THE SYNGE FESTIVAL
September 18 - november 3, 2019
In celebration of one of Ireland’s finest writers, Quintessence Theatre will present the complete works of J.M. Synge in performance and recitation.
Festival Weekend Schedules:
October 25-27, 2019
friday, October 25
7:30pm - The Playboy of the Western World
10pm - Pint and a Poem
Saturday, October 26
11am - The Well of the Saints (Recitation)
2pm - The Playboy of the Western World
7:30pm - The Synge Triptych
10pm - Pint and a Poem
Sunday, October 27
3pm - The Synge Triptych (Post-show discussion with Dr. Joseph Lennon)
7pm - Deirdre of the Sorrows (Recitation)
October 18-20, 2019
Friday, October 18
7:30pm - The Synge Triptych
10pm - Pint and a Poem
Saturday, October 19
11am - Deirdre of the Sorrows (Recitation)
2pm - The Synge Triptych
7:30pm - The Playboy of the Western World
10pm - Pint and a Poem
Sunday, October 20
3pm - The Playboy of the Western World (includes a post-show discussion)
7pm - The Well of the Saints (Recitation)
THE ENSEMBLE
THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
Brandon Walters as Christopher Mahon
Joseph Langham* as Old Mahon
Joe Guzman* as Michael Flaherty
Melody Ladd as Margaret Flaherty (Pegeen Mike)
Megan McDermott* as Widow Quin
Christopher Moriss as Shawn Keogh
Floyd King* as Philly Cullen
E. Ashley Izard* as Jamie Farrell
Eunice Akinola as Sara Tansey
Hannah Wolff as Susan Bradey
Daniel Miller as Honor Blake and a Bellman
THE SYNGE TRIPTYCH | Riders to the Sea
E. Ashley Izard* as Maurya
Christopher Moriss as Bartley
Melody Ladd as Cathleen
Hannah Wolff as Nora
Daniel Miller, Eunice Akinola, Megan McDermott*, Brandon Walters, and Joe Guzman* as Townspeople
THE SYNGE TRIPTYCH | In The Shadow of the Glen
Joe Guzman* as Dan Burke
Eunice Akinola as Nora Burke
Brandon Walters as Michael Dara
Floyd King* as a Tramp
THE SYNGE TRIPTYCH | The Tinker’s Wedding
Daniel Miller as Michael Byrne
E. Ashley Izard* as Mary Byrne
Megan McDermott* as Sarah Casey
Floyd King* as a Priest
RECITATIONS:
DEIRDRE OF THE SORROWS
Melody Ladd - Deirdre, the beautiful, ill-fated heroine
Paul Hebon* as Conchubor, High King of Ulster
Brandon Walters as Naoise, son of Usna, Deirdre's lover
Marcia Saunders* as Lavarcham, Deirdre's nurse
Joe Guzman* as Fergus, a friend of Conchubor
Daniel Miller as Narrator and Ardan, brother of Naoise
Christopher Morriss as Ainnle, brother of Naoise
Joseph Langham* as Owen, a spy for Conchubor
Susan Giddings as Old Woman, servant to Lavarcham
THE WELL OF SAINTS
Joseph Langham* as Martin Doul, an elderly blind beggar
Elen Delopoulos* as Mary Doul, his wife, also blind
Michael Gamache* as Timmy, a young blacksmith
Kristin Devine as Molly Byrne, Timmy's beautiful fiancee
Hannah Wolff as The Bride and Mat Simon
Joel Guerrero as The Saint, a wandering holy man