by Brian Friel
Directed by Miguel Bregante

Columbia University School of the Arts presents Brian Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa, a directing thesis production by current student Miguel Bregante.

One day, a revolution began, but nobody called it a revolution. They were just some steps, incoherent, hesitant, and aimless. An animalistic ballet against something that didn't seem right. An amorphous instinct. This play recalls those who, more out of courage and survival than belief, took the first moves to claim a fair space to be themselves.

Dancing at Lughnasa is the story of five sisters surviving in a world that doesn't dance. It is a choreography of struggle, minor victories, and sorrows, composed through the blurred memories of a 7-year-old child in the summer that changed his life.

Run Time

2 hrs, 5 min

Featuring

Carl Bindman – MICHAEL, GERRY, JACK
Bethsabé Caballero – CHRIS
Helen Romeu Coombes – KATE
Stella Diji – MAGGIE
Jane Purnell – AGNES
Nanouli Shevardnadze – ROSE

Production Team & Crew

Director Miguel Bregante (current student)
Dramaturg Michael Landes (current student)
Line Producer Joel Edwards (current student)
Production Stage Manager Amelia McGinnis (current student)
Assistant Stage Manager Sydney Erwin (current student)
Company Manager Kira Harris (current student)
Choreographer Anastasia Ellis (current student)
Scenic/Props Designer Noah Hull
Costume Designer Brynne Oster-Bainnson
Lighting Designer Yiyuan Li
Sound Designer Zoe Stanton-Savitz (current student)

About the Director

Miguel Bregante, born in Zaragoza (Spain), lived in Santiago de Chile for the last 14 years, where he worked as a theater director, light designer and teacher. Initially trained as a telecommunications engineer (studies carried out between Spain, Austria and France), he directs La Mona Ilustre Theater Company in Chile, whose shows have been presented in Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Spain, France, Belgium, Norway, Germany, the US and Taiwan, receiving 14 international awards and mentions.