Thespian
      Alert
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Rob
      Coffin
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      U.P.E.I.
      Theatre
      Society
      is
      getting
      ready
      for
      a
     
     
      new
      season
      of
      theatrical
      endeavours
      with
      its
      major
     
     
      fall
      production
      to
      be
      "Love
      is
      Strange".
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      play
      is
      based
      on
      a
      Saskatchewan
      farmer’s
      —
     
    
   
   
    
     
      obsessive
      love
      for
      well-known
      Canadian
      entertainer
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Anne
      Murray.
      The
      script
      of
      this
      play
      shows
      that
      it
      -
     
    
   
   
    
     
      is
      not
      a
      parody
      of
      this
      rather
      serious
      issue;
      rather,
     
     
      it
      is
      a
      competent
      attempt
      to
      deal
      with
      the
      popular
     
    
   
   
    
     
      notion
      of
      love.
      The
      Society
      has
      much
      work
      to
      do
      -
     
    
   
   
    
     
      in
      preparation
      for
      this
      production,
      but
      a
      talk
      I
      had
     
     
      with
      Professor
      Richard
      Lemm
      served
      as
      a
      good
     
     
      foundation
      in
      finding
      what
      the
      play
      is
      all
      about.
     
     
      "Love
      is
      Strange"
      will
      present
      its
      audience
      with
      a
     
     
      dialogue
      that
      discusses
      the
      way
      society
      has
      come
      to
     
     
      perceive
      the
      notion
      of
      love.
      It
      is
      a
      convention
      of
     
     
      twentieth
      century
      society
      that
      love
      is
      a
      popular
     
     
      self-help
      literature.
      This
      play
      describes
      how
      one
     
     
      man
      crossed
      the
      line
      between
      fantasizing
      about
      a
     
     
      person
      as
      a
      lover
      and
      acting
      out
      his
      fantasy.
      The
     
     
      man,
      in
      real
      life,
      was
      found
      by
      legal
      standards
      to
      be
     
     
      mentally
      ill.
      The-intent
      of
      the
      writers
      of
      "Love
      is
     
     
      Strange"
      was
      to
      discuss
      how
      this
      man
      might
      have
     
     
      been
      influenced
      by
      the
      way
      society
      around
      him
     
     
      handled
      the
      idea
      of
      love.
      The
      timelessness
      of
      the
     
     
      topic
      of
      romantic
      love
      and
      the
      contemporary
      setting
     
     
      should
      make
      this
      a
      popular
      production.
      The
      Play
     
     
      is
      set
      in
      Mt.
      Stewart,
      P.E.I.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      With
      about
      seven
      weeks
      left
      until
      the
      production
     
     
      dates
      of
      November
      15th
      to
      17th,
      the
      Theatre
      Society
     
     
      has
      much
      to
      do.
      The
      executive
      of
      the
      Society
      is
     
     
      comprised
      of
      Richard
      Lemm,
      Terry
      Pratt,
      Ron
     
     
      Irving
      and
      Carl
      Mathis.
      Prof.
      Lemm
      tells
      me
      that
     
     
      the
      play
      will
      be
      partly
      musical
      and
      that
      actors
      with
     
     
      musical
      inclinations
      could
      perform
      double
      roles
      in
     
     
      "Love
      is
      Strange".
      The
      theme
      of
      the
      play
      is
     
     
      somewhat
      weighty,
      but
      the
      play
      will
      have
      a
     
     
      lighthearted
      musical
      tone
      as
      well.
      Any
      student
     
     
      interested
      in
      acting
      in
      the
      play,
      being
      part
      of
      the
     
     
      band,
      or
      helping
      with
      stage
      management
      can
     
     
      contact
      Prof.
      Lemm
      at
      566-0592
      or
      Roddy
     
    
   
   
    
     
      part
      of
      your
      life.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Weatherbie
      at
      892-7927.
      The
      productions
      of
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      U.P.E.I.
      Theatre
      Society
      are
      typically
      very
      well
      done
     
     
      (I’ve
      seen
      a
      couple)
      and
      are
      fun
      to
      be
      involved
      with.
     
     
      Anyone
      with
      even
      a
      mild
      desire
      to
      take
      part
      is
     
     
      encouraged
      to
      do
      so.
      It
      could
      be
      the
      start
      of
      a
      new
     
     
      -
      Roddy
      Weatherbie,
      student
     
     
      assistant
      stage
      manager,
      says
      that
      the
      plays
      are
     
     
      "professionally
      done
      with
      little
      pressure
      on
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      participants."
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Proverbial
      time
      will
      tell,
      but
      the
      Theatre
      Society’s
     
     
      "Love
      is
      Strange"
      should
      be
      a
      worthwhile
      play
      to
      be
     
     
      a
      part
      of
      or
      just
      to
      go
      and
      see.
      It
      might
      even
      shed
     
     
      some
      light
      on
      the
      confusing
      idea
      of
      romantic
      love.
     
     
      Good
      luck
      to
      the
      Society
      in
      this
      production.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Student
      Union
      Council
      1990/91
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Andrea
      Ledweli
     
    
   
   
    
     
      President
     
    

    
     
      VP
      External
      Chris.Larsen
     
    

    
     
      VP
      Internal
      Jo-Anna
      Murphy
     
    

    
     
      VP
      Operations
      Lisa
      Chandler
     
    

    
     
      VP
      Finance
      Susan
      Wynne
     
    

    
     
      Arts
      Rep
      Leanne
      McGee
     
     
      Jackie
      Goodwin
     
     
      Paul
      Landry
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Rep
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Rep
     
    

    
     
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      Grad
      Students.
      Assoc.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Speaker
     
     
      Recording
      Secretary
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Andrew
      Hughes
     
     
      Laurie
      Callaghan
     
     
      Colin
      Duffy
     
     
      Heidi
      Bassler
     
     
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      Chapman
     
     
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      Deluca
     
     
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      Dewolfe
     
     
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      Egan
     
     
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      MacDonald
     
     
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      Gauthier
     
     
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      Richards
     
     
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      Giles
     
     
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      Melissa
      James
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      September
      27,
      1990
     
    
   
   
    
     
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