A Tony Award nominee for Best Play in 2014. From the author of Doubt and Moonstruck comes a romantic comedy set in rural Ireland. Anthony and Rosemary are two introverted misfits who haven’t got a clue when it comes to love. These hopeless singletons will need to overcome a bitter land feud, familial rivalries and their own romantic fears to find happiness. Full of dark humor and poetic prose, John Patrick Shanley’s Outside Mullingar is a compassionate, delightful work about how it’s never too late to take a chance on love.
Under the direction of Ron Jones, Queensbury’s production of Outside Mullingar will be presented in the theatre’s intimate Black Box. The show stars Dylan Marks, Carl Masterson, and real-life mother and daughter Marietta and Allison Marich. Marietta Marich has been performing on stage and screen for over 50 years. She toured with Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra, hosted a late night talk show on channel 2 (KPRC) called Midnight with Marietta in the 60s, and starred in countless films and stage productions in Houston and beyond. The opportunity to perform with her daughter Allison brought Marietta back to the stage after a number of years away. Allison Marich is an accomplished stage actress in her own right, having performed major roles in numerous productions with Berkeley’s California Shakespeare Theatre, L.A.’s Odyssey Theatre, Dallas Rep, and Houston’s Alley Theatre.
Called "Mr. Shanley's finest work since DOUBT" by the New York Times, and "a valentine to the wonder and weirdness of love" by the New York Daily News, Outside Mullingar is the perfect play for the Valentine’s season.
Outside Mullingar will open on Friday February 10, and will run until February 25. Friday and Saturday shows begin at 8, with Sunday matinees at 2, and Thursday performances at 7:30. There will be a special Valentine’s Day performance at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, February 14th. For more information, or to order tickets call 713.467.4497, or go to www.queensburytheatre.org. The McTeggart Irish Dancers will perform in the Queensbury Theatre lobby for one half hour before each show.
Outside Mullingar is written by John Patrick Shanley, and is being produced by arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 440 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016.