Stellar performances, static production define Ensemble Theatre’s ‘By the Bog of Cats’

 

Bob Abelman

Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning Journal

 

In his poetic play “A Moon for the Misbegotten,” Irish playwright Eugene O'Neill stated that “there is no present or future – only the past, happening over and over again – now.”  Compatriot wordsmith Marina Carr took this sentiment to heart when writing “By the Bog of Cats,” which premiered at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre in 1998 and is currently on stage at Ensemble Theatre

 

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