Irish Repertory Theatre will welcome back in-person audiences this Fall to the mainstage, on Friday, October 8, with Autumn Royal by Kevin Barry. Running through Sunday, November 21, the play is directed by Irish Rep Producing Director Ciarán O’Reilly. The dark comedy follows May and Timothy, played by Maeve Higgins and John Keating, respectively, as they look after their bedridden father and struggle with the decision to continue to help or move on with their own lives.
The Streets of New York, playing from Saturday, December 4 through Sunday, January 30, 2022, by Dion Boucicault is directed by Irish Rep Artistic Director Charlotte Moore. The adaptation, with songs, deals with themes of darkness and restriction, and ultimately, hope and the victory of the power of good.
Reopening the W. Scott McLucas Studio Stage will be A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing from Wednesday, November 10 through Sunday, December 12, adapted by Annie Ryan and directed by Nicola Murphy. Based on the novel of the same name by Eimear McBride, the story follows a girl from birth until the age of 20 as she tries to make sense of things amidst the crushing Catholicism and poverty of her Irish childhood. Jenn Murray stars.
The company has also launched The New Play Development Program to discover work by new Irish and Irish-American artists. The program will include a mix of staged readings and workshops, kicking off with a new adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband by Ian Holcomb. The September 27 reading stars Kaliswa Brewster as Lady Gertrude Chiltern, Allen Darby as Mrs. Marchmont, Ianne Fields Stewart as Mabel Chiltern, Ian Holcomb as Lord Goring, David Lee Huynh as Nanjac/James, Colin McPhillamy as Lord Caversham, Olivia Oguma as Lady Basildon, Caroline Strange as Mrs. Cheveley, Jason Veasey as Sir Robert Chiltern, and Zoë Watkins as Lady Markby and Phipps.
For more information, visit IrishRep.org.
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