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A WHISTLE IN THE DARK

March 23 – May 14, 2006
written by Tom Murphy
directed by Jeff Christian



​Michael Carney has emigrated from Mayo to Coventry, England - hoping to leave his past behind in his homeland.  Despite modest ambitions for a decent job and respectable family, he is relentlessly pursued by a past that is both the flesh of his own family and the soured spirit of a haunted, marginalised people. With tragic inevitability, the impossibility of escape from his own dark history becomes all too obvious. 

CAST
Coburn
Goss (Michael Carney) 
Dan Waller (Harry Carney)
Jack Briggs (Des Carney)
Mac Brandt (Iggy Carney)
Eamonn McDonagh (Hugo Carney)
John Kishline (Dada)
Sarah Wellington (Betty)
Robert Kauzlaric (Mush)
CREW
Susan Kaip (Scenic Design)
Aly Greaves (Costume Design)
A. Cameron Zetty (Lighting Design)
Heath Hays (Sound Design)
Kirsten D’Aurelio (Dialect Design)
Kelly McDowell (Stage Manager)
An astoundingly powerful piece of work... So explosive it’s a wonder that the walls are still intact. It’s a tribute to both the raw poetic dynamism of Murphy’s dialogue and the stellar performances of the ensemble”
~ CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Terrific acting.  Christian’s cast charges right into the mayhem.  Kishline’s foul-tempered, macho patriarch fulminates ... Goss’ decent, ineffectual Michael dams himself up... But the big kudo goes to  Waller for his meaner-than-life Harry, a muscular lout of such constipated machismo his bitterness against anyone successful is frightening to behold.”
~ CHICAGO FREE PRESS
Then there were shows so life-like audiences could feel they were eavesdropping, that the slightest noise might give them away (the you-could-hear-a-pin-drop standard that should be aimed at more often). Seanachaí’s A WHISTLE IN THE DARK was combustibly authentic in its depiction of an Irish family where
​manly means mean. “
~ PERFORMINK
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      • PARCEL FROM AMERICA - at the Irish American Heritage Center
      • DOUBT: A PARABLE - tour
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      • PINEAPPLE - at The Den >
        • PINEAPPLE - tour
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      • Shane Kenyon - "Sweat"
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