Article: 'Beauty Queen' to grace Cal Poly stage

Amy Asman
University Wire
05-16-2007
(Mustang Daily) (U-WIRE) SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Have you ever hated someone so much that you wanted to pour boiling-hot oil all over her?

The main characters in Cal Poly's spring production "The Beauty Queen of Leenane," which opens today, sure have.

The play, written by famous Irish playwright Martin McDonagh, focuses on the spiteful and lonely lives of an old Irish woman named Mag Folan and her middle-aged daughter Maureen.

"Mag is a bitter, crusty, manipulative, old codger," said theater arts senior Shawna Hood, who plays Mag in the production.

Hood said that she had an especially personal connection with the character because she is a mother.

"Mag is ...

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