Irvin O. Moreno-Rodriguez
Professor Rodgers Jackson
Life of the Mind
November 28, 2011
Dancing at Lughnasa Blog
The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, known in New Jersey as the “Distinctive College” for its emphasizes on the arts, presented Brien Fiegal’s Dancing at Lughnasa last Thursday night at the Performing Arts Center. The event was held Thursday October 27th, 2011 and from the very moment you entered the lobby audience members were greeted by wonderful volunteers who also ushered you into your seat. Upon entering the seating area at the center audience members were amazed at the stage that had been set up for the play, a replica Irish house that was accurately decorated with all the possessions of that specific time period. After a long week its nice to sit down and enjoy a memory play, as it was later described to us in class, however be forewarned that this play is not a walk down merry lane. Dancing at Lughnasa at times had bits of humorous material, but towards the end of the play audience members were informed of the serried of unfortunate events that occurred to the Michaels family, Michael being the narrator of the entire memory play a play which recalls past events. Although many knew this play was not a delightfully one audience attendance that night was above average compared to the other events attended to before including Dracula. The actors that night were very captivating setting the time period and the setting with their Irish accents, and their costumes were tastefully picked for the play. The performance did have one intermission where the many audience positively commented on the visuals that were set up to ease them into the story. The play in the end was really entertaining and I am looking forward to the next time Stockton has the honor to present a memory play on stage again!