Irish Repertory Theatre

Irish Drama.
New York Style.

2002-2003 Season

The Love Hungry Farmer

In the W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre

by John B. Keane
directed by Charlotte Moore
starring Des Keogh

August 5 – September 28, 2003

Following a sold-out run earlier this year, Des Keogh returns as John Bosco McLane, a lonely country farmer who, despite his best efforts, is still a virgin. McLane’s need for female companionship prompts his search for a suitable wife in this charming comedy.

“an uproarious comedy; you won’t find a more incisive or hilarious demarcation of love and marriage anywhere else… The Love Hungry Farmer, like life itself, is a volatile mixture of tragedy and comedy, and something that must be experienced for the pleasures it has to offer.” -Talkin’ Broadway

“LEAVES YOU BREATHLESS WITH LAUGHTER” – Associated Press

“BRUISINGLY HILARIOUS” – The New York Times

Peg O’ My Heart

pegby J. Hartley Manners
songs & direction by Charlotte Moore

May 13- July 6, 2003

In this musical adaptation with original songs, a pretty Irish colleen leaves New York for a stately home in England where she will receive lessons in grooming and behavior from her snobbish cousins and very proper aunt. Inheritances are in question and surprises are in store, however, when a rebellious Peg encounters an unknown benefactor and falls madly in love.

“a cheery trifle and a historical curiosity, with a gifted cast” New York Times

peg-setCreative Team:
Set Design: James Morgan
Costume Design: David Toser
Lighting Design: Mary Jo Dondlinger
Sound Design: Zachary Williamson
Hair: Robert-Charles Vallance
Musical Arrangements, Conductor/Piano: Eddie Guttman
Marty Fett: Cello
Brenda Vincent: Violin

Foley

foleyby Michael West
directed by Annie Ryan

with Andrew Bennett
live music composed & performed by Vincent Doherty

March 11 – April 19, 2003

Critically acclaimed during sold-out engagements in Ireland and the UK, Foley now makes it’s American premiere.

Andrew Bennett stars as George Foley, the last in a long line of land-owning Protestants at the “end point of all the evolution and fruitcake.” Having shunned his parents, their big country house and his Protestant faith, Foley now must work out where he belongs. Foley is a hilarious and moving exploration of what it is your family really passes on to you.

“One of the best and most original pieces of new Irish dramatic writing to emerge in several years~” –The Sunday Tribune

 

bedbound

bedboundWritten & directed by Enda Walsh

January 17 – March 2, 2003

On our mainstage, Tony Award nominee Brian F. O’Byrne stars in the American premier of Enda Walsh’s bedbound. A sensation in Dublin and London, this electrifying new drama details the strange, twisted and tragic relationship between a father and his afflicted daughter. As father resorts to increasingly desperate measure to become a powerful salesman in Cork, daughter retreats further into the fantasy worlds of language and literature. Together they take a heartbreaking journey of forgiveness through and eccentric world of their own creation.

“Masterful” -Curtain Up

Creative Team:
Set: Klara Zieglerova
Lighting: Kirk Bookman
Sound: Zach Williamson
Hair: Robert-Charles Vallance
Stage manager Kelly Hance

A Celtic Christmas

celticxmasarranged & directed by Charlotte Moore
music direction: Eddie Guttman

December 3 – December 29, 2002

A special Christmas celebration n Celtic story and song starring members of The Irish Repertory Theatre. The show features stories and traditional Christmas music for Ireland, England, Scotland and America, as well as our popular adaptation of Dylan Thomas’ A Child’s Christmas in Wales.

Creative Team:
Piano: Eddie Guttman
Violin, Mandolin, Guitar: Kenny Kosek
Lighting: Sean Farrell
Costumes: Linda Fisher
Stage Manger: Jason Kaiser

Bailegangaire

bailegangairewritten & directed by: Tom Murphy

September 24 – November 24, 2002

Ireland’s most celebrated contemporary playwirght directs the production of his haunting tour-de-force. Mommo is a senile old woman trapped in the past. each night she begin to relate the story of a laughing competition- the story of Bailegangaire, the town without laughter, and how it came by its name. Her granddaughter determines that the only way for their family to escape the stranglehold of the part is for the story to be concluded tonight! Oliver-award winning actress Pauline Flanagan stars.

“by turns comic, pathetic and chilling… Mommo’s inarticulate lesson about the necessity and beauty of enduring takes hold of us all.” -New York Times

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