"The Weir" by Conor McPherson
posted October 7, 2010 6:32 AM RSS | iCal | +googleCal
Thu October 14 at 8:00 PM, Access Theatre
380 Broadway, New York, NY, USA (Map & Directions)
Hi. I'd like to invite all New-york-based Mefites to see my play, "The Weir," by Conor McPherson.
Oct 14th through Nov 6th.
I directed it and Mefite Evangeline is acting in it. It's a great Halloween play, full of spooky stories. And it won the Olivier Award in 1999.
Tickets are usually $18, but a lot of you helped me on AskMetafilter, so I'm making tickets available to Metafilter members for $15.
Folding Chair Classical Theatre presents
THE WEIR by Conor McPherson
"You shed all sense of time at this beautiful and devious new play" -- The New York Times
Order $15 tickets for THE WEIR by using discount code "MEFI" for all performances at http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=WEI0 or call SmartTix at 212-868-4444.
== Folding Chair Classical Theatre invites you to attend ==
THE WEIR by Conor McPherson, author of "The Seafarer" and "Shining City".
THE WEIR opened in London where it received the Olivier Award for Best New Play. It was voted one of the 100 most significant plays of the 20th century by theatre professionals surveyed by the Royal National Theatre.
On a chilly night in northwest Ireland, four men in a desolate pub spin tales of eerie goings-on to impress the town's new arrival. The tales begin to take on a life of their own, and when the newcomer adds her own story the pub's regulars must confront the possibility that they are truly haunted, by the supernatural and by the ghosts of their own pasts...
Folding Chair Classical Theatre turns its attentions to a contemporary play for the first time since 2008's acclaimed revivals of Timberlake Wertenbaker's "Our Country's Good" and Michael Frayn's "Benefactors". Director Marcus Geduld reunites with a company of Folding Chair veterans to give New York audiences their first chance in over a decade to see this haunting masterpiece just in time for Halloween; a play the New York Times called "beautiful and devious".
Only $10 with this discount code: MEFI
Tickets available online: http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=WEI0 or call SmartTix at 212-868-4444.
THE WEIR runs October 14-November 6, Thurs.-Sat. at 8PM, Sun at 2PM and 8PM No performance Oct 17.
THE WEIR performs at: Access Theatre, 380 Broadway between Walker and White Street.
== Praise for the Cast ==
"Ian Gould all but walked away with the production." -- The Washington Post review of "Rough Crossing."
"With performances especially from [Lisa] Blankenship ... and [Gowan] Campbell, this show became so much larger than any set could have given it." -- "The Happiest Medium's" review of Folding Chair's "The Duchess of Malfi."
"Shrewd and strong...Richard Cowden is magnificent as Beau." -- "The Rocky Mountain News" review of "Sportstalk 2000."
"Angus Hepburn is stellar as Michael, ... reminiscent of Hume Cronyn or Spencer Tracy, he brings subtlety and elegance to the role..." -- NYTheatre.com review of "Afterlight."
"[Lisa] Blankenship is utterly heartbreaking." -- talkingbroadway.com review of Folding Chair's "The Winter's Tale."
"Marcus Geduld's spearheading direction, which turns the text into a passionate animal." -- PBS's "Theatre Talk" review of Folding Chair's "Cymbeline."
== Praise for Folding Chair Classical Theatre ==
"[A] bracing revival...the entire cast delivers with passion and intelligence." - Back Stage on Folding Chair's production of "Our Country's Good", 2008
"superbly directed and acted...a cast that will wow you." - New Theater Corps, the blog of PBS's "Theater Talk", on "Our Country's Good", 2008
"tak[es] each moment and allow[s] it to spiral into chaos - and bring[s] the audience with it, thrilled and horrified." - The Happiest Medium.com on "The Duchess of Malfi", 2009
"Fresh, gutsy, and exciting...another jewel in Folding Chair's crown." - New Theater Corps, the blog of PBS's "Theater Talk", on "Cymbeline", 2008
"A thoroughly enjoyable production." - Nytheatre.com on "Pericles", 2009
"Passionately work[s its] way through the many layers of the play. ...This is a wonderful production." - nytheatre.com on "Benefactors", 2008
Only $10 with this discount code: MEFI
Tickets available online: http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=WEI0 or call SmartTix at 212-868-4444.
THE WEIR runs October 14-November 6, Thurs.-Sat. at 8PM, Sun at 2PM and 8PM No performance Oct 17.
THE WEIR performs at: Access Theatre, 380 Broadway between Walker and White Street.
THE WEIR by Conor McPherson
"You shed all sense of time at this beautiful and devious new play" -- The New York Times
Order $15 tickets for THE WEIR by using discount code "MEFI" for all performances at http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=WEI0 or call SmartTix at 212-868-4444.
== Folding Chair Classical Theatre invites you to attend ==
THE WEIR by Conor McPherson, author of "The Seafarer" and "Shining City".
THE WEIR opened in London where it received the Olivier Award for Best New Play. It was voted one of the 100 most significant plays of the 20th century by theatre professionals surveyed by the Royal National Theatre.
On a chilly night in northwest Ireland, four men in a desolate pub spin tales of eerie goings-on to impress the town's new arrival. The tales begin to take on a life of their own, and when the newcomer adds her own story the pub's regulars must confront the possibility that they are truly haunted, by the supernatural and by the ghosts of their own pasts...
Folding Chair Classical Theatre turns its attentions to a contemporary play for the first time since 2008's acclaimed revivals of Timberlake Wertenbaker's "Our Country's Good" and Michael Frayn's "Benefactors". Director Marcus Geduld reunites with a company of Folding Chair veterans to give New York audiences their first chance in over a decade to see this haunting masterpiece just in time for Halloween; a play the New York Times called "beautiful and devious".
Only $10 with this discount code: MEFI
Tickets available online: http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=WEI0 or call SmartTix at 212-868-4444.
THE WEIR runs October 14-November 6, Thurs.-Sat. at 8PM, Sun at 2PM and 8PM No performance Oct 17.
THE WEIR performs at: Access Theatre, 380 Broadway between Walker and White Street.
== Praise for the Cast ==
"Ian Gould all but walked away with the production." -- The Washington Post review of "Rough Crossing."
"With performances especially from [Lisa] Blankenship ... and [Gowan] Campbell, this show became so much larger than any set could have given it." -- "The Happiest Medium's" review of Folding Chair's "The Duchess of Malfi."
"Shrewd and strong...Richard Cowden is magnificent as Beau." -- "The Rocky Mountain News" review of "Sportstalk 2000."
"Angus Hepburn is stellar as Michael, ... reminiscent of Hume Cronyn or Spencer Tracy, he brings subtlety and elegance to the role..." -- NYTheatre.com review of "Afterlight."
"[Lisa] Blankenship is utterly heartbreaking." -- talkingbroadway.com review of Folding Chair's "The Winter's Tale."
"Marcus Geduld's spearheading direction, which turns the text into a passionate animal." -- PBS's "Theatre Talk" review of Folding Chair's "Cymbeline."
== Praise for Folding Chair Classical Theatre ==
"[A] bracing revival...the entire cast delivers with passion and intelligence." - Back Stage on Folding Chair's production of "Our Country's Good", 2008
"superbly directed and acted...a cast that will wow you." - New Theater Corps, the blog of PBS's "Theater Talk", on "Our Country's Good", 2008
"tak[es] each moment and allow[s] it to spiral into chaos - and bring[s] the audience with it, thrilled and horrified." - The Happiest Medium.com on "The Duchess of Malfi", 2009
"Fresh, gutsy, and exciting...another jewel in Folding Chair's crown." - New Theater Corps, the blog of PBS's "Theater Talk", on "Cymbeline", 2008
"A thoroughly enjoyable production." - Nytheatre.com on "Pericles", 2009
"Passionately work[s its] way through the many layers of the play. ...This is a wonderful production." - nytheatre.com on "Benefactors", 2008
Only $10 with this discount code: MEFI
Tickets available online: http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=WEI0 or call SmartTix at 212-868-4444.
THE WEIR runs October 14-November 6, Thurs.-Sat. at 8PM, Sun at 2PM and 8PM No performance Oct 17.
THE WEIR performs at: Access Theatre, 380 Broadway between Walker and White Street.
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