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"On Stage"

a small Chicago paper with the
R obert Patrick and Jack play, “Still Love”, a romance told
Parkhurst first met in the
men’s restroom in Muncie,
backwards (starting after the break­
Indiana, during an International up and ending before the first date).
Thespian Arts Conference. Two “Onstage” is a play about high
years later they met again to col­ school theater and how important it
laborate ideas for the revision of is. The story line is as follows: The
“Onstage”—minus the restroom. drama teacher finds out that the
“Onstage” was originally written drama program is going to be
by Drama Director Jack Parkhurst, scrapped and the drama students
but the International Thespian have a discussion about high school
Society decided that “Onstage” and theater. The play includes songs
Parkhurst needed some help. such as selections from “Hair” and
“Onstage” was a two hour and 30 lively choreography. “Onstage”
minute production before was performed May 2, 9 and 10
Playwright Patrick sat down with it, and was performed at the Davies
but now the show is an hour and a Amphitheater June 21 in Glen-
half long. wood, Iowa. And with the help of
Patrick, 48, who is originally Parkhurst and Patrick, its new ver­
from Texas but now lives in New sion was also taken back to Muncie
York, wrote the play “Kennedy’s and the summer Thespian Con­
Children”. He was first published in ference.

Senior Dennis Hobson and Sophomore Barb English
listen Intently as playwright Robert Patrick directs
them In their acting.

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