eleemosynary

Cast:

Maeve Mc. Grath

Meave McGrath (O Connor) studied drama at Trinity College, Dublin graduating in 1991. Maeve has worked extensively in theatre, film and television where her credits include:
Television: Radio-Waves (BBC), Ballykissangel (BBC), Fair City (RTE), Mother me daughter (ITV).
Theatre: Spring Awakening (Wendla), Camino Real (Esmerelda), The Plough and the Stars (Mollser), Mrs Klein (Paula), Semi-Private (Nurse Farrell), Woman of No Importance (Alice).
Film: Gold in the Streets (Liz), Cowboys and Angels (Anne). Meave is a licentiate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and runs a successful drama school in Limerick City.

Sinead Fahy

Sinead Fahy studied at the Gaiety School of Acting. For many years she has been actively involved in television and theatre working as both a performer and a technician.
Theatre: Lovers (Mags), The Glass Menagerie (Laura), The Gingerbread Lady (Polly). She is also a founder member of La Cosa Nostra Theatre Company and played Agnes in their debut production of Agnes of God. Television: Ros na Run (TG4) as Dr. de Paor.

Helena Enright

Helena Enright studied acting with the London College of Music and CentreStage Theatre School, Limerick.
Theatre: Lovers (Female Narrator), The Gingerbread Lady (Toby),
In 2002 she co-produced V-Day Ireland and performed in The Vagina Monologues in Dublin, Cork and Limerick.Our Town (Mrs Gibbs)
Film: The Maurice Hickey Election Special, (RTE) and Cowboys and Angels (Estate Agent). Helena teaches drama, and runs CentreStage Junior Theatre School. A founder member of Amalgamotion Theatre Company, Helena is currently pursuing an MA in Drama & Theatre Studies at UCC.

Crew:

Director:		Gerard Meagher
Assistant Director		Margie Nagle
Production Manager:		Jay Kavanagh
Sound Design		Tom O Sullivan
Lighting Design		Gerard Meagher
Make-up Design		Yvette Meagher
Costume Design:		Jacqui Fitzpatrick
Set Design/Construction		Jay Cavanagh Michael Noonan
:Wings Design		Martin Folyn
Voice Coach		Margie Nagle
Sound Editing		Justin Boohan
8mm Movie Editing		John Casey
Rehearsal & Pre Production		Friars Gate Theatre
Programme and Publicity		Con Downing
Finance & Marketing		Claire Cox

Author: (Lee Blessing)

Lee Blessing was born in Minneapolis in 1950. He received his B.A. from Reed College in Portland, Oregon and a double M.F.A. in poetry and playwriting from the University of Iowa.
His plays include: Fortinbras, Down The Road and Two Rooms (commissioned and produced by the La Jolla Playhouse); Cobb (Yale Repertory Theatre); Eleemosynary (Manhattan Theatre Club); Lake Street Extension , (Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati), Riches, Independence ,Oldtimers Game and Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music , (all at Actors Theatre of Louisville).
A Walk in the Woods opened on Broadway in 1988 and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for Best Play, and its subsequent West End production in London starring Sir Alec Guinness was nominated for the Olivier Award. It has since been produced worldwide and on PBS's American Playhouse.