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“Stones in His Pickets” Dramatist Marie Jones Mines the Epic Culture Clash Between Residents of Rural Ireland and a Hollywood Film Crew for Laughs

Mike Raab (left) and Ryan Brock tickle TIP patrons' funny-bones in "Stones in His Pocket" (photo by Stephen J. Larson)

In Stones in His Pickets (1996), now playing at Theatre in the Park, Irish playwright Marie Jones orchestrates an epic culture clash between the crusty denizens of rural Ireland and the imperious personages of a Hollywood film crew “roughing it” on location to film The Quiet Valley (think of a mashup of The Quiet Man… Continue reading “Stones in His Pickets” Dramatist Marie Jones Mines the Epic Culture Clash Between Residents of Rural Ireland and a Hollywood Film Crew for Laughs

Triangle Theater Veterans Mike Raab and Ryan Brock Will Star in “Stones in His Pockets” by Marie Jones

"Stones in His Pockets" will play on March 2-18 at the Ira David Wood III Pullen Park Theatre in Raleigh

Combining a Hollywood film crew, a small Irish town, 15 memorable characters, and only two actors, “Stones in His Pockets” is a funny, moving play that will make you hold your breath in anticipation of who the actor will play next. You will be astounded by the deftness that each actor takes as he may not be the same sex, age, or nationality he was before.