Duggan - Run/dont run ; &, Mission: two plays

Bigger Picture Projects presents RUN / DONT RUN Gary Duggan Run / Dont Run was first performed on 26 February 2015
at The Civic Theatre, Tallaght. Cast (in order of appearance)

Aonghus g McAnally	Gene
Leah Minto	Perdita
Sen Doyle	Eoin

Creative

Gary Duggan	Writer
Aoife Spillane-Hinks	Director
Tom Dowling	Producer
Denis Clohessy	Sound Design
Sarah Jane Shiels	Lighting Design
Barbara Mc Carthy	Costume Design
Tom Dowling	Set & Production Manager
Chris Nugent	Stage Manager
Rob Devlin	Assistant Stage Manager
Helen Norton	Voice Coach
James Cosgrove	Fight Choreograher
Ste Murray	Graphic Design and Photography
Shirley Chance	Publicity and PR
Jose Miguel Jimenez	Trailer Director / Camera / Editor
Grainne Hallahan	Production Assistant / Fundraiser
Shane McGill	Assistant LX

Bigger Picture Projects wishes to thank the following for their help and support with the production: All the administration and staff at The Riverbank Arts Centre, The Civic Tallaght, The Hawks Well, Linenhall, The Watergate Theatre and Project Arts Centre; Ali White; Marketa, Gavin and Jim at Fishamble: The New Play Company and Hilda and all at Shamrock Chambers; David and Leo at Super Miss Sue; plus all those who have helped us since this programme/playscript went to print. Thanks to our Fund:It sponsors: India Mullen, Tanya Dean, Barry Dignam, AC Productions, Dylan Coburn Gray, Sarah Gilhooly, The Jimmy Cake, Peter Gaynor, Mary McSharry, Jack Cawley, Lucina Russell, Brian McGovern, John Duggan, Patrick McLoughlin Jnr, Shane Carr, Tony Reilly, Caroline Farrell, Jessica Cunningham, Aaron Farrell, Laurence O Toole, Breda Cashe, Lisa Duggan, Alan King, Liz Nugent, Peter Daly, Colin Murphy, Nichola MacEvilly, Denis Clohessy, Katherine Fox Glassman, Songs In The Key of D, Nollaig Brennan, Colm OBrien, Amanda Doherty, Liam Halligan, Eoin Lennon, Some Yanks Theatre Company, John Comiskey, Brendan Mac Mahon, Nicola Murphy, Charlene Lydon, Niall McCabe, Clodagh Downing, Margaret Spillane, Rylie McNaughton, Steve Blount, Peter Hinks, Julia Smith, John Duddy, Sean OMeallaigh, Andrew Lynch, Ciaran McGrath, Mark Phillips, Darragh Doyle, Jimmy ONeill, Roisin Sullivan, Blue Heart Theatre. RUN / DONT RUN 2015 Tour February 25th
Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge February 26th 28th
The Civic, Tallaght March 4th
Hawks Well, Sligo March 5th
Linenhall, Castlebar March 7th
The Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny March 9th 14th
Project Arts Centre, Dublin CAST AONGHUS G MCANALLY Gene Aonghus trained at the Beckett Centre, Trinity College Dublin and also with Anne Bogarts SITI Company in New York. Theatre credits include: Major Barbara , The House , The Burial at Thebes , Big Love, Romeo & Juliet and The Plough and the Stars (Abbey Theatre) ; The Judges House, Slatterys Sago Saga, The Nose (Performance Corporation) ; Serious Money (Rough Magic Seeds) ; Die Fledermaus (Opera Slam) ; True Enough! (Making Strange) ; CChulainn Cycle (R.H.A. Dublin and Riverside Studios, London) ; Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet (Second Age) ; Myrmidons (Ouroboros) ; The Tempest (Corcadorca) ; One Healing with Theatre (Pan Pan) ; An Triail (Aisling Ghar) ; Buile an Phce (Amharclann de hde) and A Midsummer Nights Dream, Not a Moment to Lose (Torn Curtain) .

Film and TV work includes: When Harvey Met Bob, Happy Ever Afters, P.S. I Love You, The Tigers Tail, An Cosc, Pride and Joy, Ella Enchanted, The Nephew, A Basketful of Wallpaper, An Dog is Faide, Vikings, Murphys Law, Prosperity, Proof, The Clinic, Seachtar Dearmadta, Corp & Anam, The Running Mate, R-R and Ros na Rn. He is artistic director of Rise Productions, where work includes the multi-award-winning Gavin Kostick collaborations Fight Night and The Games People Play, Tear Down the Walls, Irish Theatre Podcast and Rise:Audio Drama. LEAH MINTO Perdita Leah is one-third of the theatre company Filibusters Co. With them she has created a number of productions including All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Shandango (Dublin Fringe Festival 2012) . In 2010, she played Agnes in August Strindbergs A Dream Play directed by Jimmy Fay in the Peacock Theatre, Dublin.

In 2011, Leah played the dead girl in Batsh*t performed in Project Arts Centre and later at the Fyfe Theatre Festival, Edinburgh. In 2012, she played Susan Brady in Playboy of the Western World in Smock Alley theatre, Dublin. Leah assistant-directed the adaptation of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man directed by Jimmy Fay in the New Theatre, Dublin. In 2014, Leah played the role of Gemma in Veronica , an adaptation of the play Veronicas Room by Ira Levin. She also co-devised B (r) itches which was presented as a work in progress in the Collaborations festival and went on to be performed in the Dublin Fringe Festival. SEN DOYLE Eoin Recent theatre credits include : Boys and Girls (59E59 Theatre New York) and Danny and Chantelle (Players Theatre) .

Other theatre credits include: Boys and Girls, Six Characters in Search of an Author (Project Arts Centre) ; The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Beats, Noah and The Tower Flower, Romeo and Juliet, This is a Play (The Samuel Beckett Theatre) ; The Matchmaker (Cuckoos Nest Theatre) ; A nationwide tour of The Importance of Being Earnest (Duked Productions) ; The Tempest, Anthony and Cleopatra (The Dublin Shakespeare Festival) ; Boys and Girls (Winner of The Fishamble Award, nominated for Spirit of the Fringe) , R.S.V.P., both as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival. Film and TV work includes: Killing Bono (Paramount Pictures) and Fair City (RT) . CREATIVE GARY DUGGAN Writer Gary won the Stewart Parker Trust award for his first play Monged (Fishamble) . Other plays include Dedalus Lounge (Pageant Wagon / Royal Family Productions, NYC); Stop/Over (Abbey); Mission (Origin Theatre, NYC) and Trans-Euro Express (Pageant Wagon / Fundamental Theatre Project & Irish Arts Center, NYC) . Gary has also written for director Louise Lowes Anu Productions, the 24 HOUR PLAYS, Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin Fringe Festival and directed his own work twice for Theatre Upstairs . His play Shibari was commissioned by The Abbey Theatre and premiered as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival 2012.

Gary writes regularly for Irish soap Fair City and co-wrote the acclaimed RTE drama, Amber (RTE/Screenworks), which premiered in Ireland to high viewing figures and aired on BBC4 in 2014. The mini-series has sold to multiple other territories throughout the world. Gary is currently under commission with The Abbey and has several screenplays in development. AOIFE SPILLANE-HINKS Director Aoifes credits include The Motherfucker with the Hat (Orion Productions) ; Pilgrim (Gonzo Theatre/Tiger Dublin Fringe-nominated for Fishamble New Writing Award) ; Sick (Crude Mechanics/Tiger Dublin Fringe) ; Waiting for Godot (PICT Classic Theatre, USA) ; Broken Promise Land (RTE Radio Drama on One) ; Be Not Afraid of Greatness and Document (Abbey Theatre Community and Education) ; Our Class (PICT Classic Theatre, USA) ; Broken Promise Land (Lanigans Theatre Upstairs/national tour) ; The Yellow Wallpaper (Project Arts Centre/Dublin Fringe) ; Plaza Suite (Rough Magic/Gaiety Theatre) ; Hamlet (Second Age) ; Boston Marriage (Gate Theatre/Dublin Theatre Festival) ; True Enough! (Making Strange/ Dublin Fringe) ; Serious Money (Rough Magic/AIB SEEDS Showcase) . Aoife trained as a director on the Rough Magic/AIB SEEDS programme. She holds a BA in Folklore and Mythology from Harvard University and an MA in Drama and Theatre Studies from NUI Galway.