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Karen Fitzgibbon
Karen is a founder member of Teaspach Theatre Company and has co-produced and performed in all their productions to date including The Nuns Wood (Pat Kinevane), Red Roses and Petrol (Joseph O'Connor), Laundry & Bourbon (James McClure), A Galway Girl (Geraldine Aron), Up From Our Knees (Niamh Bowen).
She has also performed in Lovers (Brian Friel) with Shannonside Theatre Company, The Vagina Monologues (Eve Ensler) with the Limerick School of Art and Design, A Slice of Theatre/Angelas Ashes (Frank McCourt) with Impact Theatre Company, Lovers at Versailles (Bernard Farrell) with the Quarry Players, The Women (Clare Boothe Luce) and Award winning 100 (Diene Petterle, Neil Monaghan and Christopher Heimann - nominated for best female) with Teaspach, Award winning documentary theatre Walking Away (Helena Enright). Her film credits include Cowboys and Angels (David Gleeson) and Killinascully (Pat Shortt).
She was a student of CentreStage Theatre School for 2 years and she also trained with the Gabriel Wallace School of Speech & Drama. Karen is a Licentiate of Trinity College London in performance and teaching (ATCL/LTCL). She teaches Creative Drama and Speech Drama.

 



Stephanie O'Keeffe
Stephanie O'Keeffe is a founding member of Teaspach Theatre Company. She has co-produced all their productions to date and appeared in Below The Waist (Maura Campbell) and The Vagina Monologues (Eve Ensler) with The Limerick School of Art and Design, The Women (Clare Boothe Luce), Award winning documentary theatre Walking Away (Helena Enright). Film credits are Killinascully (Pat Shortt), Soviets na hEireann (Ikandi Productions).
Stephanie trained with Centre Stage Theatre School for Adults for one year and appeared in various showcases in the Belltable and holds a degree in Literature and Theatre.



George Fitzgerald
George Fitzgerald, an LSAD graduate in Graphics, has been on the Teaspach production team since it was founded in 2002.

George has designed posters for Red Roses and Petrol (Joseph O'Connor), Galway Girl and Donoghue Sisters (Geraldine Aron), The Women (Clare Booth Luce), award winning 100 (Theimaginarybody), Dracula (Bram Stoker).He has also compiled and designed every programme to date.

 


Sharon Kiely
Sharon was assistant stage manager with Teaspach on their production of The Nuns Wood (Pat Kinevane). She has worked on various productions with the Belltable Arts Centre and worked in their press office for one year. She holds a diploma in Business Studies and is a freelance children’s entertainer.


Sharon has designed costume for Impact Theatre’s production of Lysistrata and has appeared on stage for Teaspach‘s production of The Women. She has worked in the production team for Daghdha’s 10,000 Steps and produced Gift for the Limerick UNFRINGED FESTIVAL. She was involved in costume design for The Women and co-designed costumes for Teaspach’s Award winning production of 100 at the Limerick UNFRINGED FESTIVAL 2007. She has worked on the production team with Ikandi Productions on Soviets na hEireann.



Dawn McCarthy
Dawn has been involved in theatre for many years and has designed costumes for Happy Days and Lysistrata with Impact Theatre Company. Dawn assisted in costume design for The Women and designed many of the hats and accessories single-handedly.
Dawn co-designed costumes for Teaspach’s award winning production of 100 at the Limerick UNFRINGED FESTIVAL 2007.
She is also a lecturer on costume design for the University of Limerick’s Drama Society. She assisted with the adaptation of Dracula and will be Assistant Director during rehearsal.


Marilyn Lennon
Marilyn Lennon is a lecturer at the Limerick School of Art and Design. She was a founder member of the Magnets Improvised theatre group Cork and has worked on several street and stage productions over the past number of years. She has recorded voice-over for Becketts 'Company' for Lotus Theatre, Cork, and was production assistant for Delux Theatre’s version of Mike Lee’s play Abigail’s Party which was staged at The Crypt Theatre, Dublin Castle.

More recently she was Stage Manager for Teaspach‘s The Women at the Belltable, Limerick and for Teaspach’s award winning production of 100 at the Limerick UNFRINGED FESTIVAL 2007.


Marilyn is backstage manager and sound engineer for Teaspach.

 

Founder Members

Andrew Adamson . Niamh Bowen . Cliona Doyle . Karen Fitzgibbon . Albert Hickey . William Crean
Lorna O' Brien . Sinead Wall . Jackie Histon . Stephanie O' Keeffe . Mike McGrath

Niamh Bowen
Niamh is a founder member of Teaspach. She has appeared in 'The Nun's Wood' (Pat Kinevane) and 'Laundry and Bourbon' (James McLure) for Teaspach, in 'Lovers' (Brian Friel) with Island Theatre Co, in 'Valparaiso' (DeLillo), A Slice of Theatre (lunchtime theatre: various),

'The Mercy Seat' (Neil LaBute), 'An Ordinary Day' (Dario Fo), 'Magnum Hopeless' (Darren Maher), and 'Fahrenheit 451' (Ray Bradbury) for Impact Theatre Co.

Film work includes 'The Kitchen God's Wife' (1998), 'Somebody's Daughter' (2002), Like Father, Like Son' (2006). Performance art work includes Amanda Coogan's 'The Siege of Limerick re-enactment', (2006). She has a particular interest in use of drama for empowerment of marginalised groups particularly women's groups. She teaches in Limerick and Tipperary.

She has recently written a play Up from Our Knees, which was produced by Teaspach for Limerick UnFringed in 2006. Radio Interview click here>>



Sinead Wall
Sinead is a founder member of Teaspach Theatre Company. She has co-produced in all their productions to date and made her stage debut in 'The Nuns Wood' (Pat Kinevane) playing the much loved character of 'Jaso'.

She recently played 'Aida' in 'Up From Our Knees' (Niamh Bowen) for the Limerick Fringe Festival 2006. She trained with Centre Stage Theatre School for 1 year and appeared in various showcases in the Belltable.

 


Lorna O'Brien
Lorna O'Brien is a founder member of Teaspach. She has co-produced and appeared in 'The Nuns Wood' (Pat Kinevane, 'Laundry & Bourbon' (James McClure), 'Donoghue Sisters' (Geraldine Aron).

Her TV and film credits include 'Coffee' (Bray TV & Film Institute), 'Gone' (Filmbast), 'The Honeymooners' (John Schultz), 'Fair City' (RTE), 'Cowboys and Angels' (David Gleeson) among others. She trained with Centre Stage Theatre School for Adults and The Gaiety School of Acting.



Andrew Adamson
Andrew is a founding member of Teaspach. He appeared in ‘Below the Waist’ (Maura Campbell) and had a small role in ‘Nun’s Wood’ (Pat Kinevane). He also worked backstage during Teaspach’s regional tour of ‘Lonestar’ and ‘Laundry and Bourbon’ (James McClure) in 2003.

Andrew trained with CentreStage Theatre School for two years and appeared in several showcases and two pantomimes produced by CentreStage in association with the Belltable Arts Centre. He also performed in their 2004 Shakespeare in the park production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ as Lysander (dir. Myles Breen).

Andrew has recently graduated from the Samuel Beckett Centre in Trinity College Dublin with a Bachelor in Acting Studies and has a Certificate of Achievement from Mountview Theatre for the Performing Arts in London. His most recent theatre performances include ‘The Servant to two Masters’ (Goldoni; dir. Andy Crook), ‘Loveplay’ (Buffini; dir. Annabelle Comyn) and ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle’(Brecht; dir. Dennis Kennedy).
Film work includes ‘Cowboy’s & Angels’ (David Gleeson) and ‘Somebody’s Daughter’ (Padraig Baggott).

 

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