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Quotidian Theatre Company presents the U.S. premiere production of THE VEIL by Conor McPhersonJuly 18 - August 17, 2014 The New York Times calls Conor McPherson "the finest playwright of his generation". Set in a haunted mansion in rural Ireland in 1822, surrounded by a restive, starving populace, The Veil weaves Ireland’s troubled colonial history... Continue Reading →
Quotidian Theatre Company presents the US premiere of Conor McPherson's The Veil, now through August 17. *** Violinist and Fiddler Sarah Foard Creates Her Own Sound for The Veil My violin instructor at the Levine School of Music, Sarah Foard, is not only the best violin teacher I have ever had, but an accomplished... Continue Reading →
Quotidian Theatre Company presents the US premiere of Conor McPherson's The Veil, opening tomorrow, July 18, and running through August 17. Playwright Conor McPherson says, "I was brought up as a Roman Catholic, so perhaps this is why I see supernatural stories as the most natural thing I can present on stage. I have always... Continue Reading →
Quotidian Theatre Company presents the US premiere of Conor McPherson's The Veil, opening July 18. Chelsea Mayo plays the role of Hannah Lambroke in the production. *** Before I auditioned for The Veil, I read a review that described it as being like a Chekhov play but with ghosts. Nina in The Seagull is... Continue Reading →
Quotidian Theatre Company presents the US premiere of Conor McPherson's The Veil, opening July 18. Stephanie Mumford co-founded QTC with artistic director Jack Sbarbori and plays Mrs. Goulding in the production. *** A Quotidian Encounter with Conor McPherson So, Jack says to me, "Steph, Conor McPherson has a new play. It’s set in 1822 in... Continue Reading →
Subscriptions are still on sale for Quotidian Theatre Company's 16th season: The Iceman Cometh, an eighteen-actor masterwork by award-winning American author Eugene O'Neill (Long Day's Journey into Night, Hughie, Ah! Wilderness); Faith Healer, an intimate and visceral three-person narrative by influential European dramatist Brian Friel (Dancing at Lughnasa, Afterplay); and the U.S. premiere of The... Continue Reading →
Quotidian Theatre Company's D.C. area premiere of The Birds by Conor McPherson runs through August 11. Actor Ted Schneider, no stranger to Quotidian or McPherson, shares some thoughts on the playwright's work: Conor McPherson’s The Birds is currently running at Quotidian Theatre Company. Yes, that The Birds, adapted from the same source, Daphne du Maurier’s... Continue Reading →
Quotidian Theatre Company opens the D.C. area premiere of The Birds by Conor McPherson on July 12th. ADing the production is longtime QTC collaborator Sharon Dodd, who explains what "ADing" means: Usually, blog posts for our site are submitted by the actors or director of a show, but this one comes from a little-known gremlin... Continue Reading →
Following the best-selling musical James Joyce’s The Dead and the critically-acclaimed drama A Walk in the Woods, Quotidian Theatre Company closes its 15th anniversary season with the D.C. area premiere of The Birds — celebrated playwright Conor McPherson’s unique, morally-challenging adaptation of the Daphne du Maurier short story that inspired Alfred Hitchcock’s film. Quotidian’s co-founder... Continue Reading →
