The Strike at Putney Church
November 17-19, 23-36, 2005
Location: The Guild, Charlottetown
Written by: Eliza Jane Wilson (based on a story by L.M. Montgomery)
Director: Paul Whelan
Producer: Brenda Porter, Gerry Gray
Stage Manager: Wallena Higgins
Lighting Design: Paul Druet
Costume Design & Construction: Pam Jewell
Cast:
Frances Spencer:Jennifer Campbell
Jacob Warren: Ivan Dowling
Lucy Knox: Courtney Frances
Daniel Sinclair: Adam Gauthier
Thomas Knox: John Goedike
Abner Keefe: Gerry Gray
Evelyn Kirby: Kim Johnston
Myra Wilson: Lana MacAusland
John Wilson: Danny Maloney
Doris Keefe: Margaret MacEachern
Andrew McKittrick: Corin McFadden
Clara Knox: Barbara Rhodenhizer
The play was written by a local playwright and the director, Paul Whelan, was in the cast of the first production of the play. The provided an ideal opportunity for remounting the work in anticipation of the 100th anniversary of the first publication of Anne of Green Gables (1908). Also, the lighting crew (including Richard Haines, Terry Pratt and Kate Martin) participated in a series of workshops given by the lighting designer, Paul Druet.