HMT to Go presents ‘The Beauty Queen of Leenane’
The program is scheduled for Sunday, August 4 at Caffè Lena
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. >> Home Made Theater (HMT) Saratoga’s resident theater company, will be presenting Martin McDonagh’s “The Beauty Queen of Leenane,” at Caffè Lena, as part of their HMT to Go program on Sunday, August 4.
HMT to Go was founded in HMT’s eleventh season as a touring troupe that brought educational and entertaining material to schools. In honor of their thirty-fifth season, HMT to Go is being reinvented to bring live theater to new audiences by performing in venues other than HMT’s home at the Spa Little Theater.
“The Beauty Queen of Leenane,” a Tony Award-winning dark comedy, is set in the provincial Irish town of Leenane. Forty-year-old Maureen Folan lives with her manipulative aging mother, Mag, stuck in a caretaking relationship that has them both seething with resentment.
When a romantic encounter finally sparks Maureen’s hopes for an escape from her dreary existence, Mag’s interference sets a chain of events in motion that is as tragically funny as it is terrifying. This play contains adult themes and humor.
The director of “The Beauty Queen of Leenane” is Erin Nicole Harrington, who is making her HMT directorial debut. The cast includes Jonathan Hefter as Pato, Robin Leary as Mag, Harry Reid as Ray, and Jennie Casey Sinnott as Maureen.
There will be two performances on Sunday, August 4th at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance, and $27 at the door, and can be purchased through Caffè Lena at www.CaffeLena.org.