Fregoli

Fregoli Members

Fregoli has a number of active members

Maria Tivnan,

Maria is the artistic director of the company. She both acts and directs with Fregoli and was awarded Best Actress at the Irish Student Drama Award 2007 for her portrayal of Runt in Disco Pigs. She was awarded Best Director at the Jerome Hynes one acts 09.Maria has a BA in Psychology (NUIG) and an MA in Drama and Theatre Studies (UCD). Maria is also a former auditor of NUI Galway Drama Society. Past directing credits include Fantastic Mr. Fox, Beckett Shorts, Bedbound, At a Loss, Mosaic of Dreams

 

Rob McFeely

Rob is from Donegal. He is currently in his final year of an Engineering PhD in NUI Galway. Rob is the technical manager and assistant artisitic director with the company. Rob was awarded Best Director at the Irish Student Drama Awards 2007 for his direction of Disco Pigs. He was also awarded best director at the Muscailt, Jerome Hynes Memorial One Act Drama festival for Making Babies.  Previous directing credits include: Red Roses and Petrol (2006), Dark Pony (2007), Bedbound (2009, 2007), Making Babies (2008), Tape (2008), Roger Dodger (2008). Rob is a former auditor of NUIGalway Drama Society

 

Shane Mc Dermott

Shane is a 25 year old Galway native, and is a founding member of Fregoli. He was a prolific member of the drama society, at NUIG co-writing two award-winning plays and taking roles in six others during his time at university, as well as hosting the weekly improve night. Shane received a Best actor award at the Jerome Hynes One acts 09. Acting credits with Fregoli include: Bedbound, Roger Dodger, Tape, Producing Playmates, At a Loss

 

Rebecca Ryan.

Rebecca is a PhD student from Clare at NUIG and is a founding member of Fregoli. She received her diploma in speech and drama from Trinity-Guildhall London in 2004 and has been heavily involved in all aspects of theatre for several years now. Past Credits include: Arthur Millers' "I Can't Remember Anything", which she directed and won Best debut direction at the ISDA festival 2006. Credits with Fregoli include: Bedbound, Roger Dodger, director of The Maids, and Mosaic of Dreams

 

Ronan Mc Mahon

Ronan McMahon is from Bettystown in Co.Meath and is an active member of the Galway theatre scene. He has appeared on numerous occasions with the Ninth Wave Theatre Company in productions of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus and an adaptation "Hamlet & Ophelia" for Project 06. Other experience stems from NUIG Dramsoc, including productions of Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr.Fox (Project 06), MacLiamoir's The Liar, Nate Alderman's The Great Famine of the Western World , and The Merchant of Venice. He also tried his hand at directing with John B. Keane's Big Maggie for Dramsoc and ISDA in 2006. He recently preformed at The Electric Picnic Festical with the Vendetta Theatre Company's production of The Complete Works of Wllm Shkpr Abridged. He's next project is the part of Samuel Beckett in "Lucia Mad" by Don Nigro.  He is very proud to be a member of this young and innovative theatre company and very excited to be working with people of such talent and energy.

 

Maggie Kilcoyne

Maggie is from Tubbercurry, Co.Sligo, and has been involved in drama since a very young age. She has participated on the amateur dramatics circuit for several years with The Phoenix Players in Tubbercurry where she won a numebr of acting awards.She has also worked with Beezneez Theatre Company, Sligo and has been involved in a number of productions with NUIG's dramsoc
This year she won the Jerome Hynes award for best actress for her role in Deanimimite games at the Muscailt festival.
Her role as Solange in The Maids is Maggie's first production with Fregoli and she is honoured to be working with such an exciting and energetic bunch of thespians.

Tracy Bruen

Tracy is from Dunmore, Co. Galway. Tracy both acts and directs with Fregoli Theatre Company.  Past acting credits include: The Laramie Project, Doggs Hamlet Cahoots Macbeth and Elegy for a Lady with Dramsoc in NUIG; Up the Yard with Catastrophe Theatre Company for the 2003 Galway Arts Festival and Spraoi Street Theatre Festival;   Borrowed Robes and Conversations on a Homecoming with DADS; The Maids, Fantastic Mr Fox and the Gingerbread House with Fregoli. Directorial Credits include: Philadelphia Here I Come, Da, Where He Lies with DADS, (as assistant director) and Producing Playmates with Fregoli. 

 

Lucia Smyth

Lucia, born and bred in Dublin, has been acting since the age of 7. She attended the Stagecraft Academy of Speech and Drama with Paul Cullen for the younger years of her life - acting in countless drama and poetry feiseanna. Her awards included: best actress, best supporting actress and best comedy act. In secondary school, Lucia was consistently involved in the annual school musical and was consistently given the lead male roles (emotionally scarring). She became a member of The Gaiety Youth Theatre Company in her final years of school; writing, directing and acting in their productions. She has been involved in NUIG's  Dramsoc productions throughout college productions inc. Love or Blood, Red Roses and Petrol and Medea.  She also co-hosted the weekly wednesday night improv gathering - Staged and Confused. She has just finished her BA in English and Psychology and is looking forward to where life will take her.. hopefully it won't be too far from all the wonderful kids at Fregoli.