Irish Rep's The Emperor Jones to return

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Irish Rep's The Emperor Jones to return

Posted: 2/16/17 at 8:37pm

Irish Rep is remounting the Emperor Jones by Eugene O'Neil. I believe previews begin the first or second week of March. I am very proud of this piece! Sort of a self promo here. Shill if you will. Got to design all the apparitions and Hunts. It is actually more revelevant in todays political clime then when we put it up 8 years ago! Imagine, A self proclaimed Emperor's slow descent into madness.

Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!

Updated On: 2/16/17 at 08:37 PM

Irish Rep's The Emperor Jones to return

Posted: 2/16/17 at 8:50pm

Is John Douglas Thompson doing it again? That was the first time I saw him on stage and I was blown away by his performance. That production was gorgeous.

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Irish Rep's The Emperor Jones to return

Posted: 2/16/17 at 9:11pm

British actor Obi Abili is playing Jones. John Douglas Thompson is busy at the moment with Jitney.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

Irish Rep's The Emperor Jones to return

Posted: 2/16/17 at 10:06pm

Yeah John Douglas Thompson, when asked awhile back to reprise the role, sort of said "Been there done that." I have been too busy Dusting off, repairing and rebuilding to sit in on a rehearsal. However from what I am hearing, Mr Abili is going to knock it out of the park as well.

Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!

Irish Rep's The Emperor Jones to return

Posted: 2/16/17 at 10:22pm

That's good to hear. I will definitely revisit this production again.

I loved Thompson in Jitney too and was hoping to see him again in something else this spring.

Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco. Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!

Irish Rep's The Emperor Jones to return

Posted: 2/17/17 at 5:19pm

Just checked. Previews start March 1, opens on the 12th.

Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!

Irish Rep's The Emperor Jones to return

Posted: 2/17/17 at 8:20pm

Good to hear. The Irish Rep has some wonderful productions!

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Irish Rep's The Emperor Jones to return

Posted: 5/25/17 at 1:48am

Saw it 2 weeks ago. Enjoyed it overall but found Abil's performance to be exhausting, and not always in a good way., after his character is in the woods. He was literally dripping sweat.

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