PHOTO CALL: Atlantic Theater Company and Druid Presents The Cripple of Inishmaan

By Ernio Hernandez
December 17, 2008

The Druid Theatre staging of Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan currently plays Off-Broadway's Atlantic Theater Company.

Garry Hynes (Beauty Queen of Leenane), who directed the Druid, Galway production, stages the work for the Off-Broadway company.

Tony Award winner Marie Mullen (Beauty Queen of Leenane) is featured in the cast with Kerry Condon, Andrew Connolly, Laurence Kinlan, Dearbhla Molloy, Aaron Monaghan, Patricia O'Connell, David Pearse and John C. Vennema.

"Set in 1934 on an island off the west coast of Ireland," according to show notes, The Cripple of Inishmaan follows "Hollywood filmmaker Robert Flaherty [who] arrives on the neighboring island of Inishmore to film his movie 'The Man of Aran' and excitement ripples through the sleepy community of Inishmaan. For orphaned Billy Claven, who has been relentlessly scorned by the island's inhabitants, the film represents an escape from the poverty of his existence. He vies for a part in the film, and to everyone's surprise, it is the cripple who gets his chance."

Here is a look at the production:

Dearbhla Molloy and Laurence Kinlan

Patricia O'Connell and David Pearse

Dearbhla Molloy and Marie Mullen

Aaron Monaghan		David Pearse

Aaron Monaghan and Kerry Condon

David Pearse, Marie Mullen and Dearbhla Molloy

Aaron Monaghan and Andrew Connolly

All photos by Keith Pattison.