OUTSIDE MULLINGAR

I am spending the weekend with TLW (The Little Woman) in the beautiful seaside town of Cape May with her siblings. They are all Irish! I'm all Italian. This is NOT war, they married two other Italians, but who's counting?

Their dad, Jim came from Ireland as a young lad from the town of Mullingar, and once on her birthday, I took TLW to visit her roots in Mullingar. It seems the family won't let go, last night we went to a play at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse in Cape May to see the production performed by ordinary people with extraordinary talents; Mullingar!

The theater itself is a thing of beauty, small and intimate that brings you close up and part of the production, a great cast of semi-acting by just 4 people that delighted and made you laugh out loud.

The intimacy of the playhouse, a converted church is ideal as a playhouse, the crowd is mostly elderly people with a smattering of middle-aged. The play is a poignant comedy about two people who love each other with a very moving ending.

Sitting anywhere in the theater will get you a front row view and almost conversational earshot of the actors as they play through their lines and one of the great experiences of play watching. If you ever get to Cape May, then this little theater should be on your list to visit.