The Gamm Stages THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE, Now thru 6/2

The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh, directed by Judith Swift, will run at the Gamm Theatre, tonight, May 2-June 2, 2013.

In a dimly lit kitchen in a shabby co ttage in a backwater village in the west of Ireland, selfish, conniving Mag and her embitt ered 40-year-old virginal daughter, Maureen, stew in mutual loathing. When Maureen is offered a last chance at love, Mag has other ideas, sett ing in motion a chain of betrayals and tragedy both heartbreaking and hilarious.

Tickets: $26, $36 & $45. Discounts for seniors, students and groups of 10 or more. 401-723-4266 or gammtheatre.org.

Shows play the Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre, 172 Exchange St., Pawtucket, RI.

Pictured: Wendy Overly as Mag in The Beauty Queen of Leenane. Photo by Peter Goldberg.