St. Nicholas

April 20, 2000 - April 30, 2000
"I can't imagine a better performance."
— Boston Phoenix

St. Nicholas, a macabre and funny story of obsession, follows a jaded Irish theater critic as he walks away from his ordinary life into a series of bizarre events.

The acclaimed Súgán Theatre Company production. One of Ireland's most exciting young playwrights, Conor McPherson won the Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright Award and London's prestigious Olivier Award for his most recent play The Weir, on Broadway. St. Nicholas follows a jaded Irish theater critic besotted with a young actress as he walks away from his ordinary life into a series of bizarre events. It's a macabre and funny story of obsession, seduction, entrapment, and blood.

Named one of 1999's best in The Boston Globe, Boston Phoenix, and Bay Windows.

"Remarkable! The most rewarding theatrical experience in the area! McElvain has the audience hanging not just on his every word, but his every nuance and gesture. A story about hope, obsession, power, love, lust, illusion . . . very funny!"
— Boston Globe
"A small miracle of a play! It takes your breath away! A superb performance!"
— Bay Windows
"A wildly entertaining cautionary tale . . . bitingly funny, wickedly naughty!"
— Theater Mirror

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Special thanks to Faith and Joseph Tiberio and to The LEF Foundation for support of this production.