RETREAT COMEDY

Teresa inherited her workplace; The Katherine O'Mara Arts Residency, an artist’s retreat. All Teresa wants is a baby-- but Gunter is more interested in pursuing his vows of eco-abstinence. Will Teresa have to settle for the old schoolyard bully Malachy McCourt? He tries to win Teresa's heart--and her significant inheritance-- by weaponizing his significant abs-of-steel. Synopsis Season 2 opens wit...

(THE FUNERAL) Welcome back to the Kathleen O'Mara Arts Residency. Sadly, we find ourselves at a funeral. Irish celebrity DAMIEN MCKAGAN is back, narrating live at the funeral of NORA O'LEARY, the late cook of the residency. A.R.S.E. rep & poet, resident MARY WARD steps up to the altar to read from her new poetry collection ... much to the groans and chagrin of all the mourners. Former resident...

(CURRY CHIPS) No one is paying heed to Teresa. The residency and everything is falling apart. Beloved Nora is still dead . Mary has taken over the kitchen, trying to fill Nora's shoes but failing. Gunter is rejected when he turns up with his sonic-polisher. He's ready for his bi-monthly silver-polishing sessions with Teresa. She's too busy. It's not easy being a new heiress. After Mary's increasin...

(TUPAC) Mercury hits an all-time low when even L'il Pete Moss ghosts her. She is alone. Jocelyn is worried about her son who is a resident dancer. She breaks into the residency by climbing through DJ Mercury's window. Jocelyn catches Mercury red-handed hiding an illicit weed stash and hiding an illicit cat named Tupac. Jocelyn blackmails Mercury to help her check up on her son Wendell. She's worri...

(The Proposal) Malachy reports to Seamus in the confessional that Teresa wants a baby and that they had sex on the fertilizer bag in the shed. Seamus is not interested in the details. Malachy throws Teresa a surprise proposal party. Teresa is ambushed by a crowd of people at her door including the priest. Malachy lets them in. Jonathan and Mercury tidy up Teresa. Malachy proposes to Teresa. There...

(THE PRE-MARRIAGE COURSE) At Una's, Teresa is throwing up. She thinks she is pregnant. Gunter disagrees; he has been tracking her ovulation cycle. Gunter has saved his stoats. The stoats are safe in the attic. Teresa plays the tin whistle to round them all up as she vomits. Una is not out skip diving this time. She is free-diving in the swamp waters. Una is able to hold her breath for long periods...

(THE WEDDING) Teresa is in a dire condition as Damien rolls the cameras. Tupac's miraculous appearance leads to a divine moment for Wendell. Mercury regains a sliver of hope. Mary fails to rally the troops to stop the wedding. Agnes is indifferent.. as per usual. The bride and groom are pronounced husband and wife. Teresa collapses. Malachy and Seamus count their blessings. Damien rolls the camera...

Retreat is the creation of Andrea Ipaktchi &Aoibheann McCann (RECAP) audio: Alan Preims, Galway Season 1 audio: Yasaman Sarhangi Welcome to Knocknahay, a small village on a stoat-infested lake, somewhere in Ireland, that is home to the Kathleen O'Mara Residential Centre for the Arts. Here, BRIGIT, an unsuccessful writer/Celtic Healer meets for an artistic collaboration with SHANNON, her Goop-i...

RETREAT, an audio fiction comedy . These are some takes from our workshopping. Please subscribe.  RETREAT is an audio comedy series set in Knocknahay, a small village on a stoat-infested lake, somewhere in Ireland, home to the Kathleen O'Mara Residential Centre for the Arts. Six 20-minute episodes, written by female comedy duo Aoibheann McCann and Andi Ipaktchi. RETREAT has a playful look at...

Knocknahay, IRELAND- The Kathleen O'Mara Residential Centre for the Arts.  We meet the NORA, the cook and housekeeper who was hired by the late, beloved, Hollywood film star, KATHLEEN O'MARA herself--  and her younger assistant TERESA,  in the kitchen. The agency sent a new KITCHEN TEMP, who is silent but an ace at chopping turnips. Teresa strikes the gong calling residents to the d...

The artist-cousins get an early start and head off to the local fairy fort. BRIGIT moans about her sleepless night at UNA's B & B. They meet MALACHY on the way. SHANNON is smitten. A helicopter arrival prompts MALACHY to run off. SHANNON deserts her cousin and follows MALACHY.  The helicopter is transporting SKYE JETJETSKI, the would-be heiress returns to her family's former estate. BRIGI...

The cousins finally start on their collaboration at the mystical fairy fort, that Brigit calls ‘the original diary room’ . It starts raining again. SHANNON is rescued by MALACHY, so she deserts BRIGIT.  BRIGIT takes shelter at Una's B & B. She finds the newly, chain-smoking AGNÉS, sculpting her latest masterpiece: The Madness of Ireland. It's a lopsided stack,  fused with dog hair, a...

The cousins start recording in the diary room, but fall-out when MALACHY turns up and SHANNON is more interested in him than their Druidic healing quilt collaboration. MALACHY flirts to manipulate SHANNON to confess on record that she and BRIGIT have done nothing but gossip during their time at the rural Ireland arts residency--- and that none of the other artists here are working either. They are...

After a fresh from the dumpster , freegan breakfast at UNA's BnB, the artists and staff march to the KATHLEEN O'MARA RESIDENTIAL CENTRE FOR THE ARTS to confront SKYE. But SKYE is one step ahead and has used SHANNON’s diary recording to revoke her grandmother's will and intends to turn their residency back into private ownership. Hers. DAMIEN is exposed when FREDA, his ghostwriter and former roomma...

DAMIEN is in his element as the MC for the grand exhibition. He welcomes SKYE on stage who welcomes the MEGACORP big shots and eager art collectors. GUNTER shows his stoat cam footage proving that MALACHY and SKYE plotted to steal the residency from the artists. They also reminisce about murdering Kathleen O'Mara's only son Mickey. The police arrive.  SKYE fires MELANIE her loyal assistant. G...