2005 Washington Irish Arts Festival
The Keegan Theatre, Proud to Participate
Washington Irish Arts Festival Committee announces
SIX local theatres performing Irish works!
The Keegan Theatre is proud to present its production of John Millington Synge's masterwork, The Playboy of the Western World, as part of the 2005 Washington Irish Arts Festival.
The annual Washington Irish Arts Festival supports Irish and Irish-American themed events in the weeks leading up to Saint Patrick's Day. Theater, films, music, poetry, book readings, seminars on Irish topics and more are included in the annual festival schedule.
FEB 17-MAR 19
The Keegan Theater presents
The Playboy of the Western World by John Millington Synge
Thurs, Fri, Sat at 8 PM; Sun matinees at 2 PM
Church Street Theater, 1742 Church Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036
Tickets: Call 703-527-6000x2 or email to reserve tickets, by writing to: boxoffice@keegantheatre.com
FEB 17-MAR 19
Fountainhead Theater presents
An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde (see more below)
Thurs, Fri, Sat @ 8pm Sat, Sun @ 2pm
Fountainhead Theatre Theatre on the Run, 3700 South Four Mile Run Drive, Arlington, VA, 22206
Tickets:$20 Call 703-920-5923
FEB 25-APR 3
SCENA Theater presents
The Lonesome West by Martin McDonough (see more below)
SCENA Theatre - Warehouse Theater; 1021 7th St NW, Washington DC. 202.783.3933
202.783.3933
FEB 23-MAR 20
The Olney Theater presents
Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw
2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road
Olney, MD 20832. Box Office: 301-924-3400
MAR 3-APR 3
Washington Stage Guild presents
You Never Can Tell by George Bernard Shaw
Washington Stage Guild - 1901 14th St NW, Washington DC
240.582.0050
MAR 9-APR 17
Studio Theatre presents
Afterplay by Brian Friel.
Metheny Theatre at Studio, 1501 14th Street NW
202-332-3300
2005 Washington Irish Arts Festival
Productions of Special Interest to Keegan Theatre-goers:
SCENA Theatre's The Lonesome West by Martin McDonough; Feb 25-Apr 3 at the Warehouse Theater; 1021 7th St NW, Washington DC. 202.783.3933
SCENA's third production of the 2004-2005 season is the Washington Premiere of popular Irish playwright Martin McDonough's The Lonesome West. Directed by Robert McNamara, it features Keegan's Producing Artistic Director and Director of Keegan's The Playboy of the Western World, Mark Rhea, and Keegan Artistic Associate, Eric Lucas, as two brothers living alone in their father's house after his recent death. The Lonesome West is presented in association with the Embassy of Ireland and the Irish Arts Festival 2005.
Fountainhead Theatre's An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde; Feb 17-Mar 19 at Theatre on the Run, 3700 South Four Mile Run Drive, Arlington, VA, 22206 703-920-5923 Fountainhead Theatre's production of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband is directed by the award-winning director, Leslie A. Kobylinski (who will also direct Keegan's spring mainstage production, Side Man) and is jammed-packed with talented high-power actors, many of whom have graced the Keegan stage including Richard Mancini, Jim Jorgensen, Charlotte Akin, Nanna Invarsson, Danny ladmirault, and Larry Danielle.
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