Run/Don't Run ― And Mission

In Run/Don't Run young man fleeing Dublin crash lands on the sofa of his Irish-American cousin, as this older cousin’s relationship with his Dominican girlfriend is imploding. Over the summer they cling to the last vestiges of the dying club scene and flirt with small-time criminality as storm clouds gather. This volume also includes a one-act companion play,Mission.

Gary Duggan was born in Donaghmede in Dublin in 1979. He studied Media Production at the Dublin Institute of Technology. Since graduating, he has directed several short films and music videos as well as a digital feature calledCrimson Underworld. Gary won the Stewart Parker Trust Award for his first play,Monged (Fishamble: The New Play Company and Belgrade Theatre, Coventry). His other work includesShibari (the Abbey Theatre), Dedalus Lounge (Pageant Wagon, also Royal Family Productions, NY),Mission (part of an anthology show End Of Lines, Origin Theatre Company, NY),Trans-Euro Express (Pageant Wagon, also Fundamental Theater Project and Irish Arts Center, NY) andNeuropolis (Duggan & Logue, ABSOLUT Fringe). Gary also writes for film and television.