Playwright
Sonya Kelly
Season 20: 2023-2024
Philadelphia Premiere
Honorary Producer
Jim & Jeanette Senderling, Gayle & David Smith
Ireland

‘packs a terrific, touching punch’ - Sunday Independent

‘compelling … delicately uplifting’ - The Guardian

 

Inspired by the true events that shocked London in 2017! The lives of three strangers collide for a split second on a busy London bridge: the English jogger racing across the city and up the corporate ladder, the Irish barrister striding toward a prominent career, and the Senegalese bus driver under pressure to finish his morning shift on time. Charged with tension, Once Upon a Bridge unravels a life-changing moment and its aftermath through three completely different perspectives, crescendoing to an exciting and shocking climax where class tensions collide with human decency, and a split-second decision can alter a life forever.

Inis Nua is excited to introduce red-hot Irish playwright Sonya Kelly to Philadelphia audiences! 
 

Producers:

Mainstage Season Sponsors: Jim & Jeanette Senderling
Honorary Producers: Gayle & David Smith
Associate Honorary Producers: Cyana La Divertida, Michael & Jennifer Nolan 

 

Thank you to our 20th Anniversary Season Sponsor:

MKM Foundation

Cast

Walter DeShields Headshot.
Walter DeShields*
Alice Yorke Headshot.
Alice Yorke
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David Pica

Production Team

Director Brett Ashley Robinson
Set Designer Chris Haig
Costume Designer Leigh Paradise
Lighting Designer J. Dominic Chacon
Sound Designer Elizabeth Atkinson
Dramaturg Meghan Winch
Dialect Coach Leonard Kelly
Movement Director K. O'Rourke
Calling Stage Manager Kat Kelly
Rehearsal Stage Manager Liv Hershey
Production Manager Lauren Tracy
Technical Director Joe Daniels
Projection Consultant Janelle Kaufmann
Audio Engineer John Kolbinski
Master Electrician Andrew Cowles