2022/2023
A Gare St. Lazare Ireland co-production with Rubicon Theater in association with Laguna Playhouse.
Written by Will Eno
Directed by Judy Hegarty Lovett
with
Conor Lovett as John Jones
Faline England as Pony Jones
Sorcha Fox as Jennifer Jones
Joe Spano as Bob Jones
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Set and Costume Design: Molly O’Cathain
Composer and Sound Design: Mel Mercier
Lighting Design: Simon Bennison
Production Manager: Hanan Sheedy
Stage Manager: Sophie Flynn
Assistant Stage Manager: Lux Hegarty Lovett
Sound Associate: Dan Steele
Costume Supervisor: Sarah Higgins
Chief LX Ronan O’Shea
Poster photography: Louis Hegarty Lovett
Production photography: Ros Kavanagh
Souvenir poster design: Rory McCormick
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Produced by Judy Hegarty-Lovett, Conor Lovett and Maura O’Keeffe
Funded by The Arts Council | An Chomhairle Ealaíon, The Ireland Funds and Culture Ireland.
The Realistic Joneses marks GSLI’s second collaboration with the award-winning US playwright, Will Eno who wrote Title and Deed especially for the company in 2011. It also marks 20 years of rich collaboration with Rubicon Theatre, Ventura.
In The Realistic Joneses we meet Bob and Jennifer and their new neighbors, John and Pony, two suburban couples who have even more in common than their identical homes and their shared last names. As their relationships begin to irrevocably intertwine, the Joneses must decide between their idyllic fantasies and their imperfect realities.
Winner of Best Director (Judy Hegarty Lovett), Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards 2022.
Nomination for Best Ensemble, Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards 2022.
'Judy Hegarty Lovett’s direction is as assured as one might come to expect’ The Irish Examiner
“In this co-production with Rubicon Theatre and Laguna Playhouse director Hegarty Lovett beautifully twists its ordinariness into disturbing surreality.” The Irish Times
Photo: Ros Kavanagh