{"id":13569,"date":"2014-01-07T12:57:55","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T19:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=13569"},"modified":"2014-01-21T12:25:07","modified_gmt":"2014-01-21T19:25:07","slug":"irish-magic-uccs-theatreworks-presents-the-weir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=13569","title":{"rendered":"Irish Magic: UCCS THEATREWORKS presents \u201cThe Weir\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>Conor McPherson\u2019s play \u201cThe Weir\u201d will be presented by THEATREWORKS Jan. 23-Feb.\u00a09 in the Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theater in University Hall.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Weir\u201d is a spooky, funny, lyrically beautiful and genuinely haunting play that is a contemporary classic. The play is set in a rural Ireland pub with three men talking about a broken tractor, German tourists, horse races, and having another pint. Then, in comes a young woman who has bought the house at the top of the hill, escorted by the realtor who is showing her around.<\/p>\n

Soon the men are showing off, telling ghost stories, each one a little more wild and compelling than the one before. The place is beginning to feel a bit haunted. Then it turns out the woman has a ghost story of her own, which changes everything.<\/p>\n

Show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights with 2 p.m. matinees Feb. 1 and 8. Sunday matinees begin at 4 p.m. On Jan. 24, those in attendance will have the opportunity to ask questions of the director and actors following the performance. A gala is scheduled for Jan. 25 and a lecture about the distillation of whiskey is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Jan. 26.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $35 for adults, $15 for children less than 16. Children less than 5 years old will not be admitted.\u00a0 Advance ticket reservations are recommended. For details, call 255-3232 or visit http:\/\/theatreworkscs.org<\/a><\/p>\n

THEATREWORKS will create a working pub in its intimate space so that audiences will feel at home by the fire, safe from the wind whistling off the sea. When the 100 minute play is completed, they will be invited on stage for a drink from the bar, served by the proprietor himself.<\/p>\n

Joe Discher directs a cast of gifted raconteurs and character actors, including Michael Augenstein as Jack, Andy Sturt as Brenden and Patrick Toon as Jim. They are great lads, lively and lonely, too, who become more animated by the arrival of Mandy Olsen as Valerie, the young lady with a secret and a story of her own. Jonathan Wentz\u00a0 designs the set, and Matthew Adelson turns on the lights. Jan Avramov designs the costumes.<\/p>\n

— Caitlin Green, THEATREWORKS<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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