Dancing at Lughnasa is a 1990 play by dramatist Brian Friel set in County Donegal in Ulster in the north of Ireland in August 1936 in the fictional town of Ballybeg. It is a memory play told from the point of view of the adult Michael Evans, the narrator. He recounts the summer in his aunts' cottage when he was seven years old.

This play is loosely based on the lives of Friel's mother and aunts who lived in Glenties, a small town in the south-west of County Donegal in the west of Ulster. Set in the summer of 1936, the play depicts the late summer days when love briefly seems possible for five of the Mundy sisters (Maggie, Chris, Agnes, Rose, and Kate) and the family welcomes home the frail elder brother, Jack, who has returned from a life as a missionary in Africa. However, as the summer ends, the family foresees the sadness and economic privations under which they will suffer as all hopes fade.

The play takes place in early August, around the festival of Lughnasadh, the Celtic harvest festival. The play describes a bitter harvest for the Mundy sisters, a time of reaping what has been sown.

Pomperaug Theatre Company is a student run theatre program. We build, buy, or create everything that is seen on stage.  There are 80 members of PTC and here they can explore all of the art forms in one place. There are 8 crews: The Paint Crew, Construction Crew, Makeup and Hair Crew, Costume Crew, House Crew, Props Crew, Tech Crew, Publicity Crew and it is all organized by our esteemed student Stage Manager Kayleigh Ecsedy, Senior. We always have a student Asst. Director, but this year we have a student who is directing the entire production by themselves. Jimmy Hunter, Senior, has been Choreographer for 2 years and has won 4 Halo Awards for their work onstage and off. They have chosen this play, cast it, and put it all together for you to enjoy.