Fregoli Members
Fregoli founding 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 (ISDA) 2007 for her portrayal of Runt in Disco Pigs. She was awarded Best Director for At a Loss at the Jerome Hynes one acts 09. Maria was also nominated for Best Director at ISDAs 2011. 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 Beckett Shorts (2006), Bedbound (2007), At a Loss (2009), The Idiot Box (2010), Breathing Water (2011), A Life of Words (2011). Previous acting credits include Disco Pigs (2007, 2008, 2010), Producing Playmates (2009), The Maids (2008), Mosaic of Dreams (2009, 2010), The Secret Life of Me (2011).
Rob McFeely
Rob is from Donegal. He has a PhD in Engineering in NUI Galway. Rob is the technical manager and assistant artistic director with the company. Rob is a former auditor of NUI Galway Drama Society 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 festival (2008) 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), Disco Pigs (2010) The Idiot Box (2010) The Secret Life of me (2011).
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: I Can't Remember Anything, which she directed and won Best debut direction at the ISDA festival 2006. Credits with Fregoli include: Bedbound (2007, 2009), Roger Dodger (2008), The Idiot Box (2010) ,Mosaic of Dreams (2009, 2011), The Secret Life of me (2010), Director of The Maids (2008), The Gingerbread House(2010)
Tracy Bruen
Tracy is from Dunmore, Co. Galway. Tracy is a founding member of Fregoli and both acts and directs with the company. Tracy won an award for Best Actress for the role of Jane in The Good Father at the Claregalway drama festival and also a scholarship at the All Ireland Drama festival 2011. 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; Reduced Shakespeare Fregoli credits include The Maids (2008), Fantastic Mr Fox (2008), Producing Playmates (2009), The Gingerbread House (2010), The Secret Life of me(2011), A Life of Words (2011).
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 LossFregoli current members
Teresa Brennan
Teresa is from Laois, and is a fourth year student in arts with theatre and performance at NUIG. She is an active member of NUIG’s dramsoc involved in event organisation, directing and acting. Previous credits include, Danti Dan, The Last Burning, The Lonesome West, At the Black Pigs Dyke, Dispersia (2009) and Breathing Water (2011) with Fregoli.
Kate Murray
Kate is from Dublin and is a fourth year student in arts with theatre and performance at NUIG. She is an active member of NUIG’s dramsoc involved in event organisation, directing and acting. Previous credits include Danti dan, The Lonesome West, The Morning after Optimism and At the Black Pigs Dyke, and Breathing Water (2010) with Fregoli
Oisin Robbins
Oisin is from Clara, Co. Offaly and is a third year student at NUIG, he has been involved in several productions with NUIG dramsoc including the Lonesome West and The Hero Returns. Previous Credits include Happening at the Dublin Fringe Festival with Waterdonkey Theatre Co and ' The Beauty Queen of Leenane' with Broken Door Theatre Group. Fregoli credits include: Blocked (2011)
Aron Hegarty
Aron is from Cork and is pursuing an M.A in drama at NUIG, he is a former vice auditor of NUIG’s dramsoc and has been involved in several dramsoc productions including The last days of Judas Iscariot and Danti Dan. He was nominated for best supporting actor at ISDA for Danti Dan (2008) and Breathing Water (2010). Credits with Fregoli include The Idiot Box (2010), Blocked (2011), Breathing Water (2011).
Jarlath Tivnan
Jarlath is a final year arts student in NUIG from Boyle, Co.Roscommon. Jarlath is heavily involved with NUIG dramsoc having acted in ten productions including Danti dan, The Morning after Optimism, The Lonesome West. He was nominated for Best Actor at ISDA 2008 for Danti dan. Previous Credits with Fregoli: Breathing Water (2011), Blocked (2011)
Former Members
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.
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.
Maggie Kilcoyne
