Set in South Philadelphia, this award-winning “dram-edy” centers around Rose and Cliff, two neurotic people searching for love. It is truly a hysterical play in both the crazy and funny sense of the word.
In her dingy apartment with boarded-up windows Rose is a dumpy mess of shutoff emotional valves. She’s topped by a psychosomatic rash, the very picture of total anemia and terminal humorlessness. She works at a five-and-dime behind the candy counter. Draming of how she’ll meet a man one day who is perfect for her, a guy “with a smile you can hang onto.”
Cliff is a foul-mouthed, wise-cracking transcontinental truck driver who gets stuck in Philadelphia when his truck breaks down. Cliff is the most exotic guy Rose has happened upon – a constant traveler, while Rose has been, as he says, “cooped up too long.” And to Cliff, Rose is a homebody who could well be the perfect anchor for his lifelong drift.
Directed by David Byrne, Artistic Director of Blue Moon Theatre Company, and founder of Underground Cinema.
Sinead O’ Riordan, who has just completed a national tour of another 2 hander, David Mamet’s ‘Oleanna’ with Company D, plays the dreamy Rose, and this time also takes on the role of producer.
Michael Hough, who’s recent screen roles include Albert Knobbs, Grabbers and the TV series Mattie, plays the brash Cliff.
About Blue Moon Theatre Company:
With over 50 productions staged all over Ireland and the UK over the past 22 years. Blue Moon Theatre Company was one of the busiest theatre companys in the country. Over the years over one hundred actors have worked with the company, with many of these artists going on to achieve wonderful things in the professional world of theatre, television, dance and film. The company has numerous awards under its belt including three arts awards and culture awards for their work in the entertainment industry. They have worked with some of the best Irish writers in the country and have staged numerous Irish premieres which include Jack the Ripper, Dracula and Judgment at Nuremberg.
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