Solas Nua presents GOOD WITH FACES by Oisín Kearney, winner of the 2025 Solas Nua New Voices Award at the Dublin Fringe Festival
A taut thriller, a struggle for power between a worried mother and concerned social worker. But who is telling the truth?
Garrick has tidied her living room and put out the good biscuits. But social worker Hegarty is there to interrogate. Why does Garrick's son have a mysterious bruise? Is she fit to care for him? What is she hiding? As power shifts and facades crumble, it becomes clear that Garrick and Hegarty desperately need each other. A taut psychological thriller, GOOD WITH FACES explores parenting, power, and the complicated truths at the heart of care.
When: Sunday, July 19 | 2:00 pm | Runtime: 65 minutes, no intermission
Where: Atlas Performing Arts Center (1333 H St. NE, Washington, DC)
Tickets: Free | Box office link to come
Writer and Director: Oisín Kearney
Readers: Dani Stoller (Garrick), Cody Nickell (Hegarty)
Oisín Kearney is an award-winning theatre-maker. His work as director include My Right Foot (Dublin Theatre Festival 2025), Lie Low by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth (Royal Court, Traverse, Abbey 2023) and an adaptation of The Tragedy of Richard III (Winner of The Stage Judge's Award 2025). Oisín's writing includes Good With Faces (Dublin Fringe 2025), My Left Nut (Lustrum Award, Edinburgh Fringe 2018), which he developed into a 3-part BBC Three series with co-writer Michael Patrick; The Border Game (Belfast International Festival); and The Alternative (2 Irish Times Theatre Awards).
Oisín was awarded a Peter Schaffer Commission by the National Theatre in 2025. He wrote and directed two short films: So You’re Going to Die (Starring Jimmy Nesbit and Conor MacNeill, produced by Two Cities) and HELPLESS (Starring George Robinson, Saoirse Monica Jackson and Éanna Hardwicke, produced by BBC and Fabel).
Cody Nickell returns to Solas Nua after starring in LIE LOW as Naoise/Duckman. Other recent credits: Lehman Trilogy at Gulfshore Playhouse, Prayer for the French Republic at Theater J, The Winter’s Tale at the Folger Theater, and Ink at Round House Theatre (Helen Hayes nomination for Best Performance in a Lead Role). Regional credits: work at Shakespeare Theatre Company, Studio Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre (Company Member), Santa Cruz Shakespeare, Portland Center Stage, Syracuse Stage, Capitol Repertory Theatre, and more. Cody was the Artistic Associate at Gulfshore Playhouse, he is a 5 time Helen Hayes Award nominee, and the recipient of the Connecticut Critics Circle Award. Cody is a graduate of the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama.
Dani Stoller is an award-winning playwright and actor. Performance credits include: This Much I Know (59E59 off Broadway), Ragtime (Signature Theatre, Helen Hayes Nom. for Best Supporting Performer); My Body, No Choice (Arena Stage, Helen Hayes Nom. for Best Supporting Performer); This Much I Know, Hester Street (Helen Hayes Nom. for Best Supporting Performer), Prayer for the French Republic (Helen Hayes Nom. for Best Supporting Performer) (Theater J). Playwriting credits include: Easy Women Smoking Loose Cigarettes (Signature Theater) Just Great: an adaptation of some book by F Scott Fitzgerald (recently published by Broadway Licensing), Girlhood (Round House Theatre TPC commission), The Joy That Carries You, co-written with Awa Sal Secka (Olney Theatre Center, Winner of the Helen Hayes Charles MacArthur Award for Best New Play) Education: BFA Ithaca College, MFA CUA.
