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NOW PLAYING: Brian Friel's TRANSLATIONS

At Church Street through May 17

Translations by Brian Friel
Directed by Mark A. Rhea

Through May 17
at CHURCH STREET THEATER

Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 pm
Sunday matinees at 2 pm

Tickets: $30 / $25 Students and Seniors

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Featuring Kevin Adams, Erin Buchanan, Peter Finnegan, Matthew Keenan, Daniel Lyons, Susan Marie Rhea, Stan Shulman, Samantha Sheahan, Colin Smith, and Jon Townson

“Brian Friel’s best play, telling with stark yet cunning power
a parable about war and the ways it can erase tradition.”
– The Village Voice

“…a tender, sad and funny play about the difficulty of finding a home in the world, a person to share it with, and a name to call it by.”
– The New York Times

Keegan's 2007-2008 10th Anniversary Season

Mojo Mickybo

by Owen McCafferty

November 15-December 1, 2007

directed by Eric Lucas

at Church Street Theater in DC

Belfast, 1970. After the premiere of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, two boys - one Protestant and one Catholic - make their way through the war torn streets as modern day outlaws. As fantasy and reality collide in this hysterical and moving two-hander, they are forced to confront the cultural divide that separates their worlds.

Alone It Stands

by John Breen (American Premiere)

November 15-December 15, 2007

directed by Eric Lucas & Kerry Waters Lucas

KEEGAN THEATRE new island project at Arlington ’s Theatre on the Run

Alone It Stands tells the tale of Munster Rugby Team’s legendary victory over ’s mighty All Blacks in Thomond Park , Limerick , in 1978. In the play, six actors play 62 roles, including the Munster team, the Kiwis, the two coaches, the ref, the crowd, the press, a pregnant woman, several children and a dog. Breen’s hysterical, high-energy play has been a staple in theatres across for almost a decade.

The Hostage

by Brendan Behan

February 21-March 29, 2008

directed by Mark A. Rhea

at Church Street Theater in DC

The IRA takes an innocent British soldier hostage in a bawdy Irish bar - he is to be shot if the British go through with the execution of an IRA youth. What follows, though, is a truly comic approach to both life and art; this is a circus of flamboyant colors and theatre styles.

Last Days of the Killone Players

by Eric Lucas (World Premiere)

March 6-April 5, 2008

directed by Leslie A. Kobylinski

KEEGAN THEATRE new island project at Arlington ’s Theatre on the Run

In a dying town in the west of Ireland , an amateur theatre group comes together for the first read of their final production. As the Celtic Tiger threatens to devour everything in its path, the group spends a single evening remembering, laughing, and embracing the past. Stories will be told and long-buried secrets will finally rise to the surface. Previous Lucas World Premieres staged by Keegan include King of Mackie Street, Precious Lam’, Waiting for the Slow Dance, and Tattoo Sky; previous Keegan shows directed by Kobylinski include Glengarry Glen Ross, Side Man, Portrait of a Madonna, and Suddenly Last Summer.

Translations

by Brian Friel

April 18-May 17, 2008

directed by Mark A. Rhea

at Church Street Theater in DC

A brilliant work of historical fiction, Translations explores the dilemma of traditions and national identity juxtaposed with colonialism and changing times in the politically charged landscape of early 1800s County Donegal . Inhabitants of a small town feel the repercussions as the British Royal Engineers Ordinance Survey come through their area Anglicizing Gaelic place-names. Set mostly in a ’hedge school,’ in Baile Beag (renamed Ballybeg), the locals try to deal with what is happening, and where and how they fit in. Friel’s drama touches the heart as sympathetic characters on both sides reach out to one another.

Closing Time

by Owen McCafferty (American Premiere)

May 15 -June 7, 2008

directed by Eric Lucas & Kerry Waters Lucas

KEEGAN THEATRE new island project at Arlington ’s Theatre on the Run

A run-down pub/hotel in Belfast acts as a refuge for the drinkers who stop there - including the owners. This is a day like many before it, yet different, as the people who gather realize that sometimes they must face up to the truth. Closing Time is a tender and comic portrait of love, dignity and emotional damage from the award-winning writer of Shoot the Crow, Mojo Mickybo and Scenes from the Big Picture.

Man of La Mancha

by Dale Wasserman, Music by Mitch Leigh, Lyrics by Joe Darion

July 10-August 16, 2008

directed by Mark A. Rhea

at Church Street Theater in DC

Based on Cervantes’ classic, Don Quixote comes to life as an old knight seeks honor in the world but instead finds true love. Since its off-Broadway beginnings in the 1960s, this show has warmed the heart and taught us all the importance of following our dreams. Keegan’s Tenth-Anniversary production will once again feature the incredible talent of Helen Hayes-nominated actor and Keegan company member David Jourdan as Don Quixote.

Stones In His Pockets

by Marie Jones

July 24-August 23, 2008

directed by Kerry Waters Lucas

KEEGAN THEATRE new island project at Arlington’s Theatre on the Run


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