Lex-Ham Community Theater presents Seamus Burke's The Belle of Boolavogue August 12, 2007

The Lex-Ham Community Theater will present the regional premiere of the Irish playwright Seamus Burke's one-act gem, The Belle of Boolavogue on Aug 11-12. The play, set in 1950, tells the story of Maureen Cassidy, a 30-year old woman who lives with her mother, the widow Hemlock Cassidy. Maureen has decided that none of the available men in the local area are up to her standards for marriage, so she joins a penpal club and begins exchanging letters with Larry "the Lad" Dineen from the western shore of Ireland. The relationship deeps and comedy ensues.

Amanda Sterling-Rockswold directs the show. Actors in the show are: Sarah Chamberlain, Franklin Heller, Kjersten Johnson, Lori Martin, Paul Sterling-Rockswold, and Jamison Russell.

Performances will be at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, August 11 in the Black Box Theatre at Concordia University-St. Paul, 312 N Hamline Ave. and at 1:00 p.m., Sunday, August 12 at the University of Minnesota Showboat by Harriet Island near downtown St. Paul as part of the Minnesota Irish Fair. Both performances are free, but a free will offering will be asked.

See www.lexhamarts.org/theater/200708/Show0708.htm or contact theater@LexHamArts.org for more information.

Official Website: http://www.lexhamarts.org/theater/200708/Show0708.htm