CREW
Assistant Director and Production Manager:  Jennifer Decker

Stage Manager: Carole Kelly

CAST

Michelle Edwards

Eric Doss

Patricia Duran

Shondra Marie

Stephen Foulard

Lyndze Duke

Karen Schlag

David Anderson

Mike Switzer

Dan Laden

By the Bog of Cats

Written by Marina Carr

Directed by Randy Symank

Design by dozzHouston, Tx

Set in the mysterious landscape of the bogs of rural Ireland, Marina Carr’s lyrical play tells the story of Hester Swane, a woman tormented by the memory of her mother, who deserted her, and enraged by a man who has betrayed her. On the brink of heartbreak and desperation, she travels a terrible path of vengeance that results in a tragic conclusion. With this play, brimming with dark secrets, tangled histories, spirits and black humor, Mildred’s Umbrella puts their unique stamp on this unforgettable journey of contemporary tragedy wedded with ancient myth.

About the Playwright

Playwright Marina Carr was born in 1964 and brought up in County Offaly, Ireland. She graduated from University College of Dublin in 1987. Her plays to date include Low in the Dark, Deer’s Surrender, Ullaloo, This Love Thing, The Mai, Portia Coughlan, By the Bog of Cats..., On Raftery’s Hill, and Ariel. Ms. Carr has been awarded The Macaulay Fellowship, The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, The Hennessy Short Story Prize, and the E.M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her work has been translated into several languages and produced in America and Europe. Carr has been writer-in-residence at the Abbey Theatre, Trinity College, and Dublin City University.

Carr currently holds the Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. Endowed Chair in Irish Studies at Villanova University where she is teaching Modern Irish Play Voices and Playwriting.

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