by Eric Lucas
Directed by: Andrea "Spook" Testani
Written with great humanity and a big dose of dry wit, this piece is set in a small town in Southern Ireland. Francis McKeon, once proudly known as the King of Mackie Street, desperately tries to pick up the pieces as his world crumbles. With the sweet if ineffectual Dickie as his best friend and a dim-witted nephew in tow, they journey through a hilarious and haunting series of events, which leads them down a path none of them could imagine.
Cast: Bill Buell*, Mario Campanaro*, Pamela Dunlap*, Sam Tsoutsouvas*, Alex Wipf*
February 22nd - March 6th
Wednesdays through Mondays at 8:00 pm
Saturday matinees at 3:00 pm
There is NO performance SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 29TH (Note: there IS a performance Monday, March 1st)
Previews begin Sunday, February 22nd
Official Opening, Thursday, February 26th
Tickets, just $15.00
$10.00 with a valid student ID. TDF Accepted
Scenic Design: SHOKO KAMBARA
Costume Design: CATHY SMALL
Lighting Design: ANDREW KEEGAN
Stage Manager: CAROL A. SULLIVAN*
Assistant Director: MEGAN KIEFER
Casting Consultant: MATT MESSINGER
Dialect Coach: SHEILA LYNOTT
Assistant Scenic Designer: NANCY MURPHY
Scenic Artist: ERIKA HAMMINGER
Graphic Artist: GLENN LEDOUX
Eric Lucas (Playwright) is an actor, director and playwright. His plays include THE KING OF MACKIE STREET (Kennedy Center New American Play finalist, Maryland state Arts Council Individual Artist Award), OF THESE DAYS PAST, PRECIOUS LAM', and HAPPY HOUR. His play WAITING FOR THE SLOW DANCE was produced by Vital Theatre Company's Vital Signs New Works Festival, and subsequently published by Zoetrope Magazine. He is a founding member of the internationally acclaimed Keegan Theatre as well as Artistic Director of the Keegan's NewIsland Stage Company.
Andrea "Spook" Testani (Director) is happy to be back at Vital where she has directed several one-acts, including FRIENDS OF THE DECEASED, ICE FISHING PROSTITUTE and MANLY MEN DOING MANLY THINGS. Other directing credits include: TARTUFFE, THE MENEACHMI, T-BONE N WEASEL, VERONICA'S ROOM, PLAZA SUITE and several readings and workshops of new plays throughout the city. She is currently the stage manager for I AM MY OWN WIFE, at the Lyceum Theatre.
Bill Buell* (Francis "Frankie" McKeon) has appeared on Broadway in URINETOWN, 42ND STREET, TITANIC, TOMMY, TAKING STEPS, BIG RIVER, ANNIE, ONCE A CATHOLIC, THE FIRST, WELCOME TO THE CLUB, THE MISER and ANNA KARENINA. Off-Broadway: the Vineyard, TFNA, MTC, Underwood, Playwrights Horizons, and Classic Stage Company. With the Public's Shakespeare in the Park: TARTUFFE, WINTERS TALE and TWELFTH NIGHT. Regional: Yale Rep, Westport Country Playhouse, Seattle Rep, The Old Globe, Eugene O'Neill Theatre Ctr and the Denver Center Theater. Film: SPY GAME, WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, THE LOVE LETTER, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, QUIZ SHOW and the upcoming PALLENDROMES, KINSEY and DARK WATER. Television credits include many appearances, including CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM and COSBY.
Mario Campanaro* (Billy Sayre). Broadway: METAMORPHOSES (debut). Regional: THE MYSTERIES, METAMORPHOSES, THE ODYSSEY, BAD BLOOD, ELVIS EVERYWHERE, THE MESSENGER (workshop), DEAD SOULS (world premiere), BURIED CHILD, FALSETTOS, SCHOOL FOR HUSBANDS, RING AROUND THE MOON, SUMMER FOLK, ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL. Film: BROTHERS, KNITTING IS DANGEROUS, THE GOOD STUDENT. Television: AS THE WORLD TURNS. Graduate of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Pamela Dunlap* (Moya McKeon) was born in New York City, educated in Paris, and New York. Created the roles of Marjorie Baverstock in MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940 (Broadway), and Lana in THE EARLY GIRL (Circle Rep.). Other recent NYC: New York Theatre Workshop, Joyce Theatre, Vital Theatre, Pantheon Theatre, Boomerang, and Chashama. Regional: BETTY'S SUMMER VACATION, THE SUM OF US (Pittsburgh Public Theatre), BOOK OF DAYS (Hartford Stage), REDWOOD CURTAIN (Alaska Theatre Festival), and six plays at South Coast Repertory. Film Credits: I AM SAM, CLOCK STOPPERS, NICK OF TIME, WAR OF THE ROSES, CLEAN AND SOBER, and the soon to be released MIND THE GAP, SIN, THE GREAT JOHN REXX. Television Guest Star appearances on many, many shows, including FRAISER and MAD ABOUT YOU.
Sam Tsoutsouvas* (Dicky "Ween" O'Dowd) while still a student in the Juilliard Drama Division, he made his professional debut in 1971 in the New York Shakespeare Festival Production of PEER GYNT in Central Park. He was most recently in the Public Theater's TWO NOBLE KINSMEN and Classic Stage Company's THE MYSTERIES. He last appeared on Broadway in the Alan Ayckborn-Andrew Lloyd Webber production, BY JEEVES.
Alex Wipf* (Eamon Boyle). Broadway: VICTOR/VICTORIA (Toddy standby), TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE WE GO, FEARLESS FRANK, DA (Charlie Now), 6 RMS RIV VU and AN EVENING WITH RICHARD NIXON. Off-Broadway: Mark Medoff's THE MAJESTIC KID (Laredo Kid/co-produced), POPPIE NONGENA (Obie for singing in Zulu and Ghosta, which also played 1983 Edinburgh Festival). TV: LAW & ORDER, LAW & ORDER C.I. (air date 2/22/04), ANOTHER WORLD, ONCE LIFE TO LIVE. Film: Alan Pakula's ROLLOVER and Indies: PUPPET and GAME DAY. Julius Monk's Plaza 9 revue. Lots of commercials and regional theatre.
Shoko Kambara (Scenic Design) recent projects include SIX AVAILABLE MEN at HB Studios, LIL PERVS at The Red Room, PONIES at the 2003 Fringe Festival, and a Math/Botany Exhibit at the Botanical Center, Smith College. Shoko has also been working with set designer Derek McLane for the past few years on many projects. She received her MFA in Scenic Design at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
Andrew Keegan (Lighting Designer) credits include, LES ANIMAUX (The John Houseman Theater), THE UPS AND THE DOWNS (The Collective Unconscious Theater), ORESTES (Franklin Stage Theater), SHORT IVES (Abbott Kaplan Theater), FACE, SLOW OCTOBER, CATHERINE, TEMPTED EVOLUTION, and RIVER OF ORCHIDS (Dance Theater Lab). Andrew has also worked with the National Theater of the Deaf. He has recently graduated with a BFA in Lighting Design from SUNY Purchase.
Cathy Small (Costume Designer). Design credits include COSI FAN TUTTE, ORFEO ED EURIDICE, and L'ELISIR D'AMORE at Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts in Katonah, NY; DON GIOVANNI for The Bronx Opera; AVENUE A, BOBBY SUPREME, and PICK UP AXE for 29th St. Rep. in NYC; and Resident Costume Designer for the Actors Studio Drama School '99-'03 Repertory Seasons. Upcoming projects include this summer's Opera Festival at Caramoor including PARIDE ED ELENA, CENDRILLON, and DON CHICHIOTTE.
Carol A. Sullivan* (Stage Manager) credits include work for Marvin Krauss Assocs., Target Margin, Boomerang Theatre, the A TRAIN PLAYS, The Lady Cavaliers and British American Theatre Alliance. Her Production Assistant credits include Niko Companies (I AM MY OWN WIFE, Broadway), Araca Group (MATCH) and Lark Theatre
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