STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at Druid's THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE, Coming to the Taper

Center Theatre Group has announced the casting for the Druid production of "The Beauty Queen of Leenane" by Martin McDonagh. Directed by Druid artistic director Garry Hynes, "Beauty Queen" begins previews November 9, opens November 16 and continues through December 18, 2016, at Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the cast in action below!

The cast includes, in alphabetical order, Aaron Monaghan, Marie Mullen, Aisling O'Sullivan and Marty Rea. Mullen, who played the daughter Maureen in the original 1996 production and earned a Tony Award for her performance, will now play the role of Maureen's mother Mag; O'Sullivan will play Maureen; Rea will play Pato; and Monaghan will play Ray.

The design team includes Francis O'Connor for sets and costumes, James F. Ingalls for lighting, Greg Clarke for sound. Paddy Cunneen is the composer and Bryan Burroughs is fight director.

"Beauty Queen," which is set in the mountains of Connemara, County Galway, is the tale of Maureen Folan, a plain and lonely woman in her early 40s, and Mag, her manipulative, aging mother, whose interference in Maureen's first and potentially last romantic relationship sets in motion a chain of events that are as tragically funny as they are horrific.

The production is currently touring Ireland starting in Galway, where the Druid Theatre Company was founded in 1975. The Taper run will be the first U.S. engagement in the tour. Subsequent tour dates will be announced at a later date.

Tickets for "The Beauty Queen of Leenane" are available by calling (213) 628-2772 or online at www.CenterTheatreGroup.org. Tickets range from $25 - $85 (ticket prices are subject to change). The Mark Taper Forum is located at the Music Center, 135 N. Grand Avenue in Downtown L.A. 90012.

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