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Theatre West member and playwright Ray Bradbury was honored this spring with a Special Award from the Pulitzer organization (For details, go to www.pulitzer.org) . Now, in celebration, Theatre West is reviving its Pulitzer honoree’s comedy “Falling Upward.” Last produced by Theatre West in 2001, it moved from there to the Falcon Theatre, where it set then-records at the box office.
            Five decades ago, Ray spent nine months in Ireland working on the screenplay for “Moby Dick” for director John Huston. Ray’s nights were spent soaking up the local pub culture. Upon returning to America, he was moved to write about the characters he met at his favorite pub, which became the impetus for his book “Green Shadows, White Whale,” and later the play, which debuted 1n 1988 at the Melrose Theatre.
            “Falling Upward” relates the adventures of the regulars at Heeber Finn’s pub in County Kilcock. The boyos field an entry in a sprinting competition, assist the victim of a traffic collision, scheme to gain control of the contents of a celebrated wine cellar, confront a small but somewhat flamboyant band of travelers arriving from Sicily (with whom they are brought to understand that they share more similarities than differences), and generally enjoy the unique fellowship that a pub in Ireland facilitates.
            The boyos are generally working-class fellows (who seem to have lots of time to spend at the pub), and defer to Finn, who has provided this haven for them. Their spiritual advisor is Father Leary, who occasionally stops in for a nip. They have an unofficial leader, Garrity.
            In this new production, Garrity is portrayed by Pat Harrington, Jr. The star of Broadway, movies and regional theatre is best known and loved by millions for his comic creations on television, including Dwayne Schneider on “One Day At A Time” and Guido Panzini on “The Jack Paar Show” (57 guest appearances). He was also a regular with Steve Allen, “The Danny Thomas Show” and “Owen Marshall: Counselor At Law.” His films include “Easy Come, Easy Go” (with Elvis), “Move, Over, Darling,” “The President’s Analyst” and “The Candidate.” His L.A. theatre credits include “The House of Blue Leaves,” “Love Letters,” “Blackout,” “The Pajama Game,” and at Theatre West, “Harrington and Storm.” He is the recipient of the Emmy®, Golden Globe and Drama-Logue Awards.
            Also in the new cast of “Falling Upward” will be Abbott Alexander, Walter Beery, Roger Cruz, Matthew Hoffman, Robert W. Laur, Donald Moore, Matt Ritchey and Philip Sokoloff.
            Tim Byron Owen directs. He promises a fresh perspective for “Falling Upward” as the first Irishman to direct this play, which Bradbury subtitled “To Eire Is Human, To Forbid Divine,” referring to it as “a comedic Irish fable.”
            Owen is a founding member and former board president of The Celtic Arts Center Theater. He directed the acclaimed “Runt” with Michael Philip Edwards, lauded in L.A. and a prize-winner in Edinburgh. Tim also helmed the international hit “A Night In November,” which played locally at Celtic Arts Center and the Falcon Theatre, winning its star Marty Maguire an L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award. Owen founded the production company Sarah Fulton Group with Nick Cassavetes, which has produced multiple plays and two films, the Emmy-winning “Where’s Jo?” and “A Far Cry From a Distant Land.” Tim directed “Fighting Words,” about Welsh boxer Johnny Owen, which ran twice at the Celtic Arts Center and also in Wales, with a feature film about Johnny Owen in the works.
            “Falling Upward” is produced by Charlie Mount, the Producing Director of the Chestnuts Theatre program at Theatre West for which Mr. Mount produced the 50th anniversary production of “Requiem For a Heavyweight,” as well as the critically acclaimed productions of “The Lion in Winter” and “Dancing at Lughnasa.”
            Playwright Ray Bradbury has won many national and international literary awards and remains one of the most popular writers of modern times, with over 30 books and 600 short stories to his credit, as well as numerous plays produced over a span of 43 years, some of them produced under his own banner, Ray Bradbury’s Pandemonium Theatre Company. Its recent “Ray Bradbury’s Green Town” played a sold-out engagement at Fremont Centre Theatre, and he plans to return there this October with a new Halloween show. Acclaimed as a master of science fiction, he refers to himself as a writer of fantasy. His newest book, “Now and Forever,” is due for publication on August 22, 2007, his 87th birthday.
            Enjoy the warmth, wit and humor of America’s beloved storyteller with Ray Bradbury’s “Falling Upward.”

Charlie Mount and Theatre West Present a Chestnuts Production
DANCING AT LUGHNASA
The Tony Award Winning Play by Brian Friel
Directed by John Gallogly

January 26 - March 10, 2007
Fri and Sat at 8pm. Sun at 2pm.

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Tickets $20. Seniors $15. Students $5. Groups of 12 or more, $12 per ticket