Thirst

WORLD PREMIERE | AUGUST 18 - SEPTEMBER 3 | By Ronán Noone | Directed by Theresa Rebeck

A witty Irish drama wrapped in humanity. Set during Eugene O’Neill’s classic Long Day’s Journey Into Night, failure, denial, and passion roil as two Irish servants and an American chauffeur pass the day in the kitchen of the Tyrone family’s residence in 1912. As tensions rise and the past rears its head, a search for love and belonging becomes the search for “home.”

“I am thrilled to be directing this magnificent play by an extraordinary Irish-American writer, Ronán Noone. THIRST is beautiful, funny, heartbreaking. Unmissable,”

— THERESA REBECK, DIRECTOR

Two-time Emmy-nominated writer Theresa Rebeck returns to Dorset on the heels of co-writing the spy ensemble thriller, The 355, which recently hit theaters via Universal. Rebeck’s fourth Broadway play, Bernhardt/Hamlet, premiered as part of the Roundabout Theatre Company’s 2018-19 season, making her the most Broadway-produced female playwright of our time. As the Festival’s Resident Playwright, Rebeck has developed more than seven productions at Dorset Theatre Festival that have gone on to other stages around the country, including 2017’s Downstairs starring Tim and Tyne Daly. This season, she returns to Dorset after directing the Festival’s 2019 award-winning World Premiere of her play, Dig.

PLAYWRIGHT’S NOTE:

Although this play started out life as The Second Girl, it is not that anymore. This play now called Thirst has been redrafted and reworked into a new and separate work of art.

The Second Girl was originally produced by the Huntington Theatre Company, Boston. Peter DuBois, Artistic Director / Michael Maso, Managing Director. The Second Girl was developed by The Orchard Project, American Conservatory Theatre, CATF, Vineyard Playhouse, and Boston Playwrights’ Theatre.

THIRST is produced by Dorset Theatre Festival.

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