Adrian Deane with the cast of WELDED at the Eugene O’Neill International Festival at St. Michael’s Church in New Ross, Ireland.
High Praise for Deane from the New Ross Standard, and Project Muse, respectively:
Though it has rarely been performed, it was very well received. US actress Adrian Deane was outstanding in the lead female role of Eleanor Cape.
— New Ross Standard, David Loopy
And what a part it is, requiring Eleanor to spin through a kaleidoscope of emotions at a dizzying pace. In lesser hands the dialogue could certainly seem “overwrought.” Indeed, during rehearsals of the premiere, Doris Keane pleaded with director Stark Young to let her withdraw from the play, saying she could not act the role (see Gelbs, 234). Deane, however, was up to the task.
While hurdling through the scale of emotions at the breakneck pace the text requires, she struck each note resonantly and made the abrupt and extreme changes in pitch seem the inevitable results of her character and circumstance.
— Daniel McGovern, Project Muse | Penn State University Press | Volume 43, Number 2, 2022 | pp. 224-226
By invitation, to open for the Eugene O’Neill International Festival | October 13th - 16th, 2022
After a run with the Danville foundation, Eric F. Hayes takes WELDED to Sister-Theater St. Michaels in New Ross, Ireland.
