Poster art of the play For Heaven’s Sake! by Laura Pedersen. Illustration of a family uncomfortably sitting around the dinner table

September 17th – October 4th, 2015
710 Main Theatre

CAST
Emily Batsford* (she/her) – Grace Jablonski
Bill Coyne* (he/him) – Brendan Kilgannon
Peter Davenport* (he/him) – Ed Kilgannon
Paula Ewin* (she/her) – Mary Jablonski
James Michael Lambert* ​(he/him) – Jimmy Jablonski
Kate Kearney-Patch* (she/her) – Joyce Kilgannon
Kendall Rileigh* (she/her) – Kathleen Kilgannon
Daniel J. Self* (he/him) – Dennis Kilgannon
Jenelle Nyitrai – Fiddler
Jane Briston – Fiddler

*Appeared courtesy of Actors' Equity Association (AEA)

TEAM
Playwright: Laura Pedersen (she/her)
Director: Ludovica Villar-Hauser (she/her)
Assistant ​Director: Judith Binus (she/her)
Set & Costume Design: Meganne George (she/her)
Sound Design: Janie Bullard (she/her)
Lighting Design: Natalie Robin (she/her)
​Dialect Design: Amy Stoller (she/her)

The Kilgannons are a typical Irish family in 1974 Buffalo. However, the world is changing fast, the generation gap is widening, and the future is up for grabs. Will the Kilgannons find the serenity to accept the things they cannot change and the wisdom to know that what needs changing most is sitting around the dinner table? For Heaven’s Sake! is a witty drama about family, faith, and the ties that bind — sometimes too tightly.

For Heaven's Sake! (then called The Brightness of Heaven) enjoyed a successful encore presentation at Manhattan Repertory’s Fall Play Festival 2012. The success of this production opened the play up to a new off-Broadway run at the Cherry Lane Theatre Fall 2014.

"A delightful comedic drama. The marvelous cast, adroitly directed by Ludovica Villar-Hauser, is blessed with superb musical skills as well as a very high level of acting talent across the board."
 - The Front Row Center

​"...the writing and the acting is so good and the direction, by Ludovica Villar-Hauser, so subtle that you root for everyone in different ways and for different reasons."
 - Theater Pizzazz

"A fantastic piece of work by Laura Pedersen..."
 - Marisa Vitolo, Reviewfix.com

Pictured (clockwise from top left): Peter Davenport as “Ed Kilgannon,” Paula Ewin as “Mary Jablonski,” Kate Kearney-Patch as “Joyce Kilgannon,” Daniel J. Self as “Dennis Kilgannon,” Kendall Rileigh as “Kathleen Kilgannon,” Emily Batsford as “Grace Jablonski,” and Bill Coyne as “Brendan Kilgannon.” ​Photography by Irene Haupt.

PRODUCTION TEAM
Casting Director: Jamibeth Margolis, CSA (she/her)
Production Stage Manager: Alexandra Hall
Assistant Stage Manager: Allyson Namishia (she/her)
Assistant Set & Costume Design: Peter Fogel (he/him)
Assistant Sound Design: Jeff Sherwood (he/him)
Choreogaphy: Andrea Andresakis​ (she/her)
Producer: R. Erin Craig (she/her)
NYC Marketing: Red Rising Marketing
​​NYC PR: Bill Coyle
Graphic Design: Julia Osen Averill (she/her) and Julie Verardi
Laura Pedersen PR: Wiley Saichek (he/him)
Tour Coordinator: Melanie Ray
​Music Director: Teresa Lotz (she/her, they/them)
Production Assistant: Miranda Swineford
Production Assistant: Andrew Carnero
Production Assistant: Zija Brubaker Lubin-West (she/her)
Prerecorded Fiddle: Kendra Jo Brook (she/her)

SPECIAL EVENTS
September 18th: For Heaven's Sake! was part of Curtain Up!
Special Talk-Backs with the company of For Heaven’s Sake!
September 20th, September 27th, and October 1st

Pictured (clockwise from top right): Paula Ewin as “Mary Jablonski,” Mark Banik as “Dennis Kilgannon,” Bill Coyne as “Brendan Kilganonn,” Peter Cormican as “Ed Kilgannon,” Kate Kearney-Patch as “Joyce Kilgannon,” Kendall Rileigh as “Kathleen Kilgannon,” and Emily Batsford as “Grace Jablonski.” Photography by John Quilty.

the brightness of heaven by laura pedersen

October 16, 2013 - December 14, 2014
​Cherry Lane Theater

CAST
Mark Banik* (he/him) – Dennis Kilgannon
Emily Batsford* (she/her) – Grace Jablonski
Peter Cormican* (he/him) – Ed Kilgannon
Bill Coyne* (he/him) – Brendan Kilgannon
Paula Ewin* (she/her) – Mary Jablonski
Kate Kearney-Patch* (she/her) – Joyce Kilgannon
James Michael Lambert* (he/him) – Jimmy Jablonski
Kendall Rileigh* (she/her) – Kathleen Kilgannon

​​​*Appeared courtesy of Actors' Equity Association (AEA)

TEAM
Director: Ludovica Villar-Hauser (she/her)
Set & Costume Design: Meganne George (she/her)
Sound Design: Janie Bullard (she/her)
Lighting Design: Natalie Robin (she/her)

Poster art of the play The Brightness of Heaven by Laura Pedersen. Illustration of a family uncomfortably sitting around the dinner table

Poster art of the play The Brightness of Heaven by Laura Pedersen. An illustration of a photo of a family dancing in front of a black and white background

November 1, 2011 - August 4, 2012
Manhattan Repertory Theatre

CAST
Annie Briggs (she/her)
Margaret Catov
Andrew Lemonier
Skyler Pinkerton (he/him)
Franz Quitt (he/him)
Colette Rice
Jo Anne Sellers
​Harry Summers

TEAM
Set Design: Meganne George (she/her)
Costume Design: Jenny Greene (she/her)
Sound Design: Erin Breznitsky (she/her)
Lighting Design: Joyce Liao (she/her)
Videography: Annie Berman (she/her)

Pictured (clockwise from top left): Colette Rice, Harry Summers, Jo Anne Sellers, Annie Briggs, Franz Quitt, Margaret Catov, and Skyler Pinkerton.
Photography by Joan Marcus.

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