Character	Actor	City
"Captain" Jack Boyle	Robert Emmett Reidy	Chicago, IL
Juno Boyle	Kate McNally	Blueisland, IL
Johnny Boyle	Mick Kenna	Oak Lawn, IL
Mary Boyle	Deborah Ryan Sampson	La Grange, IL
Joxer Daly	Barney Farrelly	Lemont, IL
Maisie Madigan	Katie Flynn-McKirdie	Oak Lawn, IL
Needle Nugent	Larry Coughlin	Tinley Park, IL
Mrs Tancred	Mary D. Earley	Plainfield, IL
Jerry Devine	Martin Murphy	Oak Lawn, IL
Charles Bentham	George Skrobuton	Mokena, IL
Mobilizer	David Branigan	Palos Park, IL
Irregular	Blake Labriola	Olympia Fields, IL
Coal Block Vendor	David O'Carroll	Plainfield, IL
Sewing Machine Man	Liam Briick	Joliet, IL
Furniture Removal Man 1	David O'Carroll	Plainfield, IL
Furniture Removal Man 2	Liam Briick	Joliet, IL
Neighbour 1	Jacqueline M. Moran.	Chicago, IL
Neighbour 2	Elizabeth Murray	Tinley Park, IL
Producer	Christina Garrivan	Chicago Ridge, IL
Assistant Director	Joanne Lamar	Tinley Park, IL

The Play

The setting is in the tenement home of the Boyle family in Dublin in 1922.
Captain Boyle, also known as "the paycock" is a lazy lout and spends
his days with his friend Joxer in the local pub, when they can afford it.
Mrs Boyle (Juno) can hardly keep the family together, money is so scarce.
Their son, Johnny, is a cripple as a result of a bullet received in The 1916
Rebellion. He is nervous and paranoid due to a fear of the Free Staters and
now his own Irregulars want him for the betrayal of Commandant Tancred.
Daughter, Mary, has high hopes and fancy tastes for a better life.
She has discarded her lover, Jerry Devine, a trade-union organizer
for a handsome school teacher and law student, Charles Bentham.
The family are well received and get along in harmony with their neighbors.
And Then
The Captain learns he is about to inherit a fortune and the family becomes
high and haughty with their working-class friends and neighbors.
The whole family goes on a shopping spree and they rack up some serious debt.
They have stretched their credit with local business and tradesmen to the limit.
However, as the "sand-castles" start to disintegrate around them the
Paycock and his good side-kick Joxer remain oblivious to it all.

O'Casey has given us a look at life in Dublin under the thumb of the colonizer.
( A far cry from the modern Dublin of today ) and his timeless witticism can be
best appreciated in the Paycock's final line in the play.
"The whole world's in a terrible state of chaos."

EVENING PERFORMANCES
FRIDAY and SATURDAY are at 8:00 p.m.
AFTERNOON PERFORMANCES on SUNDAY are at 3:00 p.m.
Tickets are $10.00 for Theatre Performances only.
Tickets are $20.00 for Dinner/Theatre Combination.
Dinner/Theatre Combination Performances are on Sundays Only
Reservations are a must for Dinner/Theatre.
For tickets and reservations please call Gaelic Park at 708-687-9323

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