Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson part of the cast of “Dancing at Lughnasa” Brian Friel’s play was the winner of the 1992 Tony Award® for Best Play. The play will be presented in the Club Room on the Third Floor of the Hoogland Center for the Arts. It’s the story of five unmarried sisters, eking out their lives in a small village in Ireland in 1936. The show is widely regarded as Brian Friel’s masterpiece.