Can a play be both brutal and tender, as gentle as it is harsh? Such paradoxes seem utterly natural when describing McPherson's painfully beautiful Dublin Carol.Exploring the gap between blarney and real human emotion, Dublin Carol is a subtle portrayal of a man hampered by alcohol, barely hanging onto his life. Fifty-ish undertaker John Plunkett drinks the better part of a bottle of whiskey throughout the course of a day but, as he points out, remembers to eat, has a bed to sleep in, and shows up for work each morning. Spinning tales about his past to his young assistant, Plunkett reveals that he used to be much worse, barely a step above a street drunk. A surprise visit from his estranged daughter makes him face the effect he has had on the lives of the people around him, revealing lost opportunities, a misused past, and giving him one last chance to make it all right.
Theatre in the Little Theatre will present this play on September 15 & 16th at 8 pm in Franklin’s Barrow Civic Little Theatre (1223 Liberty Street). Ed Ramage will perform the role of John Plunkett, Ted Smith plays Mark and Shelia Plymire is Mary Plunkett The cost is $7. There will be a cash bar. This play contains adult language and may be inappropriate for children under the age of 16.
TiLT is supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency
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Let's hear it for drama with adult language! Huzzah! Hopefully, I'll be able to make it down.
Dittman, I meant to write and thank you for the article on LPFM stations and podcasting. Some interesting stuff there. Hike over to Buffalo St. sometime and we'll kick it around over a bottle of wine and Indian food.
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