WaterTower Theatre Announces Cast for LT. OF IRISHMORE

WaterTower Theatre Producing Artistic Director Terry Martin today announced casting details for Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore, directed by Terry Martin. The production will be performed on the Main Stage, January 7-February 6, 2011.  The cast features Jason C. Kane as Donny; Tony Daussat as Davey; Matt Moore as Padraic; Kayla Carlyle as Mairead; Matt Tolbert as James; Clay Yocum as Christy; Ian Ferguson as Brendan and Evan Fuller as Joey.
 
The Lieutenant of Inishmore tells the story of what happens following a bit of an accident with Wee Thomas. Padraic, the head of a section of the Irish National Liberation Army, loves his cat Wee Thomas "more than life itself." Padraic rushes home after learning Thomas is doing poorly. When he meets up with his dad, his young neighbors, and some former colleagues, the search begins for the truth.

McDonagh's works are widely known and performed throughout the United States and Europe. He is simultaneously sardonic and morose, witty and extremely smart. He uses his characters to illustrate the hypocrisy of violence as they obliterate themselves and most everything around them for the sake of coming out on top.

The show is recommended for mature audiences as their scenes of extreme theatrical violence and adult language.  
  
Martin McDonagh was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe this year for his first feature film, In Bruges. He already earned an Oscar for his short film Six Shooter, four Tony nominations for Best Play and England's prestigious Olivier Award for The Pillowman. The New Yorker places him on the highest plane of playwrights, pointing out that he's the "first dramatist since Shakespeare to have four works professionally produced on the London stage in a single season!"
 
Multi-award winning Director Terry Martin is in his 13th season as Producing Artistic Director of WaterTower Theatre where he has overseen more than 67 productions, most recently as the director of Our Town.

Under his leadership WTT has grown from a small local theatre company to one of the leading regional theatres in Texas.  While consistently maintaining the artistic integrity of the work WTT produces and gaining much critical acclaim, he has - through keen business acumen - managed to keep the theatre in the black and maintain a phenomenal 90% paid capacity for the last five seasons.Some of his 36 directing credits at WTT include As You Like It, Almost, Maine, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Man of La Mancha, Humble Boy, The Crucible, Take Me Out, A Country Life (which he adapted from Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and won the 2005 Rabin Award - Best New Play), Cabaret, It Ain't Nothin' But The Blues, Company, An Inspector Calls, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Laramie Project, You Can't Take It With You, Book of Days, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2002 Rabin Award - Director of a Play), Sweeney Todd (2002 Rabin Award Nomination - Director of a Musical), Desire Under the Elms, Ravenscroft, Rockin' Christmas Party (2000, 2001), Enter the Guardsman (2001 Rabin Award Nomination - Director of a Musical), Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill and Little Shop of Horrors (2000 Rabin Award Nomination - Director of a Musical) among others. For Plano Repertory Theatre, he has directed Journey's End (2000 Rabin Award - Director of a Play), Dracula, La Bête, Little Shop of Horrors and Pump Boys and Dinettes. Terry was named "Best Theater Director" in the Dallas Observer's "Best of Dallas 2002."

Terry teaches on-going acting classes in the Sanford Meisner Technique at WTT, as well as having served as Adjunct Professor of Acting at the University of Texas at Dallas.

Jason C. Kane makes his WaterTower Theatre debut in The Lieutenant of Inishmore.  He has performed extensively with a number of North Texas theatres including Dallas Theater Center, Undermain Theatre and Dallas Children's Theater.   In addition to his extensive North Texas theatre credits, Kane has acted in New York City Off Broadway at the Pantheon Theater, Theatreworks/USA and the National Alliance of Musical Theatre.  He received his BFA in Theatre from Southern Methodist University. 

Tony Daussat makes his WaterTower Theatre debut in The Lieutenant of Inishmore.  He has performed in a number of Off Broadway productions including The Awesome 80's Prom, Minimum Wage and was in the National Tour of Junie B. Jones.  Locally, he has acted at the Runway Theatre in Dallas in You're a Good Man Charlie Brown and Damn Yankees.

Matt Moore has been seen in a number of WaterTower Theatre productions, most recently in Our Town, Grey Gardens and The Glass Menagerie.  His extensive film and television experience includes roles in Barney & Friends, Premonition, Mardi Gras, and Mr. Brooks.  He received his BFA in Theater Performance from Texas Christian University.

Kayla Carlyle makes her WaterTower Theatre mainstage debut in The Lieutenant of Inishmore.  She has acted extensively in film and television including roles in Throwing Stones, Soul Flyers and From the Dark.  She has more than 15 national television commercials to her credit along with more than 10 principal roles in industrials and trade show productions.  Her theatre experience features roles at Uptown Players, Circle Theatre and Casa Manana. 

Matt Tolbert is currently working towards his BFA at Baylor University.  He has acted in a host of Baylor University Theatre productions including roles in The Drowsy Chaperone, Urinetown and Blood Wedding. 

Clay Yocum previously performed at WaterTower Theatre in Parade and Take Me Out for which he received a Dallas Fort Worth Theatre Critics Forum Award.  His other Dallas credits includes productions at Dallas Theater Center, Second Thought Theatre and Contemporary Theatre of Dallas.  He has extensive film and television credits including a role in the new NBC series Chase.  He received a Leon Rabin Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Death of a Salesman with Classical Acting Company. 

Ian Ferguson received his BA in Theatre from West Texas A&M University.  He has acted locally at Stolen Shakespeare Guild and Amarillo Symphony and in a number of West Texas A&M University productions. 

Evan Fuller makes his WaterTower Theatre debut in The Lieutenant of Inishmore.  He has acted locally at Uptown Players and received his BA in Theater from the University of Massachusetts MASS at Amherst. 

The Lieutenant of InishmoreWritten by Martin McDonagh
Directed by Terry Martin
Assistant Director JoNathan Taylor
Set Design by Christopher Pickart
Lighting Design by Leann Ellis
Special Effects by Steve Tolin
 
Performances:
January 7-February 6, 2011
Previews: January 7, 8 @ 8:00pm
Pay What You Can Preview January 9 @ 7:30pm
Opening night:  January 10 @ 7:30 pm
Performances:  January 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, February 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
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7:30 PM Wednesdays & Thursdays
8:00 PM Fridays & Saturdays
2:00 PM Sundays
2:00 PM Saturday Feb. 5
Tickets:  www.watertowertheatre.org or 972.450.6232
WaterTower Theatre
Addison Theatre Centre
15650 Addison Road
Addison, Texas 75001

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