Riverbank Arts Centre, Main Street, Newbridge, Co.Kildare

 The Matchmaker was written by three times Pulitzer Prize winner Thornton Wilder.With a cast of sixteen this four act play is set in New York at the end of the Nineteenth century.A farce in the old-fashioned sense, it uses such time-honored conventions as characters hidden under tables and in closets, men disguised as women, a complex conspiracy to bring young and not so young lovers together, and a happy ending in which three couples are united with plans to marry.
The hit musical “ Hello Dolly” was modeled on this original  stage play

Cast members are;  Ester Crilly, Caroline Malone, Jo McMahon, Brid Hoey, Brid Leddy, Mary Hogan, Breda Greaney, Dave O’Sullivan, Kieran Galvin, Fergus Walsh, Gary Cummins, Mick Malone, Sean McElroy, Bro Michael Broderick, Cormac Malone, Joe O’Neill

Director:  Justin Brady