Last Days of the Killone Players

The stereotypical image of Ireland, arising in part from a wealth of literary and theatrical works, involves a poor agricultural nation rich in tradition and slow to change.  In fact, Ireland has undergone a rapid period of booming economic growth and transformation over the last twenty years, a phenomenon known as the Celtic Tiger.  Keegan Theatre’s New Island Project attempts to explore the impact of this phenomenon through the microcosm of a small amateur theatre company holding the first reading of its final production in The Last Days of the Killone Players

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Happy Birthday Wanda June

  • wandajunepress-008_re.jpgHappy Birthday Wanda June           
  • Written by Kurt Vonnegut
  • Directed by Ellen Dempsey
  • Produced by American Century Theater
  • Reviewed by Debbie Minter Jackson

Who knew that Kurt Vonnegut had enough drama up the same sleeve that created such a seminal work as Slaughterhouse Five, to create a funny and poignant play?  Or that the issues raised in his inaugural attempt at playwriting would still be relevant and piercingly accurate almost forty years after its opening?  American Century Theater’s enjoyable rendition of Happy Birthday, Wanda June does an excellent job exploring Vonnegut’s ideas about integrity, social justice, duty and the American way.  The superb cast effectively conveys the playwright’s sarcasm and provocative wit. [Read more...]