CARRY ME O'ER With the Port Polson Players
Thu, Sep 19
|Helena
Brought to you by the Port Polson Players, and the Ancient Order of Hibernians in celebration of “Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day!”
Time & Location
Sep 19, 2024, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Helena, 15 N Ewing St, Helena, MT 59601, USA
About the event
Brought to you by the Port Polson Players, and the Ancient Order of Hibernians in celebration of “Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day!”
Carry Me O’er is Tim McGuire’s heartfelt comedy with music. Set in 1924 Ireland, an aging father, 70-year-old Cullan McGrath asks his son to visit the family homestead outside Waterford Ireland on an autumn afternoon in 1924 with some earth-shaking news to impart.
The son, Jack, a prominent professor of Irish history and literature, agrees to come. When Jack enters the secret cellar, dug out during the Famine, he encounters a legacy he never knew he had. Jack, though, has his own monumental news to share. The bulk of the play centers on the two men’s cat-and-mouse parlaying, each trying to begin but not knowing how. Along the way, they share some rollicking anecdotes, family stories (true or not), lively Irish tunes – and a whole lot of whiskey. Finally,…