About the Director
Mary-Rose McLaren
Dr Mary-Rose McLaren is an associate professor in Education with the College of Arts & Education, Victoria University. Mary-Rose has been involved in many productions in Ballarat. Her favourite memories with Ballarat National Theatre include:
- writing and directing “One Boys War” which was performed to sell-out crowds in 2013, which was about her Grandfather.
- Co-writing and directing Honourable Mentions with Peter Nethercote. Honourable Mentions was a special tribute to the Royal South Street Society's 125 year history (2016)
- Directing Daisy Pulls It Off and A Christmas Carol
- Acting in Little Women and The Best Man (2016), Much Ado About Shakespeare and Falling From Grace (2017), and getting to be Mark Antony in Act Like A Girl for Court in the Act.
Words and People in Dancing at Lughnasa
Donegal County Accents
Dancing at Lughnasa Cast Announcement
Brian Friel wrote thirty plays across six decades and is widely regarded as one of Ireland's greatest dramatists. He was a member of Aosdána, the society of Irish artists, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Irish Academy of Letters, and the Royal Society of Literature where he was made a Companion of Literature. He was awarded the Ulysses Medal by University College, Dublin.
Plays include
Hedda Gabler (after Ibsen)
The Home Place
Performances
Three Plays After (Afterplay, The Bear, The Yalta Game)
Uncle Vanya (after Chekhov)
Give Me Your Answer Do!
Molly Sweeney (Winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Play)
Cast
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