Model by: Richard Finkelstein
Two silhouetted figures inhabit a whitewashed-brick, industrial space, in front of a cracked concrete wall.
Raggy Boys
by Laura O’Connor & Cameron Fox
Laura Marie O'Connor
Laura Marie O'Connor is an Actress, Writer and Director from Co. Galway, who is based between Ireland and London. She trained in Musical Theatre at Blackpool School of Creative Arts, and has most recently performed in the R+D Workshop of Becoming Charlotte Brontë - a new play in development, funded by Theatre57 in Galway, and performed at Nuns Island Theatre. Previous credits include: The Last Night – a new Irish play produced by The Rabbit’s Riot Theatre Company, and performed at Parkes Castle in Co. Leitrim, and an R+D workshop for Aon Scéal Theatre's new Irish musical Tír Na nÓg at the Dlr Mill Theatre in Dundrum. Laura is currently writing Book & Lyric for an original Irish Musical Over Maggie’s Wall, with Music by Amelia Clarkson, which she’s hoping to workshop later this year. Laura is determined to give a platform the voiceless, lost and buried deep in Ireland’s history, and counteract its long-standing battle with shame, by highlighting it on-stage.
Richard Finkelstein
Richard Finkelstein is Associate Professor of Theatre, Set and Light Design, at James Madison University. He has designed premieres of plays by John Pielmeier, Hugh Wheeler, and Adrienne Kennedy. His production of Peter Pan, designed for the New York State Theatre Institute toured to Russia in 1989. For NYSTI he also designed the New York and Off-Broadway premiere of Jeffery Sweet's American Enterprise. and the new musical, Orphan Train, directed by Pat Birch. Mr. Finkelstein also has designed for companies such as The Colorado Shakespeare Festival, The Barter Theatre, and The National Theatre of the Deaf.
Mr. Finkelstein has taught at The University of Cincinnati (College Conservatory of Music), The University of North Dakota, the State University of New York at Stonybrook, and at the Boulder and Denver campuses of The University of Colorado.
In addition to his work as a stage designer, Mr. Finkelstein has been active as an arts advocate, running seven local, national, and international online arts networks. He is currently on the advisory board of The New Orleans International Ballet Conference and has served on the boards of directors of The Colorado Arts Consortium, The Rocky Mountain Section of The United States Institute for Theatre Technology, The Alliance for Colorado Theatre, the Colorado Dance Alliance, and the Boulder Ballet. He has also served on three advisory councils for The Denver Center for the Performing Arts.
As a stage photographer, Mr. Finkelstein's work has been exhibited in major galleries such as the SoHo Gallery in NY City and printed in prestigious publications such as Dance Magazine, Dancer, and Stage Directions.