Synopsis
The Lieutenant of Inishmore tells the story of what happens following a
bit of an accident with Wee Thomas. Padraic, the head of a section of
the Irish National Liberation Army, loves his Wee Thomas “more than
life itself.” Padraic rushes home after learning Thomas is doing
poorly. When he meets up with his dad, his young neighbors, and some
former colleagues, the search begins for the truth. As McDonagh states
in an interview with The New Yorker, “The characters are going to
converge like the iceberg and the Titanic.”
McDonagh’s works are widely known and performed throughout the United
States and Europe. He is simultaneously sardonic and morose, witty and
extremely smart. He uses his characters to illustrate the hypocrisy of
violence as they obliterate themselves and most everything around them
for the sake of coming out on top.
Station Theatre artistic director and founding company member, Rick
Orr, directs a cast-full of “Station greats” in this hilarious dark
comedy. Gary Ambler (who starred in Iron Kisses and directed last
season’s Stone Cold Dead Serious) plays Donny, Padraic’s understandably
anxious father. Coy Wentworth (last seen in Rabbit Hole) appears as
young Davey. Maraid is played by Colleen Klein (known for her
performances in The Balcony; Rabbit Hole; Stone Cold Dead Serious;
subUrbia; and “Welcome to Tolono” [the movie]). Mathew Green (from The
Balcony, Rabbit Hole, Woyzeck, Stone Cold Dead Serious, Sexual
Perversity in Chicago, and Charlie’s Aunt) is Padraic. Padraic’s old
colleagues Christy, Brenden, and Joey are played by Lincoln Machula
(who appeared in The Balcony and Three Sisters and starred in Cat on a
Hot Tin Roof), Collin Bullock (from The Balcony) and Station newcomer,
Charles Miericke, respectively. Another new company member, Max
Tomaszewski, is playing James.
The show is recommended for mature audiences.
