Laurel
      Smyth
      on
      the
      Golden
      Fleece
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      U.PE.I.
      theatre
      society
      unveils
      new
      play
     
    
   
   
    
     
      he
      theatre
      society
      will
      soon
      be
      produc-
     
    

    
     
      T
      ing
      a
      show
      of
      three
      one-act
      plays,
      which
     
    

    
     
      will
      be
      presented
      on
      November
      19,
      20,
     
    

    
     
      and
      21.
      Laurel
      Smyth
      is
      directing
      one
      of
      the
     
     
      plays.
     
    

    
     
      Some
      readers
      may
      recall
      Ms.
      Smyth,
      who
      is
     
     
      most
      recently
      known
      for
      her
      summer
      perform-
     
     
      ance
      of
      ‘‘Shirley
      Valentine.’’
      She
      is
      attending
     
     
      UPEI
      this
      year,
      and
      is
      in
      the
      second
      year
      of
      her
     
     
      english
      degree,
      to
      get
      the
      ‘‘education
      to
      go
      with
     
     
      her
      career.”’
     
    

    
     
      Smyth
      has
      a
      wide
      range
      of
      experience
      to
     
     
      bring
      to
      UPEI,
      including
      being
      a
      puppeteer,
      an
     
     
      actor,
      and
      a
      director.
      In
      the
      past,
      she
      has
      di-
     
     
      rected
      two
      of
      UPEI’s
      productions;
      this
      year
      she
     
     
      is
      directing
      ‘“The
      Golden
      Fleece’’,
      which
      is
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      continuation
      ofthestory
      of
      Jason
      and
      the
      Golden
     
     
      Fleece.
      If
      you
      are
      not
      up
      on
      your
      mythology,
     
     
      don’t
      worry.
      The
      play
      is
      set
      in
      the
      late
      1960’s
     
     
      and
      focuses
      on
      Bill
      and
      Betty,
      played
      by
      Craig
     
     
      Blair
      and
      Janet
      MacDonald,
      who
      are
      awaiting
     
     
      the
      return
      of
      Jason.
      The
      dramatic
      comedy
      ex-
     
     
      amines
      the
      issues
      of
      conflict
      between
      men
      and
     
     
      women.
     
    

    
     
      One
      of
      the
      things
      Smyth
      enjoys
      about
      UPEI
     
     
      is
      the
      opportunity
      to
      direct.
      As
      amember
      of
      the
     
     
      actors
      and
      directors
      equity
      union,
      she
      must
     
     
      adhere
      to
      strict
      rules
      in
      the
      acceptance
      of
      direct-
     
     
      ing
      jobs.
      Since
      the
      theatre
      society
      is
      a
      volunteer
     
     
      production,
      she
      can
      avoid
      some
      of
      the
      red
      tape.
     
    

    
     
      Smyth
      did
      note
      a
      drawback,
      though:
      the
     
     
      university
      as
      a
      whole
      tends
      to
      ignore
      the
      theatre
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      society.
      She
      finds
      it
      difficult
      to
      co-ordinate
      help
     
     
      from
      the
      departments,
      even
      the
      English
      depart-
     
     
      ment.
      Asaresult,
      people
      involved
      in
      the
      society
     
     
      are
      forced
      to
      place
      it
      low
      their
      list
      of
      school
     
     
      priorities.
      She
      came
      up
      with
      an
      interesting
     
     
      idea...perhaps
      students
      involved
      with
      theatre
     
     
      productions
      could
      get
      credit
      for
      their
      efforts,
     
     
      even
      as
      a
      substitute
      for
      some
      work
      in
      a
      theatre
     
     
      class.
      After
      all,
      you
      learn
      more
      from
      doing
     
     
      something
      than
      from
      simply
      reading
      it.
     
     
      Smyth
      noted
      there
      has
      been
      a
      poor
      faculty
     
     
      turnout
      at
      previous
      productions,
      and
      urges
      us
      all
     
     
      to
      ‘‘come
      out
      and
      support
      the
      theatre
      society
     
     
      and
      see
      what
      we
      can
      do.”’
     
     
      ALDERA
      CHISHOLM
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      AT:
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      SHOES.
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      Queen
      St.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      November
      4,
      1993/X-Press/15