Afterplay and caressing are part of the arousal phase for the next encounter.
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No foreknowledge of Chekhov is needed to understand "Afterplay" (nor to appreciate the masterly performances).
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Loneliness is never far away and the past is always close by in "Afterplay," Brian Friel's melancholy, pocket-size play at the Irish Repertory Theater.
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Nevertheless, the hourlong "Afterplay" is a minor work by this Irish master, and could seem slight were it not for the superb pairing of Dermot Crowley and Dearbhla Molloy.
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Today, Les Garland continues to lead mass media entertainment at the helm of his company AfterPlay Entertainment , a boutique, multi-disciplinary consulting practice that, in part, matches world famous talent with world-class brands. Internationally, AfterPlay has contributed to the development of music initiatives for Bacardi International while domestically, Garland secured The Eagles to play for a sell-out crowd at the official opening of the John Q. Hammons Arena at Missouri State University. He orchestrated a unique relationship between superstar artist Pitbull and Zumba Fitness. Garland executive produced and was the voice of the 2011 Tom Petty Tour radio, television and media commercials.
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Les Garland is an American Entertainment Executive who currently leads mass media entertainment as the Founder and CEO of his company, AfterPlay Entertainment, a boutique, multi-disciplinary consulting practice that, in part, matches world famous talent with world-class brands. Garland was an executive or co-founder of networks including MTV: Music Television, VH1, The Box Television Network, and College Television Networks.
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Afterplay is a 2002 one-act play by Brian Friel. It centres on two characters from Chekhov (Sonya from Uncle Vanya and Andrey from Three Sisters) meeting in Moscow in the 1920s. It premiered at the Gate Theatre in Dublin in 2002. gatetheatre.ie It has been revived at the Gielgud Theatre in 2002, directed by Robin Lefevre and starring John Hurt (Andrey) and Penelope Wilton (Sonja) britishtheatreguide.
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On television, she has appeared in the United States and Latin America including Good Day New York, Good Morning Arizona, Good Morning Houston, Sabado Gigante, Datebook San Jose, and BayTV in San Francisco. The premiere of her music video was aired on television internationally in 31 countries on Univision and Arts Showcase Network. She has been featured on the cover of Latina Style (2003), and profiled in Cosmopolitan (Español) magazine (July 2003). Her many recording credits include the album Afterplay by Brian Kelly (2008).
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Additional involvement and community events include a talk back feature called B4Play, post-show talk backs Afterplay and Talkback Thursdays, as well as a variety of online resources, including Heart of the Matter, the Belfry Librarian, and access to digital issues of Upstage their magazine publication. In their 2008-09 Season the Belfry added SPARK festival, in addition to their mainstage shows. SPARK is an effort to support emerging and unique theatre in Canada, and is part of a festival with workshops and free community events.
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After an American university pays a small fortune for the popular writer's papers, the same collector arrives to review the manuscripts of his friend. The collector prepares to announce his findings at a dinner party when the existence of two "hard-core" pornographic novels based upon the writer's daughter forces all present to reassess. Entering his eighth decade, Friel found it difficult to maintain the writing pace that he returned to in the 1990s; indeed, between 1997 and 2003 he produced only the very short one-act plays "The Bear" (2002), "The Yalta Game" (2001), and "Afterplay" (2002), all published under the title Three Plays After (2002). The latter two plays stage Friel's continued fascination with Chekhov's work.
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"The Yalta Game" is concerned with Chekhov's story "The Lady with the Lapdog," "Afterplay" is an imagining of a near-romantic meeting between Andrey Prozorov of Chekhov's Three Sisters and Sonya Serebriakova of his Uncle Vanya. It has been revived several times (including being part of the Friel/Gate Festival in September 2009) and had its world premiere at the Gate Theatre in Dublin. The most innovative work of Friel's late period is Performances (2003). A graduate researching the impact of Leoš Janáček's platonic love for Kamila Stosslova on his work playfully and passionately argues with the composer, who appears to host her at his artistic retreat more than 70 years after his death; all the while, the Alba String Quartet's players intrude on the dialogue, warm up, then perform the first two movements of Janáček's Second String Quartet in a tableau that ends the play.
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Daryl Cloran has directed at theatres across Canada and internationally, including: Love's Labour's Lost (Bard on the Beach) which he adapted to critical and audience acclaim; Liberation Days (Theatre Calgary, which garnered seven Betty Mitchell Award nominations under his direction); the Canadian premiere of Peter and the Starcatcher (Western Canada Theatre); the world premiere of And All For Love (National Arts Centre); the world premiere of Michael Healey's Generous (Tarragon Theatre); Afterplay (Shaw Festival); The Last Five Years (Canadian Stage and Manitoba Theatre Centre - four Dora Nominations); Educating Rita (Theatre Aquarius); This is How it Goes (Neptune Theatre); A New Brain (Acting Upstage - four Dora Nominations, including for Best Director); Helen's Necklace (Grand Theatre, London); and The Play About The Baby (Soulpepper Theatre Company). Daryl Cloran’s first regional artistic directorship was with Theatre and Company in Kitchener- Waterloo. Next, Daryl took on the role of New Play Development Coordinator at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival where he also worked as assistant director to Artistic Director Des McAnuff. He was invited back for a second season before being offered and accepting the job as Artistic Director at Western Canada Theatre.
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