PRESS RELEASE
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
by Martin McDonagh
opens at the
Actors Workshop Theatre
Wednesday, May 31st, at 8pm
A darkly funny and
explosive drama about co-dependence, cruelty, and last chances
revolving around
a mother and daughter as they cope with dead end lives in a remote
corner of Ireland where nothing ever happens.
About
the Play
AWT’s
production of The Beauty Queen of
Leenane
combines
the perfect blend of director
(Trudie Kessler, is the former head of DePaul’s voice and speech
department and upcoming Chair of Performance), lead actress (taking the title role
is ensemble-member Jacqueline Grandt, one of Chicago’s hidden
treasures), and uniquely intimate
space to capture the biting musicality of these trapped Irish
souls. Written in 1996, The Beauty
Queen
of Leenane performed to sold out crowds at London's Royal Court
Theatre and won four Tony Awards for its Broadway production.
About
the Author
Brazenly
unsentimental
in his dissection of these teetering hearts, Martin McDonagh, a
scorched-earth young Irish writer, has as much potential to transform
theater as any dramatist of the past few decades. He combines
intelligence, craft, raw power, and frightening humor, probing the
depths of the human soul. The Beauty
Queen of Leenane was McDonagh's first stage play, written at age
twenty-five.
About
the Schedule
Preview: Tuesday, May 30th, 8pm
Opens: Wednesday, May 31st, 8pm
Runs: Thu
6/1 only, Fri, Sat
8pm; Sun 3pm
Closes: Sun, July 9th
Tickets,
$25; Seniors
and Students, $20
Running time is approx 1:45 hours.
AWT is
located at 1044 W
Bryn Mawr, Chicago, 2 blks W of LSD, 2 blks E of Red Line El station.
Street parking (metered until 9pm) is available on Bryn Mawr, side
streets, and Broadway.
Reserve
48 hours
in advance. Credit cards accepted by phone and email to guarantee
seating.
Call:
773-728-7529
(RAV-PLAY)
Email:
reserve@actorsworkshop.org
Reservation
link:
www.actorsworkshop.org
Cast:
Jacqueline
Grandt; Debra Rodkin; Ken Still, Bob Wilson
Crew:
Trudie
Kessler (Director); Jason Daniels (Production Manager); E. Malcolm
Martinez (Stage Manager); John Horan
(Production Design); Kristofer Stengrevics (Set Designer/Builder); Rick
Lockett
(Sound Design); Rebekka James (Marketing Director); Jan Ellen Graves
(Press Manager)
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