Cast

"Look after the old man for me. And look after Aunt Sawney... Nancy too. And look after yourself, young'un. Remember me." -Gordie [Act I, Scene 3]

PRODUCER DIRECTOR DRAMATURG & AD MUSICAL DIRECTOR SET DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN COSTUME DESIGN SOUND DESIGN STAGE MANAGER ADAPTED BY from the NOVEL BY

Tim Scott Joe Madsen & Seán Roper-Nolan Eleanor White Seamus Ryan Fenna von Hirschheydt Ellen Gorman Kate Bauer Susie Birmingham Fodhla O'Brien Tim Scott Jamie O'Neill

Kerill Kelly Theodore Foley Leonard Buckley Eavan Gaffney Jerome Corby Gerry Wade Martha Grant Ellen Corby Orla Devlin Benedict Esdale Jack Brophy David Roper Nolan Leo Hanna Conor Murray Paraic McLean Grainne Blumenthal Holmes Alexandra Christle Hannah Crowley Alice Marr Catriona Moloney

JIM DOYLER MACEMM EVELINE MR MACK MR DOYLE NANCY AUNT SAWNEY MRS DOYLE BR POLYCARP FR TAYLOR GORDIE FAHY BOOTS BUTLER CONSTANCE MRS TANSY MARY NIGHTS MRS ROURKE VOLUNTEER

KERILL KELLY JIM Kerill is studying Drama and Theatre studies at the Samuel Beckett Centre. He has played Peter Pan in Peter and Alice, Carl in Cleansed, Ensemble in Half Light and Emcee/Bobby in The Berlin Project. Kerill made his professional debut as Eugene in Festival Production’s Grease at the Gaiety Theatre. In September he will perform with Half Light at the Dublin Fringe Festival.

Theodore foley DOYLER Theodore is studying Drama at the Samuel Beckett Centre. Theatre credits include “Bernardo” West Side Story, “Marius” from Les Misérables and “Brian” from DNA. An accomplished musician, he has performed and won competitions around the globe as a soloist and as principal violist of NYOI and Young European Strings Chamber Orchestra. Theodore is delighted to be making his debut with Forty Feet.

LEONARD BUCKLEY ANTHONY MACMURROUGH Leonard is a graduate of the School of English in TCD, born and raised in Dublin. Leonard’s performance credits include Allsop in Nobody Here But Us Chickens Samuel Beckett Theatre (SBT), Antonio/Caliban in The Tempest ATRL, G. I. Joe in God’s Ear SBT, Director in Catastrophe SBT, Marc in Art SBT, Joe in Lovers Samuel Beckett Centre, and Jim in Chatroom DU Players.

EAVAN GAFFNEY EVELINE MACMURROUGH Eavan is a Kilkenny-born, Dublin- based actor, and graduate of English & Film Studies at TCD. Credits include M. Papini Disappears ATRL, The Unquiet Hour Mythfest 2015, God of Carnage* Players Theatre,The Lir, Shakespeare: The Sitcom Dublin Shakespeare Festival, The House of Bernadette White Players Theatre. *Nominated, Best Actress, Irish Student Drama Awards 2015.

JEROME CORBY Mr Mack A founding member of Parnassus Arts Group 1981, Jerome has many stage credits, including Best Suppor ting Actor Road - Jim Cartwright, Dublin Drama Festival 1996. Parnassus acting credits: Biff Loman Death of A Salesman, Stanley Kowalski A Streetcar Named Desire,Yanis Kasnar Don’t Drink The Water, Sidney Lipton God’s Favorite. Christy in Playboy of The Western World.

MARTHA GRANT Nancy Entering her final year at Trinity College studying Drama and Theatre Studies. Credits include, Thandie in Fox Live/ Out of the Box (Players Theatre, Smock Alley Collaborations Festival, Etcetera Theatre Camden Fringe Festival) Duchess in Mercury Fur (Players Theatre, Galway ISDA festival) and Innkeeper in Half-Light (Beckett Theatre/ New Theatre - September, Dublin Fringe Festival).

ORLA DEVLIN Mrs DOYLE Orla Devlin is a recent graduate of Drama & Theatre Studies from Trinity College Dublin. Her most recent roles include The WIN (BANBHA) But I Shall Not Be (SHITE). Aside from acting, Orla has considerable experience in Theatre for Education and recently travelled to Sri Lanka on a Drama Therapy placement.

ELLEN CORBY AUNT SAWNEY Previous credits include: [Censored], The Machinewreckers Samuel Beckett Theatre Doubt The Teachers Club, A Machine, Songs For A New World, The House of Bernadette White Players Theatre. Short- lm productions include Brainstorm (2015), Safe Haven (2014). Directing credits include The Beatles Show Players Theatre. Ellen is a Stand-Up Comic, Dublin/International circuit.

BENEDICT ESDALE Brother POlYCARP Is studing Drama & Theatre Studies as the Samuel Beckett Centre. His credits include: Arthur in The Cloth of Dreams; Polonius in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Samuel Beckett Theatre). Elliot in Mercury Fur (PlayersTheatre, Bank of Ireland Theatre ISDA 2016). William in Benson, Christopher Marlowe in Heaven’s Witness (Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury). Mouse in Wind in the Willows.

JACK BROPHY Fr TAYLOR This is Jack’s third time performing in the Beckett. His previous acting credits include: Censored (Samuel Beckett Centre), The Berlin Project (Samuel Beckett Centre), Sardines (DU Players), Ahoy: A Pirates Tale (MythFest) and Café Casablanca (DU Players).

DAVID ROPER NOLAN GORDIE This is David’s second time performing in the Beckett Theatre. Other performances of his include Graham in Sarah Kane’s Cleansed (Samuel Beckett Theatre), Rick in Café Casablanca (DU Players), Ferdinand in The Tempest (Primary School Engagement Programme), Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof (Jubilee Hall).

Gerry WADE Mr doyle At home on stage or screen Gerry brings a gravitas to each role he plays. Recent credits include The Divide and Low Level Panic. He has also appeared on many lms and TV shows including Love-Hate and Raw. Stage highlights would be My Boy Elvis at the Olympia and Ariadne Auf Naxos at the Gaiety. He is happy to be involved in this exciting new production.

LEO HANNA Fahy Leo Hanna is entering his final year at Trinity College Dublin. Credits include: Zoo Story, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Songs for a New World. He was in the recently released IFI film Shem the Penman Sings, and appeared in All About the Ins and Outs (Smock Alley) and [Censored] (Beckett Theatre).

PARAIC MACLEAN BUTLER Paraic is a 2nd year Drama student in Trinity. His main interests are acting, lighting design and devising. Most recent acting credits include Pieps in The Berlin Project Samuel Beckett Theatre and Jim in Chatroom Stagecraft. Recent lighting credits include Terminus, Schoolgate Catwalk Players Theatre, and The WIN Smock Alley Theatre. Assisting includes The Dumb Waiter & Half Light.

CONOR MURRAY BOOTS Conor Is a first year Drama and Sociology student at Trinity. His other acting credits include Show Me Love, Smock Alley 2015. Spring Awakenings, as part of Dublin Theatre Festival 2014 and Gulliver’s Travels on the Peacock stage, Abbey Theatre and Everyman Theatre, Cork.

HANNAH CROWLEY Mary nights Hannah Crowley is an incoming Senior Sophister Drama student in TCD. Recent acting credits include The Tooth Fairy in ‘Gods Ear’ in the Beckett Centre and Lisa Simpson/ Quincy in ‘Mr. Burns: A Post Electric Play’ in DU Players. She would like to dedicate this performance to her late grandfather James Walsh who loved theatre.

GRÁINNE BLUMENTHAL HOLMES FENNELLY/ CONSTANCE Gráinne is entering her final year of Drama and Theatre studies at Trinity College Dublin. Previous acting credits include: [CENSORED], The World We Live In, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead (Beckett Theatre), Gulliver’s Travels (Abbey Theatre on the Peacock Stage and Everyman Palace), Rent,The Memories of Lizzie (Players Theatre), and Miss Saigon (Theatre Royal).

ALEXANDRA CHRISTLE Mrs Rourke Alexandra Christle is a recent graduate of the Drama and Theatre Studies course. Previous performing credits include Censored: A Devised Piece Samuel Beckett Theatre, The Tempest Primary School Engagement Programme Heart Shaped Vinyl, The Union, Night of the Living Dead, Shifting - Devious Theatre, South Pacific - R&RMS, Chatroom DU Players and The Crucible - Keegan Theatre Company.

ALICE MARR MRS ROURKE Alice is studying Drama and Theatre in Trinity College Dublin. She has previously performed in Cleansed, For Every Atom Belonging to Me and The World We Live In, (Beckett Theatre). More recently, she has been featured in The Hopeless End of a Great Dream, a film by Declan Clarke and she performs as the Waitress in First Dates Ireland, (RTE).

CATRIONA MOLONEY VOLUNTEER OFFICER Catriona Moloney is studying English and Drama at Trinity College Dublin. Her previous credits include Mr. Beetle in The World We Live In, (Samuel Beckett Theatre 2015). and Susie in Wit, (The Lir 2016).

SUSIE BIRMINGHAM SOUND DESIGN Susie is a music and drama student at Trinity College Dublin, with an interest in sound design and composition for theatre. Her sound design credits include ‘Take Me to the Church on Time’ and ‘Death and Dancing’ in the Players Theatre, ‘Censored’ in the Samuel Beckett Theatre, and ‘The WIN’ in Smock Alley Theatre.

Tim Scott Playwright / Producer Tim is a recent graduate of the Samuel Beckett Centre. Before attending TCD, Tim worked for several years as a Stage Manager in the UK. Previous writing credits include Darkness Within [Edinburgh Fringe 2007], Nominated for the Amnesty Big Issue Freedom of Expression Award. Nycht-Hemeron [Edinburgh Fringe 2008].

JOE MADSEN DIRECTOR Joe Madsen recently graduated from TCD with a master’s degree in Classics. Prior to working on At Swim, Two Boys, he performed, wrote, and directed for multiple productions in student theatre at his undergraduate Alma Mater, Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., such as Woody Allen’s Don’t Drink the Water and Franch and Dull’s Peaches and Freon.

SEAN ROPER-NOLAN Director Sean has recently nished a four year degree in Drama Studies and Classical Civilisation at TCD. As par t of the Applied Directing module, he adapted and directed a version of Medea by Euripides, and his dissertation examined contemporary Irish versions of Athenian tragedies. Sean directed Stephen Kennedy’s ‘The Beatles Show’ in Players Theatre with Ellen Corby.

ELLIE WHITE Dramaturg & Assistant Director Eleanor is a recent graduate of the Samuel Beckett Centre. Recent dramaturgical work includes M Papini Disappears and a new translation of Toller’s Machinewreckers. Eleanor made her professional playwriting debut at 18, when her short play Light at the End of the Tunnel was chosen as part of Fishamble’s Tiny Plays for Ireland.

FENNA VON HIRSCHHEYDT Set DEsign Fenna von Hirschheydt is in her 3rd year of Drama and Theatre studies at the Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College Dublin. She specialises in Set design and Theatre Management. Recent credits include History Boys and But I’m a Cheerleader in Players Theatre and The World We Live In and The Berlin Project in the Samuel Beckett Theatre.

SeAMUS RYAN COMPOSITION Seamus is a composer and pianist studying Music and Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin. He studies piano performance with Anthony Byrne at the RIAM and has been playing keyboard forTrinity Orchestra since 2015. Previous theatrical credits include: MD for RENT (2014) Songs for a New World (2014), Casablanca (2015), God’s Ear (2015) and M.Papini Disappears (2016).

KATE BAUER Costume DESIGN Kate is a recent graduate of Drama & Theatre Studies at TCD. Most recently she costumed Playing Red in the Samuel Beckett Theatre in 2015 and was costume and set assistant for PaperDoll’s production of BUNK as part of the 2013 Dublin Fringe Festival. She has costumed many DU Players shows from Girls Liked That (2015) to a sellout production of RENT in 2014.

ELLEN GORMAN Lighting design Ellen is a lighting designer and stage manager based in Dublin. Recent credits: Half Light, Information for Foreigners (Beckett Theatre, 2016); The Dumb Waiter (Beckett Theatre, 2015);Twelfth Night (Players Theatre, 2016);The Merchant of Venice, Kaspar Hauser, A Machine (Players Theatre, 2015). Ellen has recently worked with Good Buzz Productions,Talking Shop Ensemble, and Louise White.

EMILY COLLINS HAIR & MAKEUP Emily is a recent graduate for trinity college were she studied film and drama. She has worked on a number of project with and under the direction of Kate Bauer. In addition to costume and make up she has a love of fairytales and does shadow-puppet and storytelling shows with Tales from the Shadows.

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