Kate Mulgrew Returns to New York Stage in The Beacon Beginning September 11
Marc Atkinson Borrull directs Nancy Harris’ play for Off-Broadway’s Irish Repertory Theatre.
Kate Mulgrew
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Stage and screen star Kate Mulgrew (Orange Is the New Black, Equus, Ryan’s Hope, Star Trek: Voyager, Tea at Five), heads of the cast of Irish Repertory Theatre’s production of Nancy Harris’ The Beacon beginning September 11.
Directed by Marc Atkinson Borrull, the production will officially open September 22 for a limited
engagement through November 3 on Irish Rep’s Francis J. Greenburger
Mainstage.
Mulgrew is joined by Zach Appelman (War Horse) as Colm, Sean Bell (Harmony) as Donal, David Mattar Merten (An Enemy of the People) as Ray, and Ayana Workman (Rustin) as Bonnie.
Mulgrew plays Beiv,
a renowned artist who has left her suburban Dublin home for a cottage
off the coast of West Cork, Ireland. Her relative peace is disrupted
when her
estranged son, Colm, returns home with his new wife, searching for
answers about his father’s mysterious death.
The production also features set design by Colm McNally, costume
design by Orla Long, lighting design by McNally, sound design by Liam
Bellman-Sharpe, and properties by Nicole Rozanski.
Pam Brusoski is the production stage manager, Karen Evanouskas is the
assistant stage manager, Jane Guyer Fujita is the dialect coach, and
Rick Sordelet is the fight director. Casting is by Geoff Josselson.
