NovemMBER
      15,
      2005
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ARTS
      &
      ENTERTAINMENT
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dinner
      For
      a
      Play?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Time
      Is
      Ripe:
      Director
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Strike
      at
      Putney
      Church
      Celebrates
      LMM’s
      birthday
     
    
   
   
    
     
      KimberleyJohnston
      |
     
     
      A&E
      Editor
     
    
   
   
    
     
      What
      better
      way
      to
      celebrate
     
     
      an
      Island
      icon’s
      birthday
      than
      to
      put
      on
     
     
      a
      show
      in
      her
      honour?
     
    

    
     
      ACT
      (A
      Community
      Theatre)
     
     
      will
      be
      commemorating
      the
      birthday
      of
     
     
      Lucy
      Maud
      Montgomery
      (author
      of
      the
     
     
      famed
      Anne
      of
      Green
      Gables
      novels)
     
     
      by
      producing
      a
      play
      based
      on
      her
      short
     
     
      story,
      The
      Strike
      At
      Putney
      Church.
     
    

    
     
      The
      director
     
     
      of
      the
      show,
      Paul
     
     
      Whelan,
      said
      the
     
     
      time
      was
      right
      to
     
     
      expose
      PEI
     
     
      audiences
      to
      the
     
     
      loveable
      characters
     
     
      of
      Putney
      once
     
     
      more.
      —
     
     
      “ACT
      wanted
      to
      remount
      the
     
     
      play,
      I
      think,
      partly
      because
      the
      L.M.
     
     
      Montgomery
      Institute
      is
      leading
      toward
     
     
      the
      big
      100
      anniversary
      of
      the
      printing
     
     
      of
      Anne
      and
      November
      30
      is
      also
     
     
      Montgomery’s
      birthday.
      Also,
      I
      feel,
     
     
      they
      thought
      the
      time
      was
      ripe
      to
      do
      it.”
     
    

    
     
      Whelan
      took
      part
      in
      the
     
     
      TheatrePEI
      and
      Charlottetown
      Festival
     
     
      Productions
      of
      the
      show;
      originally
     
     
      playing
      the
      part
      of
      the
      minister,
      Daniel
     
     
      Sinclair,
      who
      is
      forced
      to
      mediate
     
     
      between
      the
      quarrelling
      congregation;
     
     
      the
      elders
      (who
      forbid
      a
      woman
      foreign
     
     
      missionary
      to
      speak
      in
      the
      church)
      and
     
     
      the
      women,
      who
      have
      withdrawn
      their
     
     
      services
      until
      the
      elders
      change
      their
     
     
      minds
      on
      the
      matter.
     
    

    
     
      Ron
      Irving,
      UPEI’s
      former
     
     
      theatre
      director,
      played
      easy-going
     
     
      shopkeeper
      Jacob
      Warren
      in
      the
     
     
      original
      production;
      the
      part
      is
      now
     
     
      being
      played
      by
      former
      UPEI
     
     
      professor
      Ivan
      Dowling.
      The
      role
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Daniel
      Sinclair
      is
      currently
      being
      played
     
     
      by
      recent
      UPEI
      Education
      graduate,
     
     
      and
      4
      Skits
      Sake
      co-founder,
      Adam
     
     
      Gauthier.
     
    

    
     
      Although
      it
      was
      a
      Vola
      time
     
     
      ago,
      Whelan
      looks
      back
      at
      his
      Putney
     
     
      days
      as
      a
      positive
      experience
      for
      him.
     
     
      He
      found
      the
      time
      cast
      members
      spent
     
     
      with
      playwright
      Eliza
      Jane
      Wilson
      the
     
     
      most
      memorable.
     
    

    
     
      “Tt
      was
      17
      years
      ago
      and
      really
     
     
      I
      don’t
      remember
      a
      lot
      about
      the
     
     
      production,
      however
      looking
      at
      the
      cast
     
     
      list
      it
      contains
      a
      lot
      of
      wonderful
      actors
     
     
      who
      went
      on
      to
      professional
      theatre
      —
     
    

    
     
      what
      I
      do
      remember
      is
     
     
      that
      Eliza
      Jane,
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      experience.”
     
    

    
     
      He
      is
      sure
      this
     
     
      will
      turn
      out
      to
      be
      a
      good
      experience
     
     
      as
      well.
      After
      flexing
      his
      theatrical
     
     
      muscle
      with
      many
      one-act
      shows
      and
     
     
      musicals
      in
      the
      past,
      Whelan
      wanted
      to
     
     
      try
      directing
      a
      big
      production
      with
      a
     
     
      mostly
      adult
      cast.
      His
      past
      ACT
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘achievements
      involve
      taking
      part
      in
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Lend
      Me
      A
      Tenor,
      and
      acting
      as
     
     
      assistant
      stage
      manager
      in
      Jesus
      Christ
     
     
      Superstar.
     
    

    
     
      One
      of
      the
      major
      differences
     
     
      this
      year
      is
      that
      the
      play
      will
      take
      place
     
     
      in
      the
      newly
      renovated
      Arts
      Guild,
     
     
      which
      is
      a
      much
      smaller
      area
      the
      actors
     
     
      had
      to
      work
      with
      before.
      Whelan
      says
     
     
      he
      will
      make
      good
      use
      of
      the
      area
     
     
      provided,
      adding
      the
      confined
      spacing
     
     
      may
      yield
      a
      more
      intimate
      connection
     
     
      between
      the
      audience
      and
      the
      cast
     
     
      members.
     
    

    
     
      “The
      Arts
      Guild
      is
      much
      smaller
     
     
      and
      more
      intimate
      so
      I
      am
      trying
      to
      do
     
     
      the
      show
      almost
      ‘theatre-in-the-round’
     
    

    
     
      Continued
      on
      page
      18
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      p
      playwright,
      was
      at
      all
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      THE
      CaDRE
      ¢
      10
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Theatre
      Studies
      Program
      Offering
      Night
      of
      Monologues
      for
      Food
      Bank
      Donations
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Kimberley
      Johnston
     
     
      A&E
      Editor
     
    
   
   
    
     
      You
      bring
      dinner,
      they’
      Il
      take
      care
      of
     
     
      the
      entertainment.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Theatre
      244
      class
      is
     
     
      presenting
      Two
      Minutes
      for
      a
      Toonie:
     
     
      An
      Evening
      of
      Monologues
      which
      will
     
     
      double
      as
      a
      food
      bank
      fundraiser
      and
     
     
      final
      exam
      venue.
     
    

    
     
      Theatre
      studies
      coordinator
     
     
      Greg
      Doran
      says
      there’s
      logic
      in
      getting
     
     
      his
      Introduction
      to
      Theatre
      class
      to
     
     
      perform
      monologues
      in
      front
      ofa
      live
     
     
      audience
      for
      the
      final
      exam.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “The
      reason
      we’
      re
      doing
      this
     
     
      is
      because
      theatre
      is
      an
      art
      form,”
      said
     
     
      Doran.
      “Without
      an
      audience
      they
     
     
      won’t
      have
      that
      experience
      of
      being
      in
     
     
      front
      of
      one...It’s
      for
      the
      students
      to
     
     
      understand
      the
      dynamic
      of
      being
      in
      front
     
     
      ofan
      audience.
      Stepping
      out
      in
      front
      of
     
     
      an
      audience
      is
      definitely
      part
      of
      being
     
     
      an
      actor.
      Otherwise,
      (the
      course)
      is
     
     
      much
      more
      theoretical.
      This
      makes
      it
     
     
      much
      more
      concrete.”
     
    

    
     
      Continued
      on
      page
      18
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
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