ISBN #1-933159-44-8
#2005-0040
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Irish accents are ideal, but not necessary.
Plot Summary
An Irish playwright contemplates soft edges in a sharp world, the lingering memory of a lost son, and the redemptive power of three women defining themselves for the first time.
The Setting
A traditional Irish parlor decorated with clothbound books, heavy curtains and ornate rugs. A small round table, covered in lace, with three chairs, is set for tea and guests. Decorated china plates and delicate cups and saucers sit undisturbed. In the center, a gold box of chocolates, unopened.
Author Biography
Kelly Younger is an award-winning playwright whose work includes Epiphany Cake, Off Compass, Return of the Soldier, I Think You Think I Love You, Lady Gregory's Ingredients, Forgive Me Father, Wyoming, The Can Can, most monday mornings, Pull for Exit, and Mametus Rex. His plays have received productions and readings in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, throughout the Midwest and South, as well as in Canada, Ireland, and the UK. He is a member of the Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA Playwrights Unit, the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights, and The Dramatists Guild of America. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Younger studied literature and drama before moving to Chicago where he earned an MA in Classics at Loyola University. He then moved to Dublin where he attended the National University of Ireland - University College Dublin earning a PhD in Drama Studies. He is an English professor at Loyola Marymount University where he teaches workshops in Playwriting and courses in Dramatic Literature. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Stephanie and son Aidan Beckett. For more information, visit www.KellyYounger.net.
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If this one-act interests you, consider Kelly Younger's Forgive Me, Father!
There are some astonishing ideas in the short half-hour play. . . Through humour, modern imagery and dramatic wizardry the playwright presented a three dimensional woman who was not just a folklorist and author but a woman whose creative energies embraced literature, freedom, marriage, passion, loyalty, responsibility and sadness, and the thousand fragile pieces which make up a human being. The cast presented this new play with confidence and intelligence. They and the playwright were rewarded with, first of all, rapt attention, and then sustained applause."
- Ronnie O'Gorman, Galway Advertiser
"All three [judges] were unanimous in their choice of Kelly Younger's 'Lady Gregory's Ingredients' as the clear winner. It showed, they felt, originality of thought, as well as considerable skill in creating credible characters and convincing dialogue. The theatrical quality of the writing was also commented on - it is a script which will work very well on stage and will be simple and straightforward to produce, according to the judges."
- Arts Editor, Galway Advertiser
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