The 2002 - 2003 Season

Please note that tickets go on sale at the theatre at 7:00 PM. Tickets cost $10 per performance, $7 for students and seniors. The lobby doors to the theatre open at approximately 7:30 PM and the audience may then go in and take their seats. Curtain goes up at 8:00 PM. Reserved tickets must be picked up by 7:30 PM. Plays normally run from 2 to 3 hours. We request that all cell phones and pages be turned off or set to vibrate so as not to disturb the performance.

An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, Directed by David Parry October 30-November 2 and November 7-9, 2002
LONDON, the end of the 19th century. Sir Robert and Lady Chiltern are hosting a soiree to which their “genteel” society acquaintances have been invited. Enter Mrs Cheveley, who has recently arrived in London but was a schoolgirl acquaintance of Lady Chiltern. Rapidly, it becomes clear that she exerts some sort of power over Sir Robert, a high ranking politician and a man of renowned honesty. Intrigue follows, threatening the Chilterns ideal marriage. But.....this is Oscar Wilde, so we may be assured that things will turn out alright in the end and that the dialogue will be both witty and pointed, impaling many of the upper crust society dwellers along the way.
Blackwater Angel by Jim Nolan, Directed by John Collins February 26-March 3 and March 6-8, 2003
SET in County Waterford in summer 1666, this play considers the effect of a great “gift”, that of being able to heal by faith alone, on the healer and his family. It is based upon a true character, Valentine Greatrakes (1629-83), a former soldier with Oliver Cromwell, who has discovered in himself the power to heal. The play examines the conflicts they face and the sacrifices they are all forced to make in living with this gift. When Greatrakes meets a troupe of travelling players whose number includes the foundling Angel Landy, he seeks to discover his own inner peace through her. But, if he is able to solve the mystery of Angel Landy, will he lose her and thereby his only chance of achieving this peace? This play will be entered in the EODL's full-length play festival in spring of 2003.
Bold Girls by Rona Munro, Directed by Patricia Parry April 23-26 and May 1-3, 2003
AGAINST the backdrop of sectarian violence in Belfast in the early 1990’s, this is the story of three women, all of whom have lost their men as a result of their political affiliations, and how they struggle with their day-to-day routine. This, however, is a play about people, not politics. Typical Belfast humour abounds in the interactions among Marie and her neighbours Cassie and Nora until Deirdre, a waif-like but clearly dangerous teenager arrives on Marie’s doorstep. Her appearance, and the emotional baggage she brings with her, threatens the very fabric of this relationship. This play will compete in the 2003 AIITF, to be held in Boca Raton Florida, in May 2003.

Please note that Wednesday and Thursday performances are "benefit nights". These are nights that we sell to community groups for fund raising purposes. They sell the tickets for the night they purchased, and the difference between the cost of the night and the revenue goes to the cause they espouse.

Riders to the Sea CLOSED! by John Millington Synge, Directed by Kel Morin-Parsons September 28, 2002
AFTER nine days of constant grieving for her missing son, Michael, who, she feels certain, has been drowned, old Maurya has fallen into a fitful sleep. Her daughter, Cathleen, is busy with household tasks, when another daughter, Nora, slips quietly into the kitchen with a bundle given her by the young priest. It contains part of the clothes taken from the body of a drowned man far in the north. They have been sent to Maurya’s cottage for possible identification. The play is set on the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland. The sea is the source of life for the islanders but also the inevitable cause of their death. Synge’s use of Irish dialect creates a rhythmic language which counteracts symbolic imagery in the story. This play will be entered into the EODL's One Act play festival in the fall of 2002. It will be featured at Tara's annual Irish evening.
There will also be Irish dancing and music for your entertainment.

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