Nov 16 2017
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Dec 17 2017
Conor McPherson's St Nicholas

Conor McPherson's St Nicholas

Presented by Quotidian Theatre Company at The Writer's Center

"QTC has become the best stage to experience McPhersons plays in the Washington, D.C. area... a tremendous credit to the local theater scene." -- DC Theatre Scene. One of Ireland's most brilliant contemporary playwrights, Conor McPherson, helped establish his reputation with this early play, ST NICHOLAS. The play asks the audience to question whether a Dublin theatre critic (Steve Beall) really did run into vampires while chasing a young actress in London? Directed by the critically acclaimed Jack Sbarbori, who has specialized in directing the plays of McPherson and Horton Foote.
Per DC Theatre Scene, in McPherson's SHINING CITY Beall delivered "a tour-de-force performance as the haunted widower. Much of the play turns on his extended monologues, especially Scene Three, where the audience comes face to face with the beating heart of the play. Sitting on a couch, slightly hunched over, crossing and uncrossing his legs, gesturing with his hands, gulping down a glass of water, Beall unravels his guilt-stricken discourse, made up of all the recognizable twists and turns of our own lives. His riveting performance is complicated and raw, compassionate and wry."
Chris Klimek reviewed Beall's portrayal of Dermot in McPherson's PORT AUTHORITY as follows "Steve Beall has so much fun with middle-aged Dermots shrugging acceptance of his unaccountable good fortune that when reality comes back to kick him in the stomach as we know it must, it breaks your heart."
Admission Info

General Admission: $30

Seniors (65+): $25

Students/Members of the Writer's Center: $15

Patrons 30&UNDER: $15 (Fridays ONLY)

Groups (10+): $15 Each

Open seating for non-subscribers. Tickets available at box office for cash or check ONLY.

Phone: 301-816-1023

Email: qtcboxoffice@gmail.com

Dates & Times

2017/11/16 - 2017/12/17

Additional time info:

November 18, 3:30pm TALK BACK...

There will be an after-play talk back following the 2pm matinee on 18 November with Steve Beall, Jack Sbarbori, and Gerald C. Wood, distinguished professor of English Emeritus from Carson-Newman College. Professor Wood authored "Imagining Mischief," which covers all of McPherson's works in this first publication on the important writer/director McPherson.

Location Info

The Writer's Center

4508 Walsh St., Chevy Chase, MD 20815