‘Seafarer’ a haunting, hilarious holiday tale

Published November 21, 2010 5:00am ET



IF YOU GO
‘The Seafarer’
»  Where: Quotidian Theatre Company, the Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh St., Bethesda
»  When: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday 2 p.m. Sunday; through Dec. 12
»  Info: $20 to $25; 301-816-1023; quotidiantheatre.org

The Quotidian Theatre Company is getting the jump on the Christmas season with its production of Conor McPherson’s “The Seafarer.”

Set in the basement room of a house in Baldoyle, a coastal town north of Dublin, on Christmas Eve morning through Christmas Eve night, Pherson’s comic drama at first appears to be about nothing more than the everyday life of three low-life chums as they stumble through the holiday.

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