Catch Conor McPherson’s Shining City at Theatre Exile!
by Ernie on 02/04/10 at 12:43 pm
Shining City, April 7, 2010 – April 25, 2010
By Conor McPherson
Theatre Exile will close the season with the Philadelphia premiere of Shining City by Conor McPherson, the award-winning playwright of The Weir and The Seafarer.
Two men meet as doctor and patient in a small office in Dublin. The patient, John, is being haunted by visions of his wife for whose accidental death he feels inexplicably responsible. The psychiatrist, Ian, has his own ghosts since leaving first the church then his new family. Both men move through their sense of guilt and culpability looking to find redemption in the most unlikely places. A hauntingly beautiful piece, Shining City is “as close to perfection as modern playwriting gets” (New York Times). Conor McPherson is a modern master storyteller, creating arias that reveal character through unfinished thoughts, silences and raw human emotion.
Plays & Players Theatre
1714 Delancey St
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Tickets and info:
215-218-4022
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Creative Team
Matt Pfeiffer – Director Matt serves as Associate Artistic Director of Theatre Exile where he’s directed Barrymore Nominated productions of Glengarry Glen Ross, Bug, and American Buffalo. Directing credits at Arden include directing Go, Dog. Go! and a workshop of Wittenberg. Area directing credits include: Walnut St., Delaware Theatre Co., 1812 Productions, Brat Productions, Lantern Theatre, and 13 seasons with the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Other credits include Two River Theatre and the Orlando Shakespeare Theatre. Later this spring Matt will direct The Foocy (Delaware Theatre Co). Matt is a five-time Barrymore Nominee and the recipient of the 2008 F. Otto Haas Award. Love to Kim.
Conor McPherson – Playwright plays include The Seafarer (premiered on Broadway in 2007), Poor Beast in the Rain, Port Authority, Dublin Carol (premiered on Broadway in 2002), The Weir (premiered on Broadway in 1999), St Nicholas and This Lime Tree Bower. His plays have been performed at Atlantic Theater Company, Primary Stages, National Theatre, The Royal Court Theatre, Gate Theatre, New Ambassadors Theatre, Duke of York’s Theatre, Dublin Theatre Festival and Bush Theatre, across the United States, as well as in Ireland, England, Germany, France, Australia, Poland, Italy, Japan, Argentina and Uruguay. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play in 2006 for Shining City, which premiered on Broadway in 2006; nominated for the 2002 South Bank Show Award for Best Play for Port Authority; received the 1999 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Play, the Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright, the Critics Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright and was a finalist for the Lloyds Bank Playwright of the Year Award for The Weir; and was the joint winner of 1997 George Devine Award and the winner of the Meyer Whitworth Award for Saint Nicholas. Mr. McPherson’s screenplays include Our Lady of the Forest for Channel 4, Brothers for Film Four, The Actors for Film Four/Miramax, Saltwater for Treasure Films/BBC (premiered at the Berlin Festival in 2000 and received The International Confederation of Art Cinemas Prize), Endgame for RTE/Channel 4, I Went Down for BBC/Treasure Films (Best Screenplay, San Sebastian 1997, selected at Cannes Festival, Edinburgh Festival and Sundance Festival) and MacIntyre (commission for Treasure Films). His award-winning screenplay The Eclipse, which he also directed, is slated for a limited US release this month.
Jorge Cousineau – Set/Sound/Properties Designer
Thom Weaver – Lighting Designer
Alison Roberts – Costume Designer
Sarah Chandler – Production Manager
Doug Smullens – Assistant Technical Director
Peter Escalada-Mastick – Master Electrician
Meghan Walsh – Stage Management
Cast
William Zielinski (Ian) has been performing in Philadelphia for the past 16 years. Bill was last seen at Theatre Exile in Bug (Barrymore Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor) and Glengarry Glen Ross (Barrymore, Best Emsemble) Other theatre includes: The Seafarer (the Arden Theater), Eventide (Denver Center), Mr. Bailey’s Minder (Walnut Studio) Arsenic and Old Lace (Baltimore Center Stage), To Kill A Mockingbird (Virginia Stage Company), Lost In Yonkers (Walnut Street Theatre), Winesburg, Ohio (Arden Theatre Company), The National Tour of Trumbo with Brian Dennehy, and Eden (Brat Productions) Bill is a six time Barrymore nominee and was a member of the Barrymore winning ensembles for The Laramie Project (Philadelphia Theatre Company), and The Comedy of Errors (Lantern Theatre Company).
Scott Greer (John) is thrilled to make his Theatre Exile debut. He has worked extensively in Philadelphia and other regional theatre markets. Locally, Scott has worked for Walnut St., Wilma, Arden, InterAct, 1812 Productions, and others. He has appeared as a solo vocalist with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Scott has won four Barrymore Awards, including the F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Theatre Artist. Many thanks to Joe, Trish and Pfeif. Love always to Jen and Lily.
Keith J. Conallen (Laurence) is thrilled to make his Exile debut. Keith has worked with Azuka Theater, Flashpoint Theater (Barrymore Nominated), Brat Productions, Lantern Theater; readings for Ego Po, Wilma Theatre and Philadelphia Theatre Company. As Creative Director of Traverse Arts Project/TAP, Keith has produced two seasons of the fundraising Runway Project and is currently writing/directing/producing POP! – a monthly pop-culture sketch/improv/cabaret ensemble. Look for Best of POP! in the 2010 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. And check http://www.traversetheater.org/ for more info. Thanks to Matt, Joe, cast and crew. Go Team! Love to the club, family, friends and most especially, Grant.
Geneviéve Perrier (Neasa) is thrilled to be back at Exile. She was most recently seen as Sarah in Bruce Graham’s Any Given Monday. She has worked with Act II, Azuka, Headlong, Mum Puppettheatre, Philadelphia Children’s Theater, and Pig Iron. She received the 2008 Barrymore for Leading Actress for her work in Skylight and was nominated that same year for Supporting Actress for her work in The Lonesome West, both at The Lantern. She is currently receiving her MFA at Temple University and is part of Temple’s inaugural reparatory season where she will be seen in The Three Sisters and Measure for Measure. She would like to thank Exile for this opportunity and her Temple family for their support.
