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Siobhan Donnellan

SIOBHAN DONNELLAN  

 Nationality:    Irish
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A native of Clare, Siobhan graduated from the Masters Drama & Theatre NUI Galway in 2006 and became a founding member of Dragonfly Theatre. In 2007 she won the Outstanding Actor Award at the New York International Fringe Festival for her role in Dragonfly's Married to the Sea (Edinburgh Fringe, Dublin Fringe and the Galway Arts Festival 2008). In 2009 she undertook a Postgraduate Diploma Intensive Performance Training Course, Queens University, Belfast and subsequently co-wrote and performed in her debut play as a playwright, For the Birds, which debuted at Cherry Lane Theatre, New York Fringe Festival 2010. Her one-act play, Chasing Butterflies, was shortlisted for Cork Arts Theatre Writers Week Award 2010 where it won three production awards including Best Female Actor for Siobhan. Her second one-act In the Garden premiered at Galway Theatre Festival 2011. Both plays were subsequently adapted for radio by Siobhan and produced under the BAI Sound and Vision Scheme. In 2012 she wrote and performed The Mire commissioned by Jasango Theatre in conjunction with Birr Arts Theatre for its Environmental Play Festival 2012. In 2013 her one-act play Made to Measure won 'Scripts' Irelands Playwriting Festival, judged by playwright Eugene O Brien. Other acting credits include Reptilian (Dublin Fringe 2008, Galway Arts Festival 2009), The Lost Weekend (The Axis, Ballymun), The Mai (Mephisto Theatre, 2012), Eclipsed (Mephisto Theatre, 2013)

Research:    http://www.irishplayography.com/person.aspx?personid=14947

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below is a list of Siobhan Donnellan's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Chasing Butterflies         For the Birds         In the Garden         Made to Measure         Mire, The

Chasing Butterflies

Synopsis:
Chasing Butterflies tells the story of two parents recalling the night they each lost a child; one to death, the other to darkness. Annie Caryfords seventeen year old daughter is missing. Big Story Hannigan has no idea what to do when his beloved son returns home covered in someone else's blood. What happens when the spirit of the dead becomes more vibrant and alive than those they leave behind?

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1st Produced:
Cork Arts Theatre, Cork City    Nov 2000

Organisations:
Bluepatch Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama one act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=3759

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For the Birds

Synopsis:
a dark but touching Drama that explores family relationships and the connections that really bind us together. Set in Ireland and New York over twenty years For the Birds follows an unexpected pairing where things aren't always what they seem.

Notes:
written by Siobhan Donnellan, Jen Browne

1st Produced:
the Studio @ Cherry Lane Theatre    21 Aug 2010

Organisations:
Blue Wren Collective

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Music:
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Genre:
0h 55m International Ireland,

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In the Garden

Synopsis:
In the Garden is a dark comedy involving two lost souls who meet unexpectedly having been caught between this world and the next. As they share the key moments in their lives with one another, an unlikely bond forms where they finally discover that while life is difficult, the afterlife may just make it worthwhile.

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1st Produced:
Nuns Island Theatre, Galway City    29 Oct 2011

Organisations:
Bluepatch Productions

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Music:
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Genre:
Dark Comedy one act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=3760

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Made to Measure

Synopsis:
Spiuck runs a small menswear shop and can tailor anything for himself but the life he wants. Martha is an undertaker and loves her work because it's easy talk to the dead 'it's the living give me the problems'. However following an awkward date invitation, Martha and Spiuck slowly develop a relationship but as things finally begin to flourish the tragic death of a local man throws their future into jeopardy.

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1st Produced:
Birr Arts Theatre, Co. Offaly    Sep 2013

Organisations:
Jasango Theatre Company / Birr Arts Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama one act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Mire, The

Synopsis:
It is often said that people are a reflection of the place they are born into. Law and his wife Una have lived in Rún Bog their whole life. It is difficult terrain with acres of unchartered territory yet, when handled correctly, it yields one of life's most essential resources. When fate deals Law a cruel blow, Rún Bog becomes tainted and an unwilling ally in a series of events no-one could have predicted. With dark humour and a mystical undercurrent, The Mire explores love, relationships and our powerlessness to protect the things most precious to us.

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1st Produced:
Birr Arts Theatre, Co. Offaly    Sep 2012

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama one act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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