The Motherfucker With the Hat Event

Struggles with addiction, friendship, love and the challenges of adulthood are at the center of the story.

Set in New York, the play is a funny fast-paced foul-mouthed story about feuding childhood sweethearts. Newly released from prison and struggling to remain sober, Jackie has reunited with his longtime girlfriend, a crack-smoking live wire named Veronica. Jackie leans on his addiction sponsor, the mellow-talking, stay positive Ralph D who tries to keep Jackie from blowing up, but ultimately proves himself to be a very poor advisor indeed.
Meanwhile, Ralph is having his own challenges with his ‘in-recovery’, ball-busting wife Victoria who sees Ralph for the dog he really is. Outside this maze of addiction and recovery stands Jackie’s loyal cousin, Julio who agrees to help Jackie in his quest for revenge despite a history of Jackie’s ill and often hurtful treatment of him.

Directed by Aoife Spillane-Hinks

Cast and Creatives

Aoife Spillane-Hinks

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Andrew Lynch

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Peter Gaynor

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Sinead O' Riordan

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Rex Ryan

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Laoisa Sexton

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Reviews

‘…has the energy and attention to detail for this hyperkinetic comedy of struggle, suspicion and support in contemporary America…a production of high ambition that constantly hints at how much more the world could achieve with the right support.’ ****
-- The Irish Times
“It’s tight, smart and splendidly well-made, a tough-minded, unromantically romantic comedy that keeps you laughing, then sends you home thinking.”
-- Wall Street Journal
‘Perfect black comedy’ ***** (about past productions of The Motherfucker With The Hat)
-- Public reviews
“Guirgis, a brilliant comedic talent…also has an original and knowing take on class, particularly as it plays out among the bottom-of-the-barrel working-class poor, who are virtually invisible to the wealthier men and women around them. Guirgis’ characters are strivers who lack the language to ‘pass’ in a white-collar world; they’re frustrated by limitations that they’re only half aware of, and that frustration provides much of the painful hilarity in their dialogue, which piles miscommunication on top of misunderstanding.”
-- New Yorker

The Motherfucker With the Hat

Cast and Creatives

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Reviews

-- The Irish Times

-- Wall Street Journal

-- Public reviews

-- New Yorker

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