Our season commenced with St Nicholas, a macabrely funny story of obsession, seduction, entrapment and blood.  A jaded theatre critic besotted by a young actrress walks away from his ordinary life into a series of bizarre events.

"The American Repertory Theatre and Huntington Theatre Company are both off to a good start this season, but the most rewarding theatrical experience in the area might actually be in the BCA's Black Box Theatre, where the Súgán Theatre Company is presenting the one-man play about - gulp - a middle-aged theater critic and a group of vampires. .…. We can only imagine how great Brian Cox was in the British and New York versions, but for the next couple of weeks at the BCA, you can see that greatness can be bred in Boston as well"  – The Boston Globe (read Globe review in full)

"I can't imagine a better performance: stalking the black-box space, sitting in with the audience, shifting smoothly from sarcasm to cynicism to childlike innocence and even idealism" – The Boston Phoenix

"It gives me much pleasure to be able to announce: Richard McElvain is magnificent in Conor McPherson's St. Nicholas.  Anyone who loves acting and is within commuting range of Boston: Re-arrange your life if necessary, but whatever it takes, don't deny yourself the experience of seeing this superb performance" – Aisle Say (read Aisle Say review in full)
 

At the Black Pig's Dyke by Vincent Woods
November 1999
Directed by Carmel O'Reilly
Reprise of 1998-99 production
Cast:  Ciaran Crawford, Irene Daly, Marcella Grogan, Maureen Lenihan, Billy Meleady, Carmel O'Reilly, Sid Quilty, Douglas Rainey, George Saulnier, Karen Woodward
Design:  Mick Spence, Mark Klureza, Marcella Grogan, Susan Dibble, Katrina Owen, Ger Cooney

Using traditional folk theatre as a powerful storytelling metaphor, At the Black Pig's Dyke weaves between past and present generations to tell the struggles and hopes of a family torn apart by sectarian violence and tribal hatred.

"a magnificent and haunting.reprise ... acting is superb" – Metrowest Daily News
 

Perfect Days by Liz Lochhead
February-March 2000
Directed by Carmel O'Reilly
American premiere
Cast:  Linda Carmichael, Ciaran Crawford, Geralyn Horton, Billy Meleady, Derek Nelson, Patricia Pellows
Design: J. Michael Griggs, John R. Malinowski, Katrina Owen, Julie Heneghan

Barbs, an uninhibited Scottish celebrity hairdresser, in a truly contemporary dilemma, yearns for a baby as she stares down the barrel of her 40th birthday.  Perfect Days is a sharp and bracing comedy about love and one woman who goes all out to get what she really, really wants …until life throws her a few unexpected surprises.
 

“the overall performance deserves several calls of 'cheers!'  The actors affectionately contribute heart and genuineness"– South End News

"a most attractive production, capably staged and well-played" – Bay Windows

"Súgán sparkles with Scottish comedy ...a very lively and fully realized production by one of the best small theater companies in Boston that just keeps getting better" – Metrowest News

"a funny, vibrant comedy that comments on weighty issues without you hardly even noticing as you follow the blue sperms out the door back into your own life's routine" – boston.citysearch.com
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St Nicholas by Conor McPherson
April 2000
Directed by Carmel O'Reilly
Reprise at the Hasty Pudding in Cambridge in a collaboration with the American Repertory Theatre
Cast:  Richard McElvain
Design:  J. Michael Griggs, John R. Malinowski

"As the critic, Richard McElvain reprises the extraordinary performance he gave earlier this season ... the American Repertory Theatre is to be congratulated for bringing back St Nicholas" – WBUR

"strangely moving because the story is told with such emotional honesty.  It is McElvain's powerful and and meticulously nuanced performance that makes the Súgán production so riveting and resonant" – Boston Globe

"this show ... is the single best piece of theatre seen hereabouts in a long time" – Aisle Say
 
 

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