Monday, January 13, 2025

The Rogue Theatre presents The Playboy of the Western World

The Playboy of the Western World

by John Millington Synge

 

 

PRODUCTION SPONSORS: 
Andy Watson

Max McCauslin & John Smith

 

Directed by Cynthia Meier
Music Direction by Russell Ronnebaum

 

January 10–February 2, 2025

Friday & Saturday 7:30 P.M.,
Saturday & Sunday 2:00 P.M.

 

Set in a pub in western Ireland in the early 1900s, the play tells the story of a roguish young man who attains a hero-like status among the local villagers by telling a rousing story about having murdered his father. When the play debuted at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, riots broke out, but the play was soon recognized globally as one of the great masterpieces of modern drama.

 

Performance run time of The Playboy of the Western World is 2 hours, including one 10-minute intermission.

 

Tickets and info: https://www.theroguetheatre.org/prod2003

 

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