THE SMUGGLER

DRAMA by Ronán Noone

Tim Finnegan is an Irish immigrant trying to make it as a writer on Amity, an affluent summer colony in Massachusetts, where tensions flare between the migrant and local communities after a fatal car crash. When he loses his job as a bartender, Tim gets drawn into the dark underbelly of the island. The play examines how far one man will go to restore his self-respect and asks, “What does it mean to be an American citizen?” Winner of the Best Playwright Award at Origin Theatre’s 1st Irish Festival. 

Production Notes

Casting: 1 MAN

Tim Finnegan,(Late 20’s to 40ish), Irish male, living in America. A Citizen.Tim Finnegan is a ringmaster. He likes to entertain. He is a manipulator. The more he brings theaudience to his side the more they will go home with him. There are epiphanic moments in theplay and places he realizes things are beyond his control. Places where he acts against character,but he understands this is now part of his journey. Tears. Shouts. Guffaws. Laughs. But he istrying to be a winner. And he wants you to know it. He is a trying to be a survivor and he wantsyou to celebrate it. And if not, he doesn’t care. So lean into it when Tim doesn’t say nice things.Pissing his audience off is not something that bothers him. He is doing it for his family and hisdignity. This exposes his true character. And let the audience, upon exit, determine whether he isgood or bad.

Author

Ronán Noone

Ronán Noone is the author of THE LEPERS OF BAILE BAISTE, THE BLOWIN OF BAILE GALL, COMPASS ROSE and SCENES FROM AN ADULTERY, among other plays. His work has been produced across America, as well as in the UK, Spain, Canada, the Philippines, and Ireland. He has received three Independent Reviewers of New England Awards for Best New Play, the Elliot Norton Outstanding Script Award, Kennedy Center National Playwriting Award, the Edgerton New American Play Award, and others. His 2014 live action short "The Accident" was shown at the Boston International Film Festival and the Montclair Film Festival...[FULL BIO]