About the production
On a remote Irish island in the 1930s, gossip-hungry neighbors and a young orphan known as “Cripple Billy” are thrown into turmoil when a Hollywood film crew arrives nearby.
“It would've been easy for director Kimberly Senior to go to the quaint-and-colorful route. But she and her cast avoid turning the townsfolk into merry blarney peddlers, thus preserving the script's dry humor and unpredictability.”
— Chicago Reader, Zac Thompson
“(Kimberly) Senior's take on McDonagh's fractious and loquacious yokels provides a decent amount of laughs, but it's the glancing moments of offhanded kindness that breathe some warmth into this unsentimental tale of dashed dreams and duplicity”
— Chicago Tribune, Kerry Reid
“This is a two plus hours of intimate storytelling, and Senior captures every word of McDonagh’s script with her strong cast.”
— Around the Town Chicago
“Director Kimberly Senior brings us face to face with these nosy pessimists and all the other colorful characters in this tight-knit and ready-fisted community.” “Senior’s sure directorial hand is apparent in her attention to small town behavior”
— Chicago on the Aisle, Nancy Malitz
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Credits
Written by Martin McDonagh
Directed by Kimberly Senior
Featuring Josh Salt (“Cripple” Billy Claven), Jan Ellen Graves (Kate Osbourne), Debra Rodkin (Eileen Osbourne), Baize Buzan (Helen McCormick), Patrick C. Whalen (Bartley McCormick), Brian Parry (Johnnypateenmike), Chris Rickett, Kathleen Ruhl
Set Jack Magaw
Lights Jack Magaw
Sound Chris Kriz
Costumes kClare Kemock
Photos by Kimberly Loughlin
