February 10, 2017 | Theatre,
On Isolation
In a small house in the mountains of Ireland, a lonely spinster locks horns with her house-bound, manipulative mother in a rage-filled battle of the wills. Written by Ireland’s...
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February 6, 2017 | Theatre,
Beauty Queen of Leenane Glossary
As a part of the preparation for the Play Reading Book Club, the teaching artists provided this very helpful glossary to unpack potentially unfamiliar terms used in the play. Enjoy!...
Read MoreFebruary 1, 2017 | Theatre,
Marie Mullen on returning to ‘Beauty Queen’ in a role reversal
The New York Times: A Mother-Daughter Brawl: In ‘Beauty Queen,’ Marie Mullen Now Knows Both Sides With only four characters and a single set, “Beauty Queen,” the first play in...
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February 1, 2017 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,
A Note from Co-Artistic Director P. Carl on ‘The Beauty Queen of Leenane’
Part of our core mission is to create long arcs of relationships with artists and theatre companies. In the case of our current production, The Beauty Queen of Leenane,...
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January 23, 2017 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,
Arthur Miller meets The Beauty Queen by Rob Orchard
Twenty years ago I was in New York on theatre related business and unexpectedly had to stay over an extra day – which meant a free night. I had...
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January 11, 2017 | Theatre,
Time Has Stopped: The Work of Béla Pintér & Company by Tamás Jászay
What are the signature characteristics of work by Béla Pintér? Wide-reaching appeal, rich Hungarian values, tastelessness, authentic folklore, rampant kitsch, rituals and boisterous exhilaration—in the hands of Béla Pintér...
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January 11, 2017 | Theatre,
Our Secrets: Synopsis
Our Secrets takes us back to 1980s Budapest, during the days of Communist rule in Hungary. The characters are members of the Hungarian folk-music scene that emerged in the...
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January 9, 2017 | Theatre,
Exploring the Hungarian dance house movement of Our Secrets
1980. Soviet-era Hungary. In a dance hall, a musician confesses his private sexual desire for his seven-year-old step-daughter. And his government is taping his every word. Under threat of being...
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