MOJO MICKYBO by Owen McCafferty

Seanachaí Theatre Company
Presents
THE MIDWEST PREMIERE OF
MOJO MICKYBO
by Owen McCafferty
Directed by Jeff Christian
October 29th – December 6th 2009
THURSDAYS-SATURDAYS @ 8pm, SUNDAYS @ 3pm
Half-price Previews October 29th & 30th @ 8pm
Opening Night October 31st @ 8pm
No performance November 26th, added performance Monday, November 23rd @ 8pm
Tickets $26 – www.seanachai.org or call (773) 878 3727

Performed at The Artistic Home
3914 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60613

El: Red Line to Sheridan. Bus: 9, 22, 80.
Street Parking Available.

www.seanachai.org

Like their heroes Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, it’s wee lads Mojo and Mickybo against the world in this bittersweet tale of innocence lost. Two actors play 17 characters in Owen McCafferty’s rollicking and poignant thrill ride through 1970 Belfast.

After last seasonʼs highly successful Scenes From The Big Picture (Equity Wing Joseph Jefferson Nomination - Best Ensemble), Seanachaí returns to the exceptional storytelling style of Owen McCafferty. The colorful argot of urchins Mojo and Mickybo speaks of a gritty urban landscape, transformed by the exuberant artistry of the boysʼ imaginations.

Mojo Mickybo is directed by Jeff Christian who has been an ensemble member since 2003. Jeff also directed Our Father and A Whistle in the Dark for the company and appeared in Our Father, Scenes From The Big Picture, War and David Cromer’s After Dark Award-winning and Jeff-nominated production of Journey’s End. As an actor and co-director, he shared in three Jeff Awards and an After Dark Award for The Journeymen’s Angels in America, and directed Proof and Driving Miss Daisy for New American Theater, Love’s Labours Lost, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the Two Gentlemen of Verona for Lakeside Shakespeare and James Krag’s one man show According to Mark. He is the Artistic Director of The Shakespeare Project of Chicago and has directed his adaptations of Dickens, Moliere, Ibsen, Euripides, Shakespeare, Marlowe and Goethe. His stage credits include Writers’ Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare, The Women’s Project of New York, The Tennessee Williams Festival, Syracuse Stage, Indiana Rep, Chicago Dramatists, Milwaukee Rep, Madison Rep, The Artistic Home, Artists’ Ensemble, Illinois Theatre Center and New American Theatre. He writes and directs animated and live action sequences for the Emmy Award-winning Digital Kitchen and serves as a creative consultant to Tessera Publishing. Film credits include Batman Begins, Witches’ Night, The Express, The Poker House, Helix, Pickman’s Muse, Cyrus and Good People.

Robert Kauzlaric (Mojo) is a member of the Seanachaí Ensemble and has appeared for the company as Mush in A Whistle in the Dark, Denis in War, and Oscar in Our Father. Other Chicago credits include Sueño and The Nose (Greasy Joan & Co.), Radio Theatre 6: A Many-Splendored Thing (Strawdog Theatre), Balm in Gilead (The Hypocrites), Tartuffe (City Lit), Candida (Circle Theatre), A Christmas Carol (New American Theater), Getting Away with Murder, Julius Caesar and Macbeth (Theatre at the Center), Henry IV and Merry Wives of Windsor (Lakeside Shakespeare), Twelfth Night and The Tempest (Illinois Shakespeare Festival), and numerous productions with Lifeline Theatre, including Around the World in 80 Days (Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Awards: Supporting Actor-Play and Ensemble), The Mark of Zorro (After Dark Award: Outstanding Production), A Room with a View, The Killer Angels, The Return of the King, and The Silver Chair. Robert’s stage adaptation of The Island of Dr. Moreau received five Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Awards, including New Adaptation and Best Production - Play, and his adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray was nominated for New Adaptation.

Dan Waller (Mickybo) is an Ensemble member and has appeared for Seanachaí in Our Father, A Whistle in the Dark, both directed by fellow ensemble member Jeff Christian, and Journey’s End, directed by David Cromer. He most recently appeared onstage in the world premiere of Naomi Iizuka’s Ghostwritten at the Goodman Theatre, directed by Lisa Portes. His other Chicago theatrical credits include Talking Pictures (Goodman Theatre), As You Like It (Shakespeare Project of Chicago), The Coast of Chicago (Walkabout/Lookingglass), To the Green Fields Beyond and Our Town (Writers’ Theatre), MOJO (Mary-Arrchie), Romeo and Juliet and The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Lakeside Shakespeare), Karen Tarjan’s adaptation of The Killer Angels (Lifeline Theatre), The Cider House Rules: Parts I & II (Famous Door Theatre), and Short Eyes and Streamers (Blindfaith). Film credits include: Barefoot to Jerusalem, Repetition, Of Boys and Men, and Witless Protection. Television credits include: Our Little Science Story for the Starz network, TNT’s Leverage and A&E’s The Beast.

Set and Lighting Design for Mojo Mickybo are by Sarah Hughey, Original Music and Sound by Mikhail Fiksel and Miles Polaski with Costume Design by Carolyn Klein. Stage Management by Erin Diener and Mary Rose O’Connor.

Owen McCafferty was born in 1961 in Belfast where he still lives with his wife and three children. His plays include Shoot The Crow, No Place Like Home, Closing Time and Scenes From The Big Picture which earned him the John Whiting Award, the Evening Standard’s Charles Wintour Award for New Playwriting and the Meyer-Whitworth Award all in the same year. Mickybo and Me is a Working Title film based on McCafferty’s stage play.

MOJO MICKYBO will perform at The Artistic Home, 3914 N. Clark, Chicago, IL 60613, from October 29th to December 6th, 2009, Thursdays through Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm. Press Opening is October 31st, Opening Night Performance is November 1st, half price previews are October 29th and 30th. There will be no show November 26th and there will be an added show on Monday November 23rd at 8pm. Tickets are $26 and can be obtained by calling (773) 878-3727. For further information, see the website at www.seanachai.org.

Seanachaí is the Gaelic word for Storyteller. The people’s stories were at the very core of ancient Irish culture. It was the duty of the Seanachaí to keep these stories alive. The mission of Seanachaí Theatre Company is to return theatre to this origin - by creating compelling productions and programs that focus the energy of artists towards the common goal of exceptional storytelling. To achieve this end, Seanachaí Theatre Company strives to provide an atmosphere where all theatre artists - actors, playwrights, directors and designers - have the support and assurance to collaborate openly. That is at the heart of all ensemble companies, and Seanachaí has proven itself a major player in Chicago’s ensemble-driven theatrical community.