A Night In November

May 8 - 22, 2022

by Marie Jones

directed by Tim Redmond

performed by Alan Smyth

 

  • Marie Jones, OBE

    PLAYWRIGHT

    Marie Jones is a Belfast-based actress and playwright.

    Born into a working-class Protestant family, Jones was an actress for several years before turning her hand to writing. Her plays have been staged on Broadway as well as across Ireland and the UK, and include The Government Inspector, A Night In November, Stones In His Pockets, Fly Me To The Moon, and Dear Arabella, among others.

    Marie won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy for Stones In His Pockets.

  • Alan Smyth

    PERFORMER

    Alan is an actor, writer and director. He was born and raised in Dundalk, Ireland before moving to Dublin to train as an actor. He has performed in every major theatre in Ireland, and then further afield at The Opera House, Cairo; Lincoln Centre, New York; and The Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina. Favourite roles include Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest, Edmund in King Lear and Horatio in Hamlet.

    As producer, credits include the Irish Premieres of The Real Thing; Burn This; and Dinner with Friends.

    He is best known in Ireland as the country’s first gay soap character, Eoghan Healy, in Fair City, a role he played for 5yrs.

    He moved to the USA in 2007. Since then he has guested/recurred on many TV shows including: CSI:NY, NCIS, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, The Middleman, Persons Unknown, Leverage, Grimm, Caper, Children’s Hospital, The Bold & the Beautiful, The Last Ship, Dice, Castle, and Better Things.

    His feature film work in the US includes The Fallen Faithful; Poor Behavior (written and directed by Theresa Rebeck); The Outfield; The Ulysses Project; and Under My Skin, which is currently playing the festival circuit.

    Theatre in LA includes Absurd Person Singular and Zealot at South Coast Rep; Poor Beast in the Rain at The Matrix. He a company member of Bepoke Plays, a writer-based theatre company, promoting new playwriting via staged readings every month.

    Alan has been a proud member of InHouse for several years, with whom he played Dermot in Port Authority (which he also co-directed), and appeared in a number of online productions during the pandemic.

    T: @AlanGSmyth

    IN: @alanspics

  • Tim Redmond

    DIRECTOR

    Tim Redmond is an actor and director originally from Cleveland Ohio. Regional credits over a 25 year career include The American Conservatory Theatre, The Utah Shakespeare Festival, The Aurora Theatre Company, The California Shakespeare Festival and The New York Fringe, among others.

    Recent television and film credits include American Crime Story (Tim Russert), Station 19, and Dying Breed. His producer credits include Only in Theaters, LA Foodways (Emmy-nominated documentary), and The Bird Who Could Fly.

    Tim is a member of InHouse Theatre Company and currently serves as the Board President.

    His previous appearances with the company include The Weir, Port Authority, A Mere Conception (co-director), Dinner with Friends, and Private Eyes.

    www.timredmondactor.com

    IN: @tred70

    T: @therealtredmond

  • Elizabeth Schmidt

    CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, INHOUSE THEATRE

  • Mark Jude Sullivan

    CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, INHOUSE THEATRE

Background

 

Beginning as a civil rights movement in Northern Ireland in the late 1960’s, “The Troubles” erupted when peaceful protests turned violent. Many Catholic communities in Northern Ireland had disproportionately high unemployment rates and less access to social programs than their Protestant neighbors. Catholics demanded equality. Many in the Protestant communities worried that if Catholic demands were met, their traditions and way of life would be undermined. The conflict would last 30 years, leaving more than 3,700 dead, and 47,500 injured.

Most Catholics in Northern Ireland would consider themselves Irish (Republican/Nationalist), whereas most Protestants held allegiance to the UK (Loyalist).

A Night in November begins on November 17th, 1993, when The Republic of Ireland played Northern Ireland in a World Cup qualifying match in Windsor Park, Belfast. 1993 was one of the most violent years of “The Troubles.” Only weeks before the match, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) had carried out The Shankill bombing, killing 9 civilians and injuring 57. One week later, the Loyalist Ulster Defense Association (UDA) had retaliated, killing 8 and injuring 19 in Greysteel, Co. Derry. The tension at the following match was unprecedented.

The Northern Ireland/ The Republic of Ireland divide is 100 years old. There has been “peace” since 1998, but tensions still exist. Areas of Northern Ireland remain segregated, with only 8% of schools integrated. Brexit, UK’s vote to exit the European Union, has opened many old wounds, but as of now, violent responses have been minimal.

Northern Ireland, on the island of Ireland, remains a work-in-progress.

Acknowledgments

InHouse Theatre wants to thank our creative and producing partners at the Contemporary Irish Arts Center Los Angeles (CIACLA), as well as Ireland Week, the ongoing celebration of Irish culture in Los Angeles.

We also want to thank our generous hosts at Tom Bergin’s Irish pub, as well as Ryan Holt, and the Consulate General of Ireland in Los Angeles

Most importantly, we thank you, our audience, for joining us.

InHouse Theatre

InHouse is an immersive, site-specific theatre company producing both contemporary and classic work in Los Angeles, CA.