Solas Nua

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PORTIA COUGHLAN
by Marina Carr
directed by Jessica Burgess
with Charlotte Akin, Declan Cashman, Bryan Cassidy, Jonathan Church, Rusty Clauss,
Camille Loomis, Frank Mancino, Stephanie Roswell, Adam Segaller, Grady Weatherford

& Artistic Director, Linda Murray, in the title role of Portia Coughlan.

At H Street Playhouse,1365 H Street, NE
March 13 – April 6, 2008
Thursday - Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm
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"The angry, bedeviled moments of Solas Nua's production are thrilling."
"Carr's writing is wonderful, with a terrific poetic ear for loneliness and crude insult."
"Carr's plotting is as enticing as her potent language, in a pulpy way."
"Murray's torrents of irrational rage are as compelling as the stray dance-like gestures that seem to channel some connection to a dangerous netherworld."
-The Washington Post

The Play
Haunted by the death of her twin brother Gabriel, Portia Coughlan has become, in turn, a ghostly figure, traversing the ever shifting Irish landscape in search of the missing part of herself. Weaving various Shakespearean and mythological strands together, Marina Carr crafts a modern epic of heart-breaking beauty that refuses to let you go.

The Playwright
Marina Carr was raised in Gortnamona, Co. Offaly, which continues to inspire the location for most of her plays. She received a B.A. in English and Philosophy from UCD in 1987 and at one point began a PhD on Beckett at TCD. She was appointed as writer-in-residence at the Abbey Theatre in 1995-6, was named Trinity College Dublin writer-in-residence in 1999 and is a member of Aosdana. Previous plays include Low in the Dark, The Deer's Surrender, Ullaloo, This Love Thing, The Mai, which was the winner of Dublin Theatre Festival Best New Play Award, 1994, On Rafferty's Hill, By The Bog of Cats , Ariel and most recently, Woman and Scarecrow starring Fiona Shaw.