DANCING AT LUGHNASA
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February 27 – April 4, 2010
written by Brian Friel directed by Elise Kauzlaric Brian Friel’s joyous and moving memory play tells the tale of the lives of the five Mundy sisters in 1930's rural Ballybeg. With the family’s reputation precariously balanced between shame for the youngest sister’s illegitimate son Michael, and pride over eldest brother Jack's priesthood, the Irish pagan festival of the harvest "La Lughnasa" becomes a flash point for adult Michael's heart-wrenching recounting of his family’s lyrical and moving history.
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Delightful…Seanachai’s production is gorgeous and tragic, dwelling on the wonderful calm before a terrifying storm." A moving portrait of a family’s downfall... Donahue’s set is a wonder... It’s no crime to be simply lovely, and Lughnasa’s world certainly is." |
The ensemble captures the piece’s very Irish combination of quick humor and painful melancholy. Wellington brightens the mood... Figgins finds the desperation... Klein, Sunseri and Roos hunger for love they can never know. |
Beautiful in its depth, and heartbreaking in its honesty." Friel’s play gets a delightful treatment... . Wellington shines the most – she is lovely, vibrant, and fun, yet can still find Maggie’s vulnerability and loneliness." |
