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based on the play and the Paycock by Sean O’Casey directed by Nick Bowling music direction by Doug Peck and Elizabeth Doran

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YESTERDAY’S STORIES. TODAY’S TOPICS. From Artistic Director PJ Powers and Juno TIMELINE OF CONFLICT a message the play IN 1845-1855 A potato blight stronger actors than singers. the perilous line between “Comedy of Irish character and tragedy of Irish causes The Irish Famine; an And many feel that the piece’s comedy and tragedy, often political life in fairly equal parts compose the estimated one million Irish die darker themes made it too within the same line, phrase of starvation or disease. substance of Sean O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock.” grim an affair, despite the or gesture. That ability is what 1855-1860 More than two — Brooks Atkinson, The New York Times, March 16, 1926 inherent humor laced throughout. makes this story—in play or million Irish migrate to other TimeLine’s Members musical format—so fiendishly uno and the Paycock was first O’Casey agreed to a musical countries, including the United Dear Friends, States, Canada and Australia. have talked of producing Juno tricky, yet so gloriously effective. Jproduced at Ireland’s Abbey adaptation after seeing the suc- We’re thrilled to bring the dating back to our last (also For anyone who has had the Theatre in 1924, focusing on cess of his friend George Bernard 1858 The Irish Republican musical Juno to Chicago our first) musical, Fiorello!— pleasure of spending time in the problems of the Boyle family. Shaw’s play Pygmalion as the Brotherhood (IRB) and the Fenian Brotherhood are audiences for the first time. another under-appreciated Ireland, you’ll recognize in this It is the second play in Sean musical My Fair Lady. His play show a quintessential trait of O’Casey’s Trilogy, which was adapted as the musical Juno founded. Fenian becomes the Based on the 1924 Sean 1959 gem that found a huge the culture—the lyrical balance also includes The Shadow of a with music and lyrics by Mark blanket term used for supporters O’Casey classic Juno and audience during sold-out runs of pain and laughter. Gunman (1923) and The Plough Blitzstein and book by Joseph of an . the Paycock, this musical in 2006 and 2008. Many of and the Stars (1926). O’Casey’s Stein, opening on Broadway at 1867 The poorly coordinated was originally produced on you have asked frequently The Juno design team has plays made twice as much the Winter Garden Theater on Fenian Rising fails. British spies Broadway in 1959. It closed when TimeLine would mount crafted an immersive setting money as those of his contempo- March 9, 1959. Directed by José ensure that most Fenian leaders after just 16 performances, another musical, and while it’s that surrounds you with 1920s raries and were revived so often Ferrer, choreographed by Agnes are arrested before the rebellion never approaching the acclaim taken longer than we’d hoped, Dublin, and the intimacy of at the Abbey that early director DeMille and starring Shirley takes place. enjoyed by two other classic there was never a question TimeLine’s home is a key Lennox Robinson said they saved Booth and , it 1879 The Irish Land League plays turned into musicals dur- that it would be Juno. element helping us bring the the theatre from bankruptcy. played a total of 16 performances. is formed; its aim is to abolish ing that era, My Fair Lady and One of this Irish boy’s greatest humor and heartache of the landlords and allow farmers to West Side Story. theatre-going memories is Boyle family to life. Juno and the Paycock was subse- While the musical Juno was a own their own land. flop, Blitzstein’s score is con- Since then, the show has lived the 1994 production of Juno It’s a story and a staging that quently produced at The Royalty 1880 Charles Stewart Parnell sidered one of his best. It was mostly in obscurity, although and the Paycock by Dublin’s we hope is the perfect cap Theatre in London in 1925 and at becomes chairman of the Irish produced off-Broadway in 1992 music theater aficionados Gate Theatre, brought to the to a 2013-14 season you the Mayfair Theatre in New York Parliamentary Party (IPP). at the Vineyard Theatre, featur- have long loved the recording Merle Reskin Theatre through have helped make one of in 1926. It was adapted for televi- April 1881 British Prime ing Anita Gillette and Malcolm of Marc Blitzstein’s score and the late, great International TimeLine’s most memorable. I sion in 1938, 1960 and 1980 Minister William Ewart Gladstone Gets. In 2008, City Center’s long desired to hear it live. The Theatre Festival of Chicago. thank you for making this year and was adapted for film in 1930, proposes the Land Act to set Encores! offered a semi-staged estate for book writer Joseph Still a student at The Theatre so special and for joining us to directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It fixed rates and leases for production, which played for five Stein confirmed that it has School at DePaul University, I unveil the beauty of Juno. has been a theater staple both tenant farmers. performances with never had a production in was an usher for that produc- in Ireland and abroad. The script October 13, 1881 Parnell is All the best, and John Schuck. Chicago, until now. tion, savoring each moment of has never been out of print. arrested after his newspaper, every performance. I marveled United Ireland, attacks the Land Why didn’t it work and why Album cover for the original cast recording of Juno. at the depth of the Irish actors Act. He will be released in May has it taken so long to be seen 1882. who could seamlessly walk in Chicago? I honestly can’t May 6, 1882 The newly say. Some have argued that appointed Chief Secretary for Blitzstein’s musicality was You’ll recognize in this show a Ireland, Lord Frederick Cavendish, ahead of its time for 1950s and Thomas Henry Burke are Broadway fare. Others quintessential trait of the Irish stabbed to death by a radical wondered why O’Casey’s great culture—the lyrical balance of splinter group of the IRB, the play needed music at all—an Irish National Invincibles. The argument exacerbated by pain and laughter. assassination, known as the two original leads who were Phoenix Park Murders, sets Sean O’Casey, Marc Blitzstein and Joseph Stein back Gladstone’s attempts the artists to get a favorable vote from Parliament on Irish Home Rule, Soon after the Rising, O’Casey Marcus Samuel Blitzstein’s an intellectual rather than a or self-governance. began writing plays. He musical talents were apparent sexual relationship. The two 1886 Gladstone’s Home Rule submitted eight plays to the from an early age. His first shared a genuine emotional bill is defeated. While the bill before they performance was at age seven. bond and Blitzstein valued would not have established Irish agreed to produce The Shadow Eva’s input and unrelenting independence, it does propose an Blitzstein studied with both Irish governing body, which Parnell of a Gunman in 1923—the honesty. However, their Nadia Boulanger and Arnold and the IPP have been seeking. first of his Dublin Trilogy. The marriage was not free of Schoenberg, although trilogy does not follow the troubles. Blitzstein feared Eva 1890 Parnell is named as a Boulanger was unhappy same characters but does might leave him for someone co-respondent when his mistress, when he left her to study with Kitty O’Shea, is divorced use Dublin and the events with whom she could have Schoenberg. In truth, Blitzstein The IPP splits and Parnell is between 1916 and 1924 as a physical relationship, they Playwright Sean O’Casey. was more sympathetic to the Joseph Stein. removed as leader because of background. His ambivalence were both prone to depression, musical philosophy of Bou- the divorce scandal. toward nationalism led him to and she was anorexic. When radio personalities, including Sean O’Casey langer than Schoenberg, with 1891 Parnell dies. lampoon IRB leader Patrick Eva died of breast cancer on Henry Morgan, Tallulah Bank- whom he was frequently at orn John Casey on Pearse in The Plough and the May 26, 1936, he was devastated. head, and Jackie 1893 Gladstone’s second odds. Blitzstein’s own musical March 30, 1880 in Dublin, Stars, causing riots inside and He wrote Gleason. He later started Home Rule bill is defeated. B theories shifted, as his political Ireland, to a lower middle outside the theatre. in a mere five weeks as a working in television for Sid 1903 The Wyndham Land Act is theories changed, from more class Protestant family, Casey tribute to Eva. Caesar, joining the writing passed, giving landlords incentive In 1926 O’Casey abandoned would remake himself in many elitist music to populist music. team of to sell land. The Act is designed Ireland for England and never Blitzstein died in Martinique ways—from Gaelicizing his He even authored an English that also included , by conservatives in Parliament returned. He married an Irish on January 22, 1964. He had to kill the Home Rule movement name to Seán Ó’Cathasaigh, translation of Bertolt Brecht’s , and actress, befriended George been drinking with three sailors through kindness, by extending to exaggerating the level The Threepenny Opera. . Bernard Shaw, picked fights who used sex to lure him into land ownership possibilities. of poverty in which he was Blitzstein married novelist Eva with London theatre critics and an alley, where they beat him. His greatest success came 1905 Sinn Féin (“Ourselves”), an raised. Self-dramatizing in Goldbeck on March 2, 1933. became angry when William He died of the injuries. from writing the book for Irish Republican party, is founded. his autobiography and in Blitzstein was open with Eva Butler Yeats, then head of the the 1964 musical Fiddler interviews obscures much of about his homosexuality and 1908 Jim Larkin and James Abbey Theatre, refused to on the Roof, for which he his biography. their marriage was primarily Joseph Stein Connolly found the Irish Transport produce his more experimental won two and and General Workers’ Union. In 1905 O’Casey joined the work. At one point he forbade Marc Blitzstein, circa 1943. oseph Stein was born in later wrote the screenplay for 1910 Edward Carson becomes Irish Republican Brotherhood professional productions of JNew York City on May 30, the film adaptation. Stein’s leader of the Irish Unionists. (IRB). He helped establish the 1912 to Jewish parents who other Broadway credits include his plays in Ireland, with full 1913 A third Home Rule bill is Irish Citizen Army and was knowledge that they were the had emigrated from , , Alive and Kicking, Mr. defeated. a contemporary of many key most financially successful and he grew up in . Wonderful, , The Ulster Volunteer Force figures in , but plays for the Abbey and other He graduated from City Col- , , Carme- is founded, unifying several left the army in 1914. His per- lege of New York in 1935 and lina, The Baker’s Wife, Irish theatres. He died in Devon Loyalist groups. sonal politics shifted to labor of a coronary thrombosis on earned a Master’s degree in and . He was The Dublin Lockout begins issues and socialism, which September 18, 1964. Social Work from Columbia inducted into the Theatre Hall when United Tramway Company viewed capital and business University in 1937. He worked of Fame in January 2008 and owner William Martin Murphy owners as a larger problem as a psychiatric social worker died on October 14, 2010 at Marc Blitzstein demands his employees than England. He did not from 1939 until 1945, while the age of 98. renounce membership in the participate in the 1916 Easter orn in Philadelphia on writing comedy on the side. Irish Transport and General Rising, despite some accounts March 2, 1905 to affluent B An encounter with Workers’ Union or be fired. The that he did. non-religious Russian Jews, union responds by calling a led him to start writing for strike and Murphy responds Ireland in Turmoil by locking out workers. On the context August 31, Larkin is arrested and clashes erupt along the picket line between Dublin Irish sports organizations, Post Office. But after six days Juno takes place Metropolitan Police and strikers. during the key moment contributed to a patriotic of siege, they surrendered. Two people are killed; 200 national identity. Ninety people were executed constables and numerous of transition as the by firing squad, including After several attempted risings civilians are injured. This is Revolution is ending leaders of the Rising such as the first Sunday in Irish history and failed votes on Home and the Civil War is James Connolly. Connolly was known as “.” Rule, the of 1916 injured in the fighting and was The Irish Citizen Army is beginning. served to galvanize the Irish tied to a chair for his execu- founded by Connolly to protect public and the Irish nationalist udiences who attended tion. The harshness of these Dublin workers. movement. Small armed groups Sean O’Casey’s Juno deaths outraged the public and The Irish Volunteers form. A of the Irish Volunteers and contributed to many smaller and the Paycock in 1924 Four courts in Dublin on fire during the , June 30, 1922. 1914 The British government Irish Citizen Army occupied Republican groups beginning would have been intimately makes plans for military action holding office and limited their Several economic and social a key number of buildings in familiar with the issues of the to coordinate, leading to the against the Ulster Volunteers, factors also played a key role play. Those living in Dublin land ownership contributed to Dublin, including the General Irish War of Independence. a group in the north of Ireland had seen violent conflict in public discontent. in the movement toward a self- favoring union with England, governing Ireland. Anglican the streets, knew the poverty Protestants were most well The events surrounding O’Casey’s Dublin Trilogy can be should they protest the Home landlords, mostly absent, Rule bill. On March 20 at Curragh, of Dublin tenements, and established in the north of broken into roughly three time periods of conflict: divided and subdivided the the primary British military had seen the Nationalist Ireland, a region known as movement dissolve into a land on which tenant farmers • (1916-1919) The Easter Rising and its aftermath. base in Ireland, Commander- Ulster. As the Irish War of in-Chief Arthur Paget tells violent civil war. strived to grow enough to Independence (also known stay alive. In addition, land • (1919-1921) The Anglo-Irish War or Irish War of officers that they may stand Ireland and England had a as the Irish Revolution) began, management was poor and Independence (also called the Irish Revolution)—the fight down if they have Irish family fraught history over Irish self- Protestant groups that supported tenant farmers were evicted. between the Irish Republican Army and British troops over or face dismissal if they are not governance. An early fracture union with England (such as Irish independence, ended by the Anglo-Irish Treaty. prepared to follow orders. Of 70 can be traced to Henry VIII’s the Ulster Unionists) began to The potato famine of the officers, 57 choose dismissal. (1921-1923) The Irish Civil War, during which Republicans split with Catholicism, while form. However, to characterize 1840s contributed to unrest • While not technically a , disagreed over whether Ireland should be part of Ireland remained Catholic. the conflict as one based among those who didn’t leave it is a public relations disaster. the with home rule or a completely Conflict was exacerbated over solely on religion would be an the country. Those who did Prime Minister Asquith claims independent republic. The IRA split into pro-treaty (those no military action against the centuries as the Irish lost land oversimplification. Presbyterians leave the country were able who favored home rule while remaining with the United Ulster volunteers had ever been to a variety of British nobility. were also banned from holding to send money back to fund Kingdom) and anti-treaty (those who wanted complete contemplated. Among Irish Ireland effectively was colo- public office. Indeed, many Republican causes. independence) factions. The pro-treaty (Irish Free Republicans, the incident nized by English and Scottish key figures in the fight for Irish Bad labor practices and State) faction took over government operations after creates doubt about the sincerity Protestants, even as Catholics, Home Rule were Protestants poor pay in early shipping the British turned them over as part of the Anglo-Irish of British plans for Home Rule. mostly poor, remained the such as Charles Stewart Parnell and industrial work led to Treaty. Anti-treaty factions began fighting the new Free Irish Home Rule is slated to majority. Punitive laws that and the poet W.B. Yeats. organized unions and strikes, State government. The Irish Civil War meant that former become law, but is suspended prevented Catholics from which could turn violent. Union IRA compatriots found themselves on opposite sides, for the duration of . The Dublin General Post Office, which was occupied during the Easter Rising, 1916. organization would translate frequently resulting in individuals killing former friends. April 3, 1916 Pearse orders into the organization of early Irish Volunteers to prepare for Republican militias. maneuvers on April 23, which Juno takes place during the key moment of transition as the is Easter Sunday. There also was a movement Revolution was ending and the Civil War was beginning. Not April 20, 1916 The Irish all British troops had withdrawn and the IRA faction that would to retain Irish culture and Volunteers begin to arm. language, which, along with become the Free State Army was poised to take over. Tenement Life April 24, 1916 On Easter Gang.” Later that day 14 civilians January 9, 1922 Éamon de the home Monday, the Rising starts. are killed in Croke Park, Dublin, Valera resigns as president of April 29, 1916 The leaders of by Black and Tans supported the Dáil and his followers leave There was clear evidence the Rising surrender. by RIC Auxiliaries. This is the the Dáil chamber in a protest that the building owners second date known as “Bloody against the treaty. knew the houses were Sunday” in Irish history. January 14-31, 1922 structurally unsound. December 11-12, 1920 The Pro-treaty members of the IRA attacks a group of RIC Auxil- Dáil create a provisional In the wake of the tragedy, iaries in , killing one man. In government (The Irish Free an investigation was launched. retaliation, Black and Tans burn State) with Michael Collins The 1914 Report of the and loot hundreds of buildings as chairman of the Executive Departmental Committee into and homes in the city center Committee. the Housing Conditions of the and prevent firefighters from Aftermath of the Easter Rising. June 28-July 25, 1922 Children outside the tenements of Faithfull Place, off Lower Tyrone Street in putting out the blaze. Known as Dublin. (National Archives of Ireland) Working Classes in the City of After failed meetings between Dublin found that “the existing May 3-12, 1916 Fifteen leaders the Sack of Cork, it is one of the pro-treaty and anti-treaty hile playwright Sean purchased for £8,000 in 1791 conditions of tenement life are of the Rising are executed. largest acts of reprisal on Irish factions, a series of street WO’Casey only briefly lived sold for £500 in the 1840s. both morally and physically bad.” 1918 Sinn Féin wins a landslide civilians during the Revolution. battles in Dublin marks the in a Dublin tenement with a Slum landlords broke up the victory in the General Election. start of the Irish Civil War. friend between 1920 and 1921, aristocratic houses into apart- 1919 Dáil Éirann (the Irish Known as the Battle of Dublin, the time period became highly ments for the urban poor. Thus Parliament) convenes. 65 people are killed and 281 are wounded. influential on his writing as the houses built to be spacious and The Irish Republican Army (IRA) setting for his Dublin Trilogy. airy single-family homes were kills two Royal Irish Constabulary August 22, 1922 Collins is divided into cramped rooms (RIC) constables at Soloheadberg, killed in an ambush by anti- The buildings that became with thin walls, little light and County . A scene in Cork after Black and Tans treaty IRA in . tenements were originally burned the city, December 11, 1920. neighbors within earshot. September 1922 In an constructed as grand homes, The Anglo-Irish War (Irish War of Independence, or Irish December 23, 1920 The effort to stop anti-treaty IRA built by wealthy 18th Century A tenement of seven rooms Revolution) begins. Government of Ireland Act activities, the Dáil passes the Anglo-Irish Protestants. After might house a family in each provides for the partition of Ire- Public Safety Act (PSA), which the Acts of Union in 1800, room, meaning 40 to 50 The IRA is ordered to target land into two distinct territories, creates military tribunals which merged the Irish and people could be living there. the RIC. north and south. empowered to imprison and British Parliaments, most An image of the Church Street tenement The IRA swears allegiance to execute anyone in possession Often, a single common out- July 11, 1921 A truce is left Ireland to be close to the collapse from the Illustrated London News. Dáil Éirann. of firearms or ammunition. house, located in a common declared between British and seat of power, now located at (The National Library of Ireland) 1920 A new wave of RIC Irish forces. March 1923 After the IRA courtyard or in some cases a Westminster in England. The report also found that recruitment begins in Britain; rejects an amnesty deal from basement, served the entire September 14, 1921 Dáil 50 percent of the working these new recruits are known the provisional government, In the years that followed building and posed a constant selects five delegates, led by class population lived in as Black and Tans because of Arthur Griffith and Michael IRA prisoners held throughout there was a crash in property health risk. Water was drawn tenements or “second- and their mismatched khaki and dark Collins, to negotiate a treaty the country are executed. values. A Georgian house from a common public pump. green uniforms. third-class small houses.” The with the British government. April 1923 Thirteen anti-treaty A tenement room on Francis Street, On September 2, 1913, second- and third-classes November 21, 1920 The December 6, 1921 The IRA are executed; more than circa 1913. (National Archives of Ireland) Church Street tenement were defined as homes that IRA kills 12 men believed to Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed, 12,000 IRA members are in houses 66 and 67 collapsed were structurally at risk or be British intelligence officers, concluding the Irish War of captivity. members of the so called “Cairo and seven people where killed. were unfit for human habitation. Independence and establishing April 10, 1923 IRA chief of Royal Irish Constabulary a self-governing Irish Free State staff Liam Lynch is killed; “Black and Tans.” within the British Commonwealth Frank Aiken replaces him. A tenement of seven rooms might of Nations. The IRB calls for unity. May 24, 1924 Aiken orders house a family in each room, meaning January 7, 1922 Dáil ratifies the the IRA to dump arms, effectively 40 to 50 people could be living there. Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64 to 47 votes. ending the Irish Civil War. Actor Marya Grandy Step Into Time: Hollywood 1939 BACKSTORY: the interview backstage THE CREDITS During rehearsals, Artistic Dramaturgy & Historical Director PJ Powers (PJP) Research by Maren Robinson interviewed actor Marya Written by Maren Robinson, Grandy (MG), who portrays PJ Powers and Lara Goetsch the title character in Juno. Edited by Lara Goetsch and This is an edited version. Llani O’Connor To read the entire interview, Behind-the-scenes visit timelinetheatre.com/ photography by juno/resources.htm. Marya Grandy. Shane Welch Photography

PJP: Acting runs in your family, of the highlights. I had been and it’s particularly poignant Graphic Design by correct? Was performing a friends with David Nehls (the where her children are Bridget Schultz big part of your childhood? composer) for years, and to get concerned. Missed connections Juno photo illustration When did you know you to share that experience with break my heart, and this show and photography by wanted to make performing him, to say nothing of is full of them. Shane Welch Photography your life’s work? being part of an original musi- PJP: What’s it like working on a Backstory is published four MG: Yes, and it definitely cal from the ground up, was show that is so intimately staged? times each season. influenced me. I loved watching absolutely thrilling. There was a two-story billboard in midtown MG: I love it. With Juno, which Pictured (clockwise from top left): TimeLine Board Member Eileen LaCario and Artistic Director PJ Powers; Pictured on front cover rehearsals, and helping my Step Into Time guests Verne Broders, Geralyn Aguinaldo, and Sol Flores; TimeLine Board Member Alvin dad run lines. Everything about with my face on it, is essentially about a family, Katz with Managing Director Elizabeth K. Auman and Elizabeth Katz; entertainers Emily Glick, Marya (from left): Actors Ron Rains, Grandy and Donica Lynn; and the Step Into Time Co-Chairs, Board Member John Sirek and Company performing spoke to me. My which I still haven’t recovered it is so important to have Member Juliet Hart. (Photos by Shane Welch Photography) Caron Buinis, Michael Reckling parents love to tell the story of from, and we recorded a cast everything fine-tuned with and Marya Grandy; music album, which was something I regard to the inner workings director Doug Peck; actor Ron when they were doing summer n Friday, March 14, more than 300 of TimeLine’s friends had always wanted to do. of that family, whether it’s Rains; choreographer Katie stock at the Dorset Playhouse and family gathered in the ballroom of the Ritz Carlton with stolen glances, a raised O Spelman; dramaturg Maren when I was about 2 or 3, and PJP: What touches you most Chicago for our most important fundraiser of the year—Step eyebrow, or how someone Robinson; set model by scenic apparently on one of their about the story of Juno Boyle Into Time: Hollywood 1939. It was a magical night of celebrating pours a cup of tea. Subtlety designer John Culbert; actor breaks during tech, I strode and her family? the golden age of the silver screen while raising funds vital to like that is very hard to convey Peter Sipla; actors Matthew on to the stage and belted the ongoing success of TimeLine’s work. out “Yankee Doodle.” I have MG: I think Juno loves in an 800-seat house. The set Keffer and Jonny Stein. no memory of this, but I also her family, but she is very design essentially turns the With the incredibly generous support of many individuals and cannot remember ever having tunnel-visioned with regard audience into another member organizations, we raised more than $150,000 in net proceeds to wanted to do anything else. to her own survival, so she of the Boyle family, and I think support TimeLine’s mission and programming, making this our doesn’t really know her family, it will be really powerful. most successful event to date. Our Mission: PJP: You spent many years TimeLine Theatre presents in New York before moving to Guests shopped an auction of unique offerings while sipping stories inspired by history Chicago in 2011. What do you “Juno loves her family, but she champagne before dining on a delicious gourmet meal. The that connect with today’s consider a highlight of your doesn’t really know her family. evening culminated in a beautiful musical tribute to the movies of social and political issues. work there? 1939, directed by Associate Artistic Director Nick Bowling. Missed connections break my Our collaborative artistic MG: I’d have to say getting to On behalf of event co-chairs John Sirek and Juliet Hart, thank team produces provocative create the role of Lin in The heart, and this show is full you to everyone who helped to make Step Into Time: Hollywood theatre and educational Great American Trailer Park of them.” 1939 a smashing success! programs that engage, Musical Off-Broadway was one entertain and enlighten. TimeLine Theatre’s 2014-15 Season the flexpass FLEXIBILITY. CONVENIENCE. PRICE. 2014-15 FlexPasses now available! [TimeLine] is known for taking care of its patrons. It is a theater that audiences trust. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune

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