. Ah, the imagination is a wonderful thing.
So, this incident never
exactly happened to me, but if
you saw the new live action
movie, “Transformers,” you
will wish that it did.
The new movie that
has just recently released on
DVD is a great action movie.
Not only does it accurately
capture the sheer “awesomeness” of the Transformers cartoon, but it even adds some on
Info
Running Time: 145 Min.
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan
Fox (she’s a fox...no pun intended)
Opening Week: $155.4 Million
Joel’s Opinion: 4 out of 5 stars
to it to keep the attention of
those who didn’t grow up
watching the show.
The main character,
Sam Witwicky, as played by
Shia LaBeouf (Even Stevens,
Holes), is looking to buy a new
car. When he finds one that he
likes and gets a good deal on it,
he buys it, but this isn’t any
ordinary car.
The movie is full of
action, and has absolutely
stunning visual effects.
There is even a good plotline, which is hard to find in
a good action movie.
I know more than a
few people who went to the
theater to watch it more than
once, and I have heard no negative comments about it since
its debut in theaters. I highly
recommend this movie to anyone who likes action or good
storylines. The Transformers
are back on top!
You never ÒsawÓ it coming
Amber Roessler
Senior Staff Writer
You wake up
in a dark room. The
only light you see is
coming from a small
T.V. in the corner.
You find it hard to
breathe, and then you
hear a voice:
“ Hello, reader... I want to play a
little game.”
Does
this
scenario sound familiar? It’s from the
movie series, “Saw.”
The movies are about
people being punished for their wrong
doings.
Today, “Saw
Four” is coming out,
just in time for
Halloween.
This
movie is said to be
the prequel to the
series. The others
don’t seem to fit
together in any way
until you watch the
third movie. The
third movie ties both
the first and second
together, and you get
to see how the first
one really ends and
said, “They make you
think inside the mind
of a serial killer.” It
is interesting to see
how one director can
imagine various ways
to torture people.
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how the second
begins.
In order to
watch the “Saw”
series, you have to
have a strong stomach, because some of
the deaths are gruesome. “Who is sick
enough to make a
movie like that?”
asked
senior,
Brittney Ogborn.
Agreeing
with
Ogborn,
junior
Kelsey
Coffman
In the second
movie, the lead character is a cop, who is
trying to solve several murders. The one
scene from the first
movie that is stuck in
my mind, is the one
where the guy is
chained to the wall.
The only way he can
get out is if he saws
off his foot with a
rusty saw.
When the cop
finally gets a lead,
he’s too late. Instead
of releasing the bodies, he gets trapped in
the bathroom with
them.
I was excited
to hear that there was
a fourth movie coming out, but then
again I was shocked.
I mean how could
someone think of that
many ways to die?
S e n i o r
Kourtney Brauer
said, “Sequels are
made just to make
money, to squeeze
every little cent out.
The first “Saw” was
good, but the sequels
make it old.”
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