DANCING AT LUGHNASA
LONG BEACH PLAYHOUSE
Summer 2004
Captures the poetic nature of the 1992 Tony winner.…Lughnasa provides fertile material for director John Lant and a cast that digs deep into the script.…Karen Kähler and Susan E. Taylor create the most forceful characterizations as Kate and Maggie, as different as night and day. –ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
The play flowed like a beautiful river through lush trees and grass, a pleasant ride through a simpler, yet in many ways, more demanding place and era. –LONG BEACH BEACHCOMBER
The cast is good and memorable.…Karen Kähler is great as the schoolmarm Kate.…–LONG BEACH PRESS-TELEGRAM
Superbly cast…a touching and lovely drama.
–THE GRUNION GAZETTE
To perform this hauntingly beautiful play with
all of its music, dance, and soulful nuance requires extraordinary actors
in touch with the Celtic blood of its characters. Kudos to director John
Lant and his superb cast, who deliver Friel’s touching material
with convincing Irish flair. The ensemble is first rate.…
–BACKSTAGE WEST
