Darragh has been acting and teaching in the Seattle Area since 2000. Local credits include work with The Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Children's Theatre, Strawberry Theatre Workshop, Tacoma Actor's Guild, and The Capitol Hill Arts Center (CHAC). Favorite roles include Dudley in The Time of Your Life at both Seattle Rep and ACT in San Francisco, The Maniac in Accidental Death of an Anarchist for Strawberry Theatre Workshop, Arturo Ui in The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui, and Charlie Conlin in Stones in his Pockets at CHAC. Regionally, Darragh has worked for American Players Theatre (seven seasons), Arizona Theatre Company, The Guthrie Theater, Madison Repertory Theatre, Willamette Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, and Montana Shakespeare in the Parks. Film and TV work includes the recently completed all-Seattle based podcast series WHAT THE FUNNY and the feature film THE SUIT. Darragh teaches for Freehold Theatre Lab and Seattle Children's Theatre.
What the critics are saying about Darragh:
“A spectacular performance. Kennan attacks his role with exactly the nuanced caricature that Brecht's style demands.” -The Stranger
“The show's chief virtue is Darragh Kennan's break-out portrayal in the title role.” -Seattle Times
“Kennan’s fabulous portrayal is played with disturbing ease.” – Seattlest.com
“Darragh Kennan plays Shrdlu (a pun on a nonsense phrase from the days of Linotype printing) with a mesmerizing, otherworldly intensity.” – Seattle Times
