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Produced
by Charlie Mount with Photos by John Gallogly
and Charlie Mount
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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 - March11, 2007 Call
323-851-7977 Tickets
$20. Seniors $15. Students $5. In "Dancing At Lughnasa" five impoverished sisters in Ballybeg, Ireland in 1936 rely on familial love and bonding to help them, one offspring, and a sickly uncle survive hard times. But changes are approaching that will affect all their lives. The Industrial Revolution is finally about to hit their little corner of Ireland with devastating impact, and the entire world is just a few years way from a terrible conflagration. The dancing of the title is one of the ways that the sisters cope in Friel’s exquisitely lyrical masterpiece. (Lughnasa refers to a Celtic festival with its roots in pagan antiquity). With really no one to depend upon but each other, the extraordinary love between the five remarkable Mundy sisters navigates them through the various challenges of economics and romance at a turbulent time.
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The highlight of Theatre West’s 2006 summer festival, West Fest, was a superbly realized mounting of the Tony Award winning play by Brian Friel, "Dancing At Lughnasa." Performed by a gifted cast with an obvious affection for the material, the lovingly presented work delighted Theatre West summer audiences in a limited engagement. Now the show will return, promoted to the status of a full mainstage production, opening Friday, January 26, 2007.
From the Producer of the critically acclaimed plays "Requiem for a Heavyweight" and "The Lion in Winter" “Chestnuts
is commendably affording new audiences a chance at seeing productions
that might have been lost to history.” All Shows at Theatre West are Wheelchair Accessible. Bathrooms are not Wheelchair Accessible. Made possible with a grant from the Lloyd E. Rigler - Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation
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