on the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage
A North American Premiere
By Nancy Harris
Directed by Marc Atkinson Borrull
Starring Kate Mulgrew
With Zach Appelman, Sean Bell, David Mattar Merten, Ayana Workman
Kate Mulgrew gives a shrewd and nuanced portrayal… A FIRST-CLASS PRODUCTION – Charles Isherwood, The Wall Street Journal
★★★★
MULGREW IS SENSATIONAL as Beiv … Donal, [played by] AN ACHINGLY SYMPATHETIC BELL, knows who he is and what he wants. – Raven Snook, Time Out
Director Marc Atkinson Borrull creates TERRIFIC TENSION that had me jumping in my seat. – Pete Hempstead, TheaterMania
The production is anchored by one PITCH-PERFECT PERFORMANCE after another – most notably from Kate Mulgrew…Colm McNally’s set gives life to everything. — Charles Passy, 100 Word Review
The Beacon is one of the FINEST DRAMAS OF THE YEAR.
– Thom Geier, Culture Sauce
Colm McNally’s set and projection design is FIRST RATE as is the sounds of the ocean by sound designer Liam Bellman-Sharpe.
– Joseph Cervelli, Theatre Time
Harris and Atkinson Borrull weave a MASTERFUL WEB OF SUSPENSE, building to a breathtaking conclusion that proves a BRAVURA SHOWCASE for the show’s leading lady, Kate Mulgrew.
– Elysa Gardner, NY Sun
A tragic accident, a dead husband. Accusations resurfaced. Everyone will have a different interpretation. When you look at it, what do you see?
Beiv, a renowned artist, has left her suburban Dublin home for a secluded cottage on a rugged island off the coast of West Cork, Ireland. Here, there is no escaping the rumors of her shadowy past, and Beiv lets everyone see right in. Her relative peace is disrupted when her estranged son, Colm, returns home with his new wife, searching for answers about his father’s mysterious death. Prying into the past comes with a cost, however, and returning to the island will leave some people searching for a light – and others avoiding its glare.
Commissioned by Druid in 2016, Nancy Harris’s play The Beacon was co-produced at the Gate Theatre as part of the 2019 Dublin Theatre Festival.
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Recommended for audiences 12 and older.
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