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Solas Nua’s Tinderbox Play Reading Series

Solas Nua presents a free reading series of 11 plays commissioned and originally premiered by Tinderbox Theatre (Belfast).

All plays are receiving their American premiere reading. 

On the third monday of the month Solas Nua holds its free monthly play reading at 1409 Playbill Cafe.

Next season Solas Nua will co-commission a new play by a Northern writer in conjunction with Tinderbox Theatre, Belfast. Our companies have already partnered to great success on the 2007 production of Owen McCafferty's Scenes from the Big Picture which won Solas Nua its first Helen Hayes nomination.

Formed in 1988, Tinderbox Theatre Company is one of Northern Ireland’s longest established and most respected independent theatre companies. Tinderbox is dedicated to new writing for the theatre, the playwrights who create it, and the artistic environment in which its work takes place. Tinderbox develops, commissions and produces dynamic new theatre plays that resonate strongly with audiences in Belfast, Northern Ireland and beyond.

In anticipation of next year's project this season Solas Nua is devoting its entire play reading series to Tinderbox plays as a way to introduce DC audiences to the large wealth of work commissioned by Tinderbox in its history.

June Title:  Caught Red Handed by Tim Loane

Date: June 15th, 2009    

Time: 7pm Venue: 1409 Playbill Café – 1409 14th Street NW

Free Admission

Directed By:
Rex Daugherty

The Cast:
Misty Demory
Joe Brack
Joel Reuben Ganz
Eric Messner
Matt Lutz
Patrick Bussink

The Play:
It's the year 2005, a referendum has been called for a United Ireland and the charismatic Leader of the Alternative Unionist Party has staked his life on stopping it. He is about to bring history to a halt with an address to his fiery, faithful followers on the steps of Stormont when he finds himself unexpectedly decommissioned. This farcical comedy investigates the impact of such tremendous political developments on the man, the party, the country and the Leader's winsome wife and simpering son.

The Full List of Directors (Dec. 08 – Oct. 09)   

Kathleen Akerley, Joe Banno, Steven Carpenter, Dan Brick, Rex Daugherty, Jessie Gallogly, Jennifer John, Bill Largess, Rahaleh Nassri,  Jeremy Skidmore & Alexander Strain.

Tinderbox

Tinderbox Theatre Company is based in Belfast. Formed in 1988, it is one of Northern Ireland’s longest established and most respected independent theatre companies. Tinderbox is dedicated to new writing for the theatre, the playwrights who create it, and the artistic environment in which its work takes place.