Irish Repertory Theatre

11/12/2024

No one's too old for an adventure in THE GAP YEAR by Clare McMahon, directed by Nicola Murphy Dubey and starring Patricia Buckley, Ciaran Byrne, Orlagh Cassidy, Katherine Laheen, Deirdre Madigan, and Kieran Mulcare.
Irish Rep is delighted to introduce the cast for this reading, taking place tonight at 7pm!
For more information about NWFF, click here: https://irishrep.org/show/2024-2025-season/new-works-fall-festival-2024/

11/11/2024

THE HONEY TRAP by Leo McGann stars Rebecca Ballinger, Lise Bruneau, Susan Davey, Samuel Dolman, Matt Engle, Jonathan Holmes, Aida Leventaki, and Tim Palmer.

Leo McGann's 'riveting' play, set in Belfast 1979, continues our New Works Fall Festival tonight at 7pm!

For more information about NWFF, visit irishrep.org

11/04/2024

THE ALTERNATIVE by Michael Patrick & Oisín Kearney stars Ruth Kavanagh, Sean Gormley, Elise Kibler, Johnny Hopkins, Kevin Oliver Lynch, Clare O’Malley, Hamish Allan Headley, Samuel Dolman.

This excellent cast kicks off our New Works Fall Festival tonight at 7pm!

For more information about NWFF, click here: https://irishrep.org/show/2024-2025-season/new-works-fall-festival-2024/

11/01/2024

THE ALTERNATIVE, written by Michael Patrick & Oisín Kearney, starts off this year’s New Works Fall Festival! Running only on 11/4, the night before our own election, this political satire will be more relevant than ever…

🎟: https://irishrep.org/event/2024-2025-season/the-alternative/

10/31/2024

It’s no surprise that skulls lurk in every corner of THE BEACON -- Halloween originated in Ireland!
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Head over to Instagram and take our quiz to test your knowledge of Irish folklore, and for a chance to see this Spooky Season’s most memorable ghost story with two free tickets to THE BEACON.
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Running now – November 24.

Properties: Nicole Rozanski
📸: Carol Rosegg

T&Cs: Open to U.S. residents aged 18 and over. To enter, answer all quiz questions correctly on our Instagram Stories by the end of Thursday, Oct 31, 2024. Prize: one pair of tickets to The Beacon (no cash alternative, travel, or accommodation included). Those with all correct answers will enter a raffle, and the winner will be notified via Instagram DM within 48 hours of the competition closing. The winner must respond within 48 hours, or a new winner will be selected. This competition is not affiliated with Instagram. Irish Rep reserves the right to modify or cancel the competition at any time.

10/29/2024

It's night two of our Premiere Screening of TWO ROADS, with live music from The Auction Project (David Bixler, Arturo O'Farrill, Heather Bixler, Vince Cherico and Raul Reyes) and dancer Kaitlyn Sardin ! We are thrilled to welcome these artists, dedicated to bridging cultural boundaries, to our stage.

Limited tickets still available for tonight: irishrep.org/tworoads

Photos: James Higgins

10/28/2024

Meet the storytellers behind TWO ROADS: A Shared Journey Between Black and Irish Americans.

This Premiere documentary screening at Irish Rep runs for just two days – Monday, October 28 and Tuesday, October 29, 2024.

The screening is followed by a Live Concert featuring The Auction Project with Grammy Award-winning Arturo O’Farrill, David Bixler, Heather Bixler, Vince Cherico, Raul Reyes, and dancer Kaitlyn Sardin (Kaitrock).

🎟 Limited tickets still available at irishrep.org/tworoads

10/22/2024

A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES, starring Ali Ewolt, Reed Lancaster, Ashley Robinson, Howard McGillin, Kimberly Doreen Burns, and Polly McKie is on sale NOW!

The seventh revival of this holiday classic is nothing short of "irresistible...it warms the heart like a blazing yule log!"

🎟 irishrep.org/childschristmas

10/21/2024

Today, the cast and creative team of THE DEAD, 1904 met for their first rehearsal!
In the words of co-adapter and producer Jean Hanff Korelitz, “We’re ready for the magic.”

THE DEAD, 1904 runs from November 20, 2024 – January 5, 2025.

🎟 irishrep.org/thedead

10/17/2024

The full cast for THE DEAD, 1904 has been announced!

Featuring Kate Baldwin and Christopher Innvar as Gretta and Gabriel Conroy

With Heather Bixler, Terry Donnelly, Karen Killeen, Michael Kuhn, Aedín Moloney, Michael Mellamphy, Jodie Sweeney, and Gary Troy

And Estelle Parsons and Mary Beth Peil as Aunt Kate and Aunt Julia Morkan

Join us from November 20, 2024 – January 5, 2025 at the American Irish Historical Society for the immersive theatrical event of the holiday season.

🎟 irishrep.org/thedead

10/15/2024

The member-only booking period for Dylan Thomas’ A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES is now open! Director Charlotte Moore’s beloved holiday musical returns for the seventh time at Irish Rep, December 4 – 29, 2024.

"A cavalcade of imagery and sensation... Figgy pudding for all!” – The New York Times

Tickets start at $55

🎟 irishrep.org/childschristmas

10/09/2024

Join us TOMORROW EVENING (Thursday Oct 10) for our GreenSeats x Irish Network Event!
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Happy Hour starts at 5:30pm in the Irish Rep Rehearsal room. We look forward to sharing refreshments and a chat before THE BEACON begins.
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And don’t miss THE BEACON themed trivia, with a special prize for the winner!

More info about GreenSeats here: https://irishrep.org/box-office/greenseats/
More info about THE BEACON here: irishrep.org/thebeacon

10/06/2024

Kate Mulgrew’s remarkable 50-year career continues with her performance in THE BEACON, which TIME OUT calls “SENSATIONAL” Read more about her incredible journey in this Playbill feature and don’t miss your chance to see her in THE BEACON, now extended through November 24.

🎟 irishrep.org/thebeacon

The Orange Is the New Black and Star Trek: Voyager star is back on the New York stage in a new play for Irish Rep.

10/04/2024

Watch Mick Moloney and Lenwood Sloan showcase “art’s transformative power in bridging divides” in the premiere screening of Two Roads: A Shared Journey Between Black and Irish Americans, an Ace Pictures and Irish Repertory Theatre Production, produced and directed by Susan Wittenberg.

The film will be followed by a live concert performed by the Auction Project, featuring David Bixler, Heather Martin Bixler, Raul Reyes, Grammy Award-winners Vince Cherico and Arturo O’Farrill, and dancer/media sensation Kaitlyn Sardin.
Hear the “syncopation of Africa and the melodic striking of Irish dancing” at Irish Rep, October 28-29, 2024 at 7pm.

🎟️: irishrep.org/tworoads

10/03/2024

"At the center of this play is a secret, a hiddenness, which I think belongs to the Irish people." — Kate Mulgrew

Have you heard? THE BEACON has been extended for three additional weeks! See it again, or for the first time, now until November 24.

🎟️ Tickets at irishrep.org/thebeacon

10/01/2024

Did you know that THE BEACON, currently running on our Mainstage, was featured in last year’s New Works Fall Festival?
Book your tickets now for this year’s Festival, spotlighting plays by Northern Irish Writers.

Monday, November 4 | THE ALTERNATIVE by Michael Patrick & Oisín Kearney
Monday, November 11 | THE HONEY TRAP by Leo McGann
Tuesday, November 12 | THE GAP YEAR by Clare McMahon
Monday, November 18 | Crocodile Fever by Meghan Tyler

Don’t miss your chance to get a FIRST LOOK at these brilliant new plays!

🎟️ https://irishrep.org/show/2024-2025-season/new-works-fall-festival-2024/

09/30/2024

“THE BEACON is a mystery, as all things Irish are…”

Kate Mulgrew talks all things THE BEACON and raves about the “sublime culture” at Irish Rep during her exclusive NY Live TV interview. Give it a watch!

Kate Mulgrew talks with Ashley Bellman and Dahiana Pérez about the North American premiere of “The Beacon” and more.

09/27/2024

“Woven through with sexual politics, THE BEACON is a ghost story that’s also a murder mystery that’s also a domestic drama.” – Laura Collins-Hughes,

Lanna Apisukh took these stellar photos of playwright Nancy Harris and leading lady Kate Mulgrew for THE BEACON’s New York Times feature.

What does Mulgrew have to say about the play? Check out the article to find out.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/theater/kate-mulgrew-beacon-irish-rep.html

📸 for The New York Times