Origin Theatre Company Artistic Director George C Heslin in association with NYU Glucksman Ireland House the Sixth Annual Mondays of May Play Reading Series Monday, May 3rd 2010 7.30pm
*Make sure you call and RSVP seating is limited*
Four Last Things
by
Lisa Tierney Keogh
Directed by Chris Henry
"An accomplished piece of theatre that hits you right in the solar plexus. The author's writing is lyrical, hard-hitting and tender."
Ireland's Sunday Independent
Cast includes
Colin Lane, Eric T. Miller, Labhaoise Moloney
AT
NYU Glucksman Ireland House
1 Washington Mews
on Fifth Avenue
between Washington Sq North & 8th St
Free Event
wine reception to follow with playwright
RSVP required 212 253-8300
Janey is dropping out... Of college, of friends, of life. Stuck on her
family farm, yearning for Dublin, she wants to swap the green fields for a concrete jungle and the endless quiet for a ceaseless noise. With a father she can't talk to, and a dog that can't talk back to her... An achingly true play that vigorously explores our most secret beliefs
Lisa won the Irish Times Theatre Awards Bursary and was nominated for the Stewart Parker Trust/BBC New Writing Award, Ireland's most prestigious new writing award. Lisa has received writing bursaries from the Arts Council of Ireland, Dublin City Council, Screen Training Ireland and The Peggy Ramsay Foundation. In 2009, she was a finalist for the BBC Tony Doyle Award and was a member of the inaugural New Playwrights Programme at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. Her sixth stage play, Four Last Things, sold out its premiere run at the Dublin Fringe Festival 2009 and was nominated for four Fringe Festival Awards including Best New Play and Best Production. Lisa is currently working on a new play for the Abbey Theatre, Ireland.
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