Richard and I went to see Stones in His Pockets, presented at the Hult Center Soreng Theater in Eugene, Oregon by the Willamette Repertory Theatre. Actors Jeff Pierce and Darragh Kennan play fifteen roles in the Irish dark comedy writtten by Marie Jones. It’s an engaging play about a small Irish town overrun by a Hollywood film production. The film director wants to show the real Ireland, which is completely at odds with reality. The story, though, is about the clash between our dreams and the changes the world forces onto our way of life.
Jeff and Darragh did a marvelous job of convincingly playing so many characters with only very minor costume changes.
Despite purchasing our tickets only a few days beforehand, we actually got seats in the center of the second row. I thought that might mean that attendance would be light, but apparently we were just lucky. I’ve never before had a seat that close, and while it worked well with this two-man play, those seats might actually be too close for a bigger production.