The Dead Letter Office by Mary Lou McCarthy
Presented By Mary Lou McCarthy in association with Ready, Steady, SHOW!
The Civic and The Everyman (2022)
The Dead Letter Office by Mary-Lou McCarthy is a play for young audiences aged 9+, exploring migration and belonging.
Elizabeth is a dead letter detective and knows everything there is to know about lost post. She loves her job… but people don’t send letters anymore. Days before the closure of her beloved Dead Letter Office, a mysterious package arrives. Faced with the most difficult mystery of her career, Elizabeth is forced to make life-changing decisions
The play is a story about connection and how through others we can find ourselves.
ARTIST
Mary-Lou McCarthy is a writer and actor working across multiple disciplines including theatre, film, TV and radio and in 2022 was awarded a Next Generation Award by the Arts Council. She is passionate about creating innovative work with and for young audiences and is a committee member of Theatre for Young Audiences Ireland. In 2020, Mary-Lou received a “Arts for Young Audiences'' residency at the Linenhall Arts Centre and created a new audio project for the classroom entitled “Squawker”. In 2021, Mary-Lou was a National Youth Council of Ireland artist in residence with Graffiti’s Activate Junior Youth Theatre and has been an artist in residence at Le Centre Culturel Irlandais and as part of PUSH, a Creative Europe-funded lab supported by 5 European partners with the aim of advancing ideas within theatre and dance for young audiences. Mary-Lou is a fluent Irish speaker, and her work across theatre, film and television spans both Irish and English languages. Mary-Lou is from Cork and a graduate of Drama and Theatre Studies and English from UCC and is currently based in Co.Mayo. Past work with the Everyman includes research and development on productions and performances in “Lovers”, “Factory Girls” and the “Fighting Words Young Playwrights” programme.
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CAST
Elizabeth / Mary-Lou McCarthy
Hassan / Curtis-Lee Ashqar
Rosemary / Gina Moxley
Seamus / Shane Daniel Corcoran
CREATIVE TEAM
Writer / Mary-Lou McCarthy
Director / Emily Foran
Play Development / Veronica Coburn
Set Designer / Ger Clancy
Costume Designer / Deirdre Dwyer
Music Composer and Sound Designer / Jack Cawley
Lighting Designer / Sarah Jane Shiels
Olfactory Technicians / Anderson Augusto Simiscuka & Mohammed Amine Togou
Producer / Mags Keohane
Production Manager / Anthony Hanley
Deputy Production Manager / Ronan O’Shea
Stage Manager / Sadhbh Barrett Coakley
Assistant Stage Manager / Georgia Maguire
Irish Sign Language Interpreter / Ray Greene
ArtFX LTD / Ciaran Bonner, Eugenia Genunchi and Aidan Fox
Crew / Rab Urquhart, Joe Mc Nicholas, Ian Brown, Arran MacGabhann, Seamus Hegarty
Graphic Design / Ronan McDonnell
Educational Resource Pack Design / Sarah FitzGibbon
Photography / Ros Kavanagh
LEAD ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Commissioned and developed in partnership with Ready, Steady SHOW! at The Civic.
Supported by Branar Meitheal. The project is funded by the Arts Council. Early development support through Creative Ireland, Branar Tiny Shows, Time to Play with Theatre Lovett, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Draíocht Theatre and Mayo Arts Service.
GALLERY
Photo Credits Ros Kavanagh
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