Jimmy Keary – Playwright

I am delighted to announce that the Tara Theatre Company is staging my play ‘The Two Loves of Gabriel Foley’ for four nights in Milford, Connecticut (June 23rd-26th). Auditions for the play took place in April and the play is currently in rehearsal.
‘The Two Loves of Gabriel Foley’ continues to be my most popular play.
I wish the Tara Theatre Company every success with the production.

Kilcullen Drama Group is halfway through its six-run of my play ‘The Two Loves of Gabriel and the feedback has been very positive.
The remaining three performances take place from Thursday to Saturday next, April 28th-30th.
I wish the group every success with the remainder of the run.

For anyone wishing to contact by email, my eircom.net address is no longer working and has not worked for some time. I have no access to it.
If anyone wishes to contact me, my email address is:
jimkeary@gmail.com

There are two productions of my plays opening on Friday night, February 25th.
Killalaghton Drama Group in Co. Galway presents ‘Hitting The Jackpot’ for a three night run – February 25-27th.
The Spike Players, Knocknagoshel, Co. Kerry is opening the same night with a six-night run of ‘For Better, For Worse’ – February 25th-27th and March 4th-6th.
I wish both drama groups successful runs with their respective productions.

As drama groups begin to tentatively choose plays again and cautiously think of staging productions, there is still an air of uncertainty about everything.
Finally, I’ve got around to updating the ‘three-act plays’ list on this website and all twenty-three synopses (and character lists) are finally available to read. This includes my latest play, ‘Finders Keepers’.
It’s good to be back!

My three-act comedy ‘The Two Loves of Gabriel Foley’ began a six-night run in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island last night, staged by the Benevolent Irish Society.
Written in 2010, the play tells the story of a bachelor farmer, Gabriel Foley, who lives with his elderly mother and finds himself caught between the romantic desires of two women.
I wish the group every success with the production.

The New Hope Theatre Drama Group is staging my play ‘For Better, For Worse’ at the Knockaderry Drama Festival in Limerick tonight, February 8th.
I wish the group every success.

I started work on a new three-act comedy late last year. It is titled ‘Finders Keepers’ and will be my 23rd three-act comedy.
I have reached Act 3: Scene 1 of the first draft and am very happy with what I’ve written so far. The characters have really come to life and I am comfortable writing for all of them.
The story is a love triangle set in rural Ireland.

Castlemagner Players, Co. Cork continues its six-night run of ‘Mother Knows Best’ next weekend with performances on November 29th, 30th and December 1st.
Duhill Drama Group, Co. Tipperary stages ‘A Fish Out Of Water’ on November 28th, 29th and 30th.
Narraghmore Drama Group, Co. Kildare has just finished a successful run with ‘I’m The One For You’.

I have recently completed my new play ‘For Love And Money’. It is my 22nd three-act comedy.
One drama group was kind enough to have had a read-through for me so that I could what it sounded like aloud and the reaction was positive.
Plot:
Recently-married David Egan believes that his aunt Julia is travelling from England to give him a large cash sum as a wedding present. But David’s wife Barbara has already taken time-out from their marriage and David has to get her back before Julia arrives without telling her about the money.
Cast: 3M 6F