Auditions for “Dancing at Lughnasa”

Open auditions for “Dancing at Lughnasa” by Brian Friel

7pm January 27 & 28, 2024 at Towngate Theatre.

Cassandra Majetich directs.
Roles include three men and five women.
Play is staged March 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 2025

For specific questions about auditions, call Towngate Theatre at 304-233-0820.

About the Play

Brian Friel’s award-winning play is an astonishing evocation of a family’s world on the brink of change. Set in County Donegal, Ireland in August 1936, the five unmarried Mundy sisters— Kate, Maggie, Agnes, Rose and Chris — battle poverty to raise seven-year-old Michael and care for their brother, ‘Uncle’ Jack.

During the Celtic harvest festival of Lughnasa, Pagan and Christian meet and collide. The sisters fight each other, love each other, dance, yearn, and survive.
A deeply moving portrait of their everyday lives, “Dancing at Lughnasa” is as a memory play framed by the narrator’s childhood recollection of the summer that changed the Mundy sisters’ lives forever.

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Towngate is the premiere venue for community theater in Wheeling.  Enjoy an intimate theater experience. Marvel at and applaud the talent of local actors. Experience a variety of though-provoking, heartwarming, comedic and historically significant works from renowned playwrights and talented newcomers. When watching a stage production, you are transported  into a different world. Escape from reality and feel the energy created by sharing an intimate space with actors and fellow theatergoers. Live action happens right before your eyes. There’s no app for that!  Furthermore, theater is a social experience meant to be shared with one another. So, bring your family and friends and meet new friends, too. Most importantly, support your local actors, directors, stage managers, set and costume designers. They spend months working to bring characters and stories to life. Their efforts produce amazing art time and time again.

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Towngate is a cornerstone of creative life in Wheeling and serves as an entertainment destination for residents of the Ohio Valley and beyond. People of all ages and backgrounds gather here to create and experience art onstage. Most of all, Towngate celebrates the essential power of theater to illuminate our common humanity. The community enjoys and participates in hundreds of live performances, classes and workshops year-round.