Eleemosynary:
La Cosa Nostra in association with Friars Gate Theatre Kilmallock present "Eleemosynary" by Lee Blessing. It is a very dramatic piece for three female actors which runs without an interval for 90 mins.
Dorothea | Helena Enright | |
Artie | Sinead Fahy | |
Echo | Maeve Mc. Grath |
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 |
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Set Design/Construction | Jay Cavanagh Michael Noonan |
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: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)
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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. |