Irish Rep to Present Free Staged Reading of 'Kingdom of the Shore' With Applegate, Houdyshell and Kron

The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd St.) will present the next of its free staged readings, KINGDOM OF THE SHORE by Terence Lamude, on Friday, September 26th at 3 PM. Tickets are free, and the event is open to the public.  An RSVP to 212-727-2737 is required.

KINGDOM OF THE SHORE will be read by Fred Applegate (Young Frankenstein, The Producers), Delphi Harrington (Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Hairy Ape), Jayne Houdyshell (Wicked, The New Century), Lisa Kron (Spain, Well), David Margulies (The Accomplices, Wonderful Town) and Judith Roberts (Close Ties, The Voysey Inheritance). *Courtesy of AEA.

In KINGDOM OF THE SHORE, The four Moloney sisters have a problem.  What to do with the house in Southampton, Long Island that has been the family’s summer retreat for over fifty years?  A symbol of their ascendancy to the American upper middle class from Irish immigrant roots, it has become a battlefield for clashing memories and poignant disillusionment.  In this new comedy-drama, an eventful June weekend leads the sisters draw back the lace curtain on the disenchantment of Irish-Americans at the end of the rainbow ... once that pot of gold has tarnished.

Terence Lamude (Playwright): In his native New York City, Mr. Lamude directed Remembrance (Outer Critics Circle nomination) with Milo O’Shea and Frances Sternhagen at the John Houseman Theatre and previously at the Irish Arts Center for a combined run of fourteen months.  Also at the IAC, he directed the premiere of Away Alone and the American premieres of Poor Beast in the Rain, Famine, and I Do Not Like Thee Doctor Fell.  Also in NYC: Music From Down the Hill at the WPA Theatre, Arms and the Man at the Pearl Theatre and Much Ado About Nothing at the Riverside Shakespeare Theatre.  He directed The Tempest at the Traverse Theatre for the Edinburgh Festival, subsequently transferring to the Cockpit Theatre in London.  For Vienna’s English Theatre, he directed Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me and the European premiere of the Pulitzer Prize winner, Proof and for the English Theatre of Berlin and the English Theatre of Frankfurt, the Continental European premiere of Lobby Hero.  He has directed five American premieres and nine premieres, including Sockdology by Jeffrey Hatcher at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and Tom Dudzick’s phenomenally successful Over the Tavern Trilogy at Buffalo’s Studio Arena and numerous subsequent productions across the country all the way to Los Angeles.  He has directed extensively at other regional theatres including the ALLIANCE THEATRE, American Stage Company, Asolo Theatre, Capital Repertory Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Delaware Theatre Company, Florida Studio Theatre, George Street Playhouse, Geva Theatre, Merrimack Repertory, Milwaukee Repertory, Nebraska Repertory, NY State Theatre Institute, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and Sacramento Theatre Company.  He has been a guest director/visiting professor at Ohio State University, Rice University, Queens College and the North Carolina School of the Arts.  Thanks to his two Irish grandmothers (Counties Clare and Kildare) Mr. Lamude is a proud citizen of the Republic of Ireland. Kingdom of the Shore marks his playwriting debut.

Kara Manning, Literary Manager, hopes that the reading series will “give playwrights, both emerging and more established, the invaluable opportunity to develop their new work in a supportive, safe environment and will also introduce some Irish playwrights, especially those who might not yet have the New York recognition they merit, to an American audience.”  Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director, Ciarán O’Reilly, Producing Director, Jeffrey Chrzczon, General Manager.

Additional readings are scheduled for October 31 and December 19, 2008.  All readings are at 3 PM unless otherwise noted and are located at The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street).

Tickets are free and the reading is open to the public.  Seating is limited. RSVP by calling The Irish Repertory Theatre Box Office at (212) 727-2737. For more information, visit www.irishrep.org.

ABOUT THE IRISH REPERTORY THEATRE

Founded by Ciarán O’Reilly and Charlotte Moore, The Irish Repertory Theatre opened its doors in September 1988 with Sean O’Casey’s The Plough and the Stars  and is now in its 21st Season.  The Irish Repertory Theatre is currently the only year-round theatre company in New York City devoted to bringing Irish and Irish-American works to the stage. Recognized with the 2007 Jujamcyn Theatres Award, a special Drama Desk Award for “Excellence in Presenting Distinguished Irish drama,” and the Lucille Lortel Award for “Outstanding Body of Work,” the Irish Repertory Theatre has celebrated the very best in Irish theatre for twenty years, from the masters to the new generation of Irish and Irish-American writers who are transforming the stage. Nearly 35,000 audience members annually attend productions at our theatre in the heart of New York’s Off-Broadway community. Once here, they witness The Irish Repertory Theatre’s engaging perspective on the Irish and their unique contributions to the world of drama

Photo Credit Ben Strothmann

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