A Potomac Stages Pick for four strong performances of an emotionally charged play

           "There aren't many plays out there as good a match for the aura and feel of Keegan Theatre as those of Martin McDonagh's Leenane Trilogy. The richness of the attachment to the land, the openness of the language, the fatalism that permeates the attitudes, and the intensity of love/hate relationships that the Keegan folk seem to cherish and which they are so good at replicating on this side of the Atlantic is the essence of these plays. . . Linda High captures . . . the underlying anger and regret, with just her glances and her posture in her depiction of the mother . . . It is all there in the opening scene and it fascinates throughout the evening. Nanna Ingvarsson. . . lets her character's essence come into focus . . . into a rich portrayal that has its own fascination. . . Scott Graham. . . layers the terse local attitudes with the energy of the big city so well . . . His Act II opening monologue. . . is a stand-alone gem of a scene. . . Joe Baker . . .turns in some of his best work for Keegan . . . George Lucas' finds the right look for the bleakness of the western Irish country in his set design. . . complimented nicely by both Dan Martin's lighting and by Maggie Butler's just-right costumes. . ."

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