Directed by Jo Mangan
First Presented
at Convergence Festival, Dublin
April 2004
Blood, violence and butterflies…
Performed on a spectacular, vertical stage - purpose built in a
new space at SS Michael & John in Temple Bar.
‘The Butterfly Ranch’ is the tale of a mystery boy who
quite literally falls from the sky into the muddy, murky and violent world
of Jed Senior.
On Jed’s ranch, swine feed on butterflies, Latvian farmhands run
covert internet scams and the rule of the gun is law. But the boy’s
eagerness to learn Jed’s etiquette of violence upsets the balance
of power, leading to a bloody conflict which leaves no one on the butterfly
ranch unscathed. ‘The Butterfly Ranch’ is a dark and deeply
political meditation on life’s repeating cycles of violence.
Cast:
Peter Daly, Louis Lovett, Michelle Read and Mal Whyte.
Damien Devaney v/o (voice over)
Production Designers:
Set Design … Sinead O’Hanlon
Lighting Design … Sinead McKenna
Costume Design … Suzanne Keogh
Sound Design … Paul Brennan
Choreography … Nanette Kincaid
Production Manager / Set Construction… Bob Brennan
Projection Design … Sinead Woods
The Company:
Producers … Jo Mangan & Tom Swift
Stage Director … Jackie Dwyer
Stage Manager … Eimear O’Mara
PR /Marketing … Cerstin Mudiwa
Fight Director … Paul Burke
Graphic Design … Peter Johnston/Mediazoo
Photographer … Colm Hogan
Venue Manager … Mick Canny
Scaffolding … Flynn JFD Scaffolding
Scaffolders … Tony O Malley & Craig Dickson
