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LAY ME DOWN SOFTLY

April 24 - May 25, 2014
written by Billy Roche
directed by Kevin Christopher Fox

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Set in rural Ireland in 1962, LAY ME DOWN SOFTLY takes us into the burlesque world of boxing, dipping into the shadowy, ropey avenues of the ring to meet Theo, the jealous, violent and charasmatic ringmaster, Lily, his lover; Peado, Theo's old, tired, and not so trusted sidekick, the vain and boastful boxer Dean; The limping, Adonis-like fighter Junior; and Emer, Theo's long lost daughter, whose arrival threatens the already unsteady equilibrium of this travelling roadshow.

CAST
Michael Grant (Theo)
Carolyn Kruse (Lily)
Jeff Christian (Peado)
Matthew Isler (Dean)
Dan Waller (Junior)
Jamie Young (Emer)

CREW
(Stage Manager)
(Lighting Design)
(Scenic Design)
(Costumes)
​(Sound)
Excellent... Goes the distance. The show works its charms slowly but surely. Fox's direction and the nimble cast tease out a warm, bittersweet
​character study."
~ CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Seanachai has wrought their minor heroism with a calm sense of assuredness."
~ CHICAGO THEATER BEAT
A cast that’s comedic and melancholic in equal measure charms and invites you to care. LAY ME DOWN SOFTLY saves it for the right reason at the right moment."
~TIME OUT CHICAGO
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