Jamie Tyrone, the self-destructive and cynical elder son from O’Neill’s “A Long Day’s Journey into Night,” visits a recently-inherited tenement farm where he connects with the salty Irish farmer Phil Hogan and his daughter, Josie. In a moving exploration of humanity at its basest and most beautiful, Jamie fights to come to grips with what he perceives to be his wasted life, while Josie faces her own long hidden desires, and the two lost souls spend an evening under the moonlight where the raw intensity of their true feelings is revealed. A rare sympathetic turn from the Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning O’Neill, this play offers powerful reflections on desire, family and sacrifice.
Directed by Mark Robbins and featuring Brian Paulette, Ashley Pankow, Victor Raider-Wexler, Chris Roady, and Charlie Spillers.
“A Moon for the Misbegotten” will perform at the City Stage in Union Station from September 12 – 30. Get your tickets today at www.kcactors.org or by calling the Central Ticket Office at 816-235-6222.
