THEATER REVIEW: "Lay Me Down Softly" by Seanachai Theatre Company ★★★ In the pantheon of contemporary Irish playwrights, Billy Roche's star has been eclipsed Stateside both by elder statesmen such as Brian Friel and younger masters of the craft, particularly Conor McPherson. Roche, best known for his late 1980s "Wexford Trilogy" (set in his hometown on Ireland's eastern coast), got his U.S. premier…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune at 03:21PM on April 28, 2014