About the play
For over 50 years Cass has worked among bums and “gooks” in sandwich-bar, a joint in the lower east side of New York, a block from Skid Row. Upon her return to Ireland, her drinking and coarse manners embarrass her “respectable” family who reject her. Her brother has her committed to Eden House, a “rest home” for the elderly, but which Cass sees as the workhouse. The play deals with her attempts to discover the home she dreamt of all her life and how, under the influence of Trilbe Costello and Mr. Ingram, other “residents,” she eventually comes to terms with her new reality.
Cast
Mother: Ann Moran
Dom: Dermot Hession
Harry: Mike Hession
Alice: Liz Hession
Cass: Fidelma O’Rourke
Ingram: Vincent Moran
Trilbe: Carmel Kenny
Pat: Paddy Greaney
Tessa: Ruth O’Driscoll
Mrs Butcher: Bríd Conneely
Production team
Stage Manager: Mary McCarthy
Set Manager: Séamus McNulty,
Set Construction: Peter Talbot, Simon Kavanagh, Patsy Cahalan
Greg Conneely, John Brennan, Clement Shevlin
Make-up: Síle Mannion, Ann Moran
Costumes: Jennifer Donaghy
Props: Celia Fleming
Lighting: Francis Moran, Adrian Moran
Sound: John Keane
Director : Philip Cribbin
