Like theatres all over the country, we closed our doors in March in response to COVID-19. In May, we were proud to become the first Off-Broadway theatre to announce a full season of digital productions. Since then, we have released a new full-length production each month, all filmed during the COVID-19 shutdown and have been named “the leader in streaming theater productions” in Theatermania.
More programming will be announced soon, but for now, read more about our recent projects below!
Critical Response to our Digital Programming:
“Irish Rep is now way out in front of every other company in America when it comes to marrying technical innovation with artistic quality” – Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal
“No one produces Irish playwrights better than the Irish Repertory Theatre. And that has set them both up perfectly for the Zoom age…The result is as close to a theatrical experience as one can hope for these days.” -Joe Westerfield, Newsweek
Performances on Screen:
Check out our Performances on Screen! Click the pictures to learn more.
Special Events:
Previously Available:
The Gifts You Gave to the Dark – Premiered May 27, 2020
Irish Rep presented The Gifts You Gave to the Dark by Darren Murphy, which premiered free to the public on Wednesday, May 27, and remained available on our Youtube Channel through October 2020. This new production was written specifically for digital media in reaction to the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis. Directed by Caitríona McLaughlin, featuring music by Carl Kennedy, starring Seán McGinley, Tony Award winner Marie Mullen, and Marty Rea.
The Irish (Rep)…and How We Got That Way – Premiered July 13, 2020
This special screening of the 1998 Irish Rep World Premiere production of The Irish…and How They Got That Way by Pulitzer Prize winner Frank McCourt (Angela’s Ashes, ‘Tis, Teacher Man), with new video from Irish Rep co-founders Charlotte Moore and Ciarán O’Reilly, board chair Kathleen Begala, Frank McCourt’s widow and Irish Rep board chair emerita Ellen McCourt, and Frank McCourt’s brother Malachy McCourt, premiered on July 13 and remained available until July 20.
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