Prosperous dominate in Dunmore

The curtain came down on the first Dunmore One Act Drama Festival on Sunday night, with Prosperous Drama Group from Kildare announced as the winners of the Festival's Best Play for their outstanding production 'The Zoo Story' by Edward Albee.

The Kildare Group dominated the Open section with Lurlene Duggan picking up the Award for Best Director and Robert Massey securing the Best Actor Award. Donna Ruane from KODE theatre group in Castlebar was selected as Best Actress in the Open section and the Mayo group also won the Awards for Best Sound and Lighting.

There was great local celebration as Dunmore Amateur Drama Society won Best Play in the Confined section for a wonderful production of 'On the Outside' by Tom Murphy. Kevin O'Dwyer was selected as the Best Director to give Dunmore their second trophy of the night, while Edward Dillon from Shannonside and Dympna Shalloo from Amphitheatre took home the main
Acting Awards in the Confined section.

Festival Adjudicator Fred Williams said the standard among the ten participating groups was extremely high and praised the efforts of Festival Director George Bruen and his committee for running a very successful weekend of drama.

Winners -

Best Play Open - Prosperous Players with "The Zoo Story".
Best Director Open - Lurlene Duggan
Best Play Confined - DADS Dunmore
Best Director Confined - Kevin O'Dwyer
Best Actor Open - Robert Massey (Prosperous)
Best Actress Open - Donna Ruane (KODE Castlebar)
Best Actor Confined - Edward Dillon (Shannonside Players)
Best Actress Confined - Dympna Shalloo (Amphitheatre,Kilkee)
Best Lighting - KODE
Best Sound - KODE
Adjudicator's Awards:
Padraig Rogers (Corran Players, Ballymote)
Bridie Colleran (CorranPlayers, Ballymote)

Eadaoin McCarrick (Cloonacool)

Picture - Festival Director George Bruen, Lurlene Duggan from Prosperous Drama Group accepting the Margret Walsh Trophy for Best Play with "The Zoo Story", Martin Walsh and Adjudicator Fred Williams.