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Who Played Owen Duignan in Paradise Square

Owen Duignan is a role in Paradise Square, a musical that opened San Francisco (Regional) in 2019.

It's 1863 and in a 20-block area of Manhattan known as the Five Points, Black and Irish Americans live side by side, work together, marry, and for a brief period realize racial harmony. However, the intensifying Civil War soon results in the first-ever Federal draft, leading to riots as whites are called to enlist while blacks are barred from serving. Will the hard-won bonds of friendship, community, and family in the Five Points prevail or be severed forever? Calling upon a variety of musical and dance traditions including Irish step-dancing and African traditional forms (such as Juba dancing), as well as new ones created from their fusion (tap dance), Paradise Square subverts and reframes some of the most popular music of the 19th century while honoring and celebrating this unique neighborhood's diverse inhabitants, whose passionate, moving, and heartbreaking experiences burn in our imaginations today.

3 actors have played Owen Duignan in Paradise Square.

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Performer Production Opened
A. J. Shively San Francisco (Regional) Paradise Square 2019
Sam Edgerly San Francisco (Regional) Paradise Square 2019
A J Shively Broadway Paradise Square 2022

Other Roles in Paradise Square

Role Production Opened
Angelina Baker San Francisco (Regional) Paradise Square 2019
Annabelle "Nelly" Freeman San Francisco (Regional) Paradise Square 2019
Annie O'Brien San Francisco (Regional) Paradise Square 2019
Bounty Hunter San Francisco (Regional) Paradise Square 2019
Daniel Fernando San Francisco (Regional) Paradise Square 2019
Elmer Woods San Francisco (Regional) Paradise Square 2019
Ensemble San Francisco (Regional) Paradise Square 2019
Foster San Francisco (Regional) Paradise Square 2019
Janey Foster San Francisco (Regional) Paradise Square 2019
Jenkins San Francisco (Regional) Paradise Square 2019
Mike Quinlan San Francisco (Regional) Paradise Square 2019
Milton Moore San Francisco (Regional) Paradise Square 2019
Nelly Freeman San Francisco (Regional) Paradise Square 2019
Owen Duignan San Francisco (Regional) Paradise Square 2019
Patrick Murphy San Francisco (Regional) Paradise Square 2019
Performer San Francisco (Regional) Paradise Square 2019
Provost San Francisco (Regional) Paradise Square 2019
Provost Marshal San Francisco (Regional) Paradise Square 2019
Rev. Cornish San Francisco (Regional) Paradise Square 2019
Rev. Samuel E. Cornish San Francisco (Regional) Paradise Square 2019
Stephen Foster San Francisco (Regional) Paradise Square 2019
William Henry Lance San Francisco (Regional) Paradise Square 2019
Willie San Francisco (Regional) Paradise Square 2019

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