Irish Play Series: Dancing at Lughnasa

A rehearsed and fully staged reading of Brian Friel’s 1990 play Dancing at Lughnasa. Performed by an all-star local cast and directed by Tony nominee Wilson Milam.

This month has been different. The five Mundy sisters acquired a wireless radio, and dance music now fills the kitchen when the battery works. Jack, eldest Mundy brother and local hero, arrived back home after working abroad for 25 years. Gerry, the wayward father of the youngest sister’s illegitimate son, turned up unannounced on the doorstep. And all of Ballybeg is in the grip of the upcoming Lughnasa festival. The household is under threat. Beliefs are challenged. Secrets blurted out. Loyalties fractured.

Change seems inevitable for the Mundys.

CAST

Michelle Allen — Rose Mundy
Garrett Bennett — Jack Mundy
Chloe Bohonos — Chris Mundy
Ali Budge – Agnes Mundy
Ted Dowling — Michael Mundy
Helen Heaslip — Kate Mundy
Patrick Hurlburt — Gerry Evans
Christen Muir – Maggie Mundy

DIRECTOR

Wilson Milam – Bainbridge Island: The Seafarer and Trad (Irish Play Series #1 and #2, BPA); The North Plan (inD Theatre, Rolling Bay); Jellyfish Apocalypse (Island Theatre Ten Minute Play Festival, BPA). In Seattle: Festen (NCTC — Gregory Award Best Production); Outside Mullingar; American Buffalo; God of Carnage; Glengarry Glen Ross; The Seafarer (Seattle Rep). Other: The Lieutenant of Inishmore (RSC, London, NYC, LA); Othello (Shakespeares Globe, London); Hurlyburly (Old Vic, London); Killer Joe (Chicago, Edinburgh, London, NYC); On Such As We; Lay Me Down Softly (Abbey Theatre, Dublin). Milam grew up in Seattle.