Who We Are

Poor Mouth Theatre Company was founded in March 2010 as the resident theatre company of An Beal Bocht Cafe in Riverdale, The Bronx, with the mission of bringing quality theatre to An Beal Bocht Cafe and beyond—the cafes, bars, community centers, church halls and streets. Venues around New York have included Arlene's Grocery (Lower East Side), Ryan's Daughter (Upper East Side), Le Cheile (Washington Heights), Rory Dolan's (Woodlawn, The Bronx), and The New York Irish Center (Long Island City, Queens). Just give us a corner and we’ll put on a show!


CURRENT MEMBERS

Don Creedon
Don Creedon is a playwright/director/actor originally from Dublin, Ireland. His acting appearances include The Tunnel, Away Alone, Down the Flats, The Plough and The Stars and The Risen People. As Artistic Director of Macalla Theatre Company, he directed Tuesday’s Child, The Lobby, The Famine Diaries, and Rinty. He also directed Moonshine Off-Broadway and The Holy Ground (best director nominee, 1st Irish Festival 2010). For Poor Mouth, Don has directed Guy Walks Into a Bar, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Pillow on the Stairs, Python, and numerous short plays. Don’s written plays include Celtic Tiger Me Arse, The Lobby, Guy Walks Into a Bar, and Dry Rot. His one act play Blind Date was a finalist at the Samuel French 2008 Short Play Festival and his short play Ladies’ Night was a finalist at the American Globe Theater’s 2009 15-minute Play Festival. Guy Walks Into a Bar received the Audience Best Play Award at the 2010 1st Irish Festival in New York. Don is a Fellow of the Blue Mountain Center and the MacDowell Colony, and also a member of the Dramatist Guild of America.

Kathryn Donnelly
Cutting her teeth on the small town stage early and the NYC stage in the late-nineties, Kathryn has acted and performed all genres of music from Broadway musicals to rockabilly. After returning to NY from Dublin in 2012, and relocating to Riverdale in 2013, she returned to her singing and performance roots and has been blessed to be part of Poor Month ever since. Katherine has produced and peformed in many  Python for Poor Mouth.  Kathryn can also be caught singing monthly at An Beal Bocht.

Suzanne Hockstein
Suzanne is a mixed-media artist and singer-songwriter, who has been living in and loving the Bronx for several decades with Richard, reptiles and rodents (all intentional). When not cutting paper towards her next really big thing, she can be found fronting the band Seeing Voices. Suzanne is the resident set and costume designer for Poor Mouth. She has also stage managed many productions as well as composed and performed the songs for Poor Mouth's annual holiday pantomime.

Scott Kennedy
Scott lives in Riverdale and is a core member of The Poor Mouth Theatre Company. His play Bill’s Arc was featured in the Poor Mouth Theatre Company’s Puttin' On Your Shorts 2 in October 2010. Way back when, Scott was a writer/performer for the highly regarded and lightly listened to Minneapolis radio show The Lakov Experience. More recently, his astonishing accomplishments are the annual holiday pantos: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (Producer/co-Writer), Cinderella (Producer), Jack and the Beanstalk (Writer/Director), Hansel & Gretel (Writer/Director), Trumpelstiltskin (Writer/Director), Harry Putzer and the Spiders from Mars (Writer/Director), Little Red Riding Hood, (Writer/Director),  Rapunzel (Writer/Director), and Beauty and The Beast (Writer/Director).

Mary Moloney
Mary had been involved in many aspects of theatre throughout the years, including acting and producing. Mary co-produced many plays with Macalla Theatre Company, including Tuesday's child, The Lobby, Rinty and Forty-Four Syacamore. As well as producing and stage managing, Mary has directed many of Poor Mouth's staged readings, including the recent True West and A Play or Sorts.

Renée Russas

After her IRNE-nominated portrayal of Lily in The Longwood Players' The Secret Garden (2011/Boston), Renée served as their Development Director during Seasons 15 and 16. Recently welcomed to PMTC, Renée can be found each month directing (Woman & Scarecrow; Drinking Habits), acting (A Play of Sorts, The Lobby), or staffing the box office for most events related to PMTC.


THE CHRIS O'NEILL ROOM
The late great actor Chris O'Neill was known to many in Ireland (and to the expat community here in New York) as Michael in the long-running TV show The Riordans. Chris was also one of the co-founders of the original Irish Bronx Theatre Company in 1993, where he gave many in the Irish community their first shot at working with a serious theater company. On March 13, 2010, Poor Mouth dedicated the theater space at An Beal Bocht Café to the wonderful memory and lasting influence of Chris O'Neill. In the same spirit, we too hope to create a home for lost creative souls right here in the Bronx.