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performances, static production define Ensemble Theatre’s ‘By the Bog of
Cats’</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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face=Georgia>Bob Abelman</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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face=Georgia>Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning
Journal</FONT></SPAN></I><SPAN
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color=#181818><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">In
his poetic play “</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">A Moon for the
Misbegotten</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
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color=#181818><FONT style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">“there is no present or future –
only the past, happening over and over again – now.”</FONT><SPAN
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</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Compatriot wordsmith Marina Carr
took this sentiment to heart when writing “By the Bog of Cats,”
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">premiered at Dublin’s
Abbey Theatre in 1998 and is currently on stage at Ensemble
Theatre</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
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