Rum and Vodka
A regional premiere by acclaimed playwright Conor McPherson
2012 Houston Press Theatre Awards
Best Trooper: Andy Ingalls – Winner
Saturday, June 2, 8PM, Stages Theatre (Arena Stage), 3201 Allen Parkway, Suite 101
Monday, June 4, 7:30PM, University of St. Thomas Jones Hall, 3910 Yoakum Blvd.
PERFORMANCE DATES: JUNE 8-9, 2012
Friday, June 8 at 7:30PM
Saturday, June 9 at 7:30PM
Wildfish Theatre
1703D1 Post Oak Blvd., Houston, TX 77056
Performances are $15 ($10 for students).
SYNOPSIS
Rum and Vodka is a one-man tragicomedy where a 24-year-old alcoholic recounts how his life has hit bottom in the past three days. While McPherson received his biggest acclaim for his more recent plays, such as The Weir (for which he won the Laurence Olivier Award) and The Seafarer (recently produced at The Alley Theatre and a nominee for the Tony and Laurence Olivier Awards), this critically acclaimed play, which McPherson wrote at the age of 20, already shows his ability to capture dark truths, marking him as the “…heir to the great Irish tradition of absorbing tale-telling.” (Michael Billington, The Guardian)
Ingalls gets it all down in wonderful, horrific detail...His nightmarish adventures are hypnotizing!
