Irish Repertory Theatre productions have garnered wide-ranging critical and industry acclaim. The following are some of the company’s more notable awards and nominations:
2024
- The Richard Seff Award — Ciarán O’Reilly, Philadelphia, Here I Come!
- Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theater — A.J. Shively, Philadelphia, Here I Come!
- Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Revival — Translations
- Lucille Lortel Award Nomination, Outstanding Revival — Translations and Philadelphia, Here I Come!
- Lucille Lortel Award Nomination, Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play — A.J. Shively for Philadelphia, Here I Come!
- Drama Desk Award Nomination, Outstanding Revival of a Play — Philadelphia, Here I Come!
- Drama Desk Award Nomination, Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play — A.J. Shively for Philadelphia, Here I Come!
- Drama Desk Award Nomination, Outstanding Direction of a Play — Ciarán O’Reilly for Philadelphia, Here I Come!
- Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination, Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play — Marie Mullen for The Saviour
- Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination, Outstanding Revival — Philadelphia, Here I Come!
- Off-Broadway Alliance Nomination Best Revival — Translations
- Origin’s 1st Irish Festival Awards, Ciarán O’Reilly — Best Director for Philadelphia, Here I Come!
- Origin’s 1st Irish Festival Awards, Terry Donnelly — Best Female Actor in the role of Madge in Philadelphia, Here I Come!
- Origin’s 1st Irish Festival Awards, David McElwee — Best Male Actor in the role of Gar Public in Philadelphia, Here I Come!
2023
- Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best Play Revival — Endgame
- Lucille Lortel Award Nomination, Outstanding Revival — Endgame
- Lucille Lortel Award Nomination, Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play — Bill Irwin, Endgame
- Lucille Lortel Award Nomination, Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play — John Douglas Thompson, Endgame
- Lucille Lortel Award Nomination, Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play — Patrice Johnson Chevannes, Endgame Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical — Nicholas Barasch — The Butcher Boy
- Lucille Lortel Award Nomination, Outstanding Costume Design — Orla Long, Endgame
- Drama Desk Award Nomination, Outstanding Revival of a Play — Endgame
- Drama Desk Award Nomination, Outstanding Solo Performance — Tracy Thorne, Jack Was Kind
- Drama Desk Award Nomination, Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play — John Douglas Thompson, Endgame
- Drama Desk Award Nomination, Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical — Nicholas Barasch, The Butcher Boy
- Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination, Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play — Chester Bailey
- Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination, Outstanding Revival of a Play — Endgame
- Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination, Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play — Ephraim Birney, Chester Bailey
- Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination, Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play — Bill Irwin, Endgame
- Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination, Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical — Nicholas Barasch, The Butcher Boy
- Drama League Award Nomination, Distinguished Performance Award — John Douglas Thompson, Endgame
- Obie Award, Sustained Achievement in Performance — John Douglas Thompson, Endgame and Hamlet
2022
- Outer Critics Circle Nomination, Outstanding Solo Performance — Jenn Murray, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing
- Outer Critics Circle Nomination, Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) — A Touch of the Poet
- Outer Critics Circle Nomination, Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) — The Streets of New York
- Drama Desk Nomination, Outstanding Sound Design for a Play — Hidenori Nakajo & Ryan Rumery, Autumn Royal
- Drama Desk Nomination, Outstanding Orchestrations — Mark Hartman & Yasuhiko Fukuoka, The Streets of New York
2019
- Irish Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad for Charlotte Moore and Ciarán O’Reilly
- Irish America Hall of Fame, Charlotte Moore and Ciarán O’Reilly
- Joe A. Callaway Award, Best Performance — John Keating, The O’Casey Cycle
- Henry Hewes Design Award, Scenic Design — Charlie Corcoran, The O’Casey Cycle
- Henry Hewes Design Award Nomination, Lighting Design — Michael Gottlieb, The O’Casey Cycle
- Outer Critics Circle Awards Nomination, Outstanding Revival of a Play — Juno and the Paycock
- Outer Critics Circle Awards Nomination, Outstanding Actor in a Play — Bill Irwin, On Beckett
- Off-Broadway Alliance Awards Nomination, Best Solo Performance — Bill Irwin, On Beckett
- Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Alternative Theatrical Experience — On Beckett
- Lucille Lortel Award Nom., Outstanding Revival — The Shadow of a Gunman
- Lucille Lortel Award Nom., Outstanding Scenic Design — Charlie Corcoran, The Shadow of a Gunman
2018
- Off Broadway Alliance Awards Nomination, Best New Musical — Woody Sez
- Outer Critics Circle Awards Nomination, Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical — Woody Sez
- Outer Critics Circle Awards Nomination, Outstanding Actor in a Musical — David M. Lutken, Woody Sez
- Chita Rivera Awards Nomination — Colin Campbell, Disco Pigs
- 1st Irish Festival Special Jury Prize — Colin Campbell, Disco Pigs
2017
- Obie Award, Outstanding Performance — Matthew Broderick, Shining City
- Obie Award, Excellence in Sound Design — Ryan Rumery, The Emperor Jones
- Drama Desk Nomination, Outstanding Fight Choreography — Donal O’Farrell, Quietly
- Off-Broadway Alliance Legend of the Theatre — Charlotte Moore
- Off-Broadway Alliance Award nomination, Best Play Revival — The Emperor Jones
- 2017 Chita Rivera Award, Outstanding Female Dancer in an Off-Broadway Show — Finian’s Rainbow, Lyrica Woodruff
- Off-Broadway Alliance Award nomination, Best Musical Revival — Finian’s Rainbow
- Outer Critics Circle Nomination, Best Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) — Finian’s Rainbow
2016
- Irish America, “50 Most Influential Women” — Charlotte Moore
2015
- Winner, 1st Irish Festival, Best Playwright – John McManus, The Quare Land
- Winner, 1st Irish Festival, Best Director — Ciarán O’Reilly, The Quare Land
- Winner, 1st Irish Festival, Best Design — The Quare Land
- 1st Irish Festival Special Jury Prize — Peter Maloney, The Quare Land
2014
- Outer Critics Circle Nom., Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical — A Christmas Memory
- Winner, 1st Irish Festival, Outstanding Production — Port Authority
- Winner, 1st Irish Festival, Best Actor — Peter Maloney
2013
- Lucille Lortel Nomination, Outstanding Revival — The Weir
- Joe A. Callaway Award, Best Performance — J. Smith Cameron, Juno and the Paycock
- Joe A. Callaway Award Nomination, Best Director — Ciarán O’Reilly, The Weir
- Outer Critics Circle Special Achievement Award ― Charlotte Moore and Ciarán O’Reilly in recognition of 25 years of producing outstanding theater
- Drama Desk Award Nomination, Outstanding Actress in a Musical — Jenny Powers, Donnybrook!
- Drama Desk Award Nomination, Outstanding Solo Performance — Julian Sands, A Celebration of Harold Pinter
2012
- Off-Broadway Alliance Nomination, Best Revival — Beyond the Horizon
- Drama Desk Nom., Unique Theatrical Experience — Give Me Your Hand
- Joe A. Callaway Award Nomination, Best Director — Charlotte Moore, Dancing at Lughnasa
- Drama Desk Nom., Unique Theatrical Experience — NOCTU
- Drama Desk Nom., Best Choreographer — Brendán de Gallai, NOCTU
2011
- The 2011 Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award
2010
- Joe A. Callaway Award, Best Director — Ciarán O’Reilly, The Emperor Jones
- The O’Neill Credo Award — Ciarán O’Reilly, The Emperor Jones
- Joe A. Callaway Award, Best Performance — John Douglas Thompson, The Emperor Jones
- Lucille Lortel Nom., Outstanding Revival — The Emperor Jones
- Lucille Lortel Nom., Outstanding Lead Actor — John Douglas Thompson, The Emperor Jones
- Lucille Lortel Nom., Outstanding Sound Design — Ryan Rumery and Christian Frederickson, The Emperor Jones
- Drama League Nom., Distinguished Production of a Play — The Emperor Jones
- Drama League Nom., Distinguished Performance Award — John Douglas Thompson, The Emperor Jones
- Drama Desk Nom., Outstanding Actor in a Play — John Douglas Thompson, The Emperor Jones
- Drama Desk Nom., Outstanding Costume Design — Antonia Ford-Roberts and Bob Flanagan, The Emperor Jones
- Hewes Design Award Nom., Scenic Design — Charlie Corcoran, The Emperor Jones
- 6 AUDELCO Award Nominations, including Best Revival — The Emperor Jones
- Lucille Lortel Nom., Outstanding Revival — Candida
- Drama Desk Nom., Outstanding Actress in a Play — Melissa Errico, Candida
- Drama Desk Nom., Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play — Xanthe Elbrick, Candida
- Hewes Design Award Nom., Lighting Design — Clifton Taylor, White Woman Street
- Irish America, 50 Most Influential Women — Charlotte Moore
2008
- Lucille Lortel Nom., Best Actor — Brian Murray, Gaslight
- Drama Desk Nom., Outstanding Revival of a Musical — Take Me Along
- Drama League Nom., Distinguished Revival of a Play — Gaslight
- Drama League Nom., Distinguished Performance Award — David Staller, Gaslight
- Outer Critics Award, Outstanding Revival of a Musical — Take Me Along
- St. Patrick’s Committee in Holyoke, John F. Kennedy National Award — Charlotte Moore and Ciarán O’Reilly
- Irish America, 50 Most Influential Women — Charlotte Moore
2007
- The 2007 Jujamcyn Theaters Award
- Joe A. Callaway Award Nom., Best Director — Ciarán O’Reilly, The Hairy Ape
- Lucille Lortel Nom., Outstanding Scenic Design — Eugene Lee, The Hairy Ape
- Drama Desk Nom., Outstanding Actress in a Play — Orlagh Cassidy, The Field
- Drama Desk Nom., Outstanding Revival of a Play — The Hairy Ape
- Drama Desk Nom., Outstanding Director of a Play — Ciarán O’Reilly, The Hairy Ape
- Drama League Nom., Distinguished Revival of a Play — The Hairy Ape
- Drama League Nom., Distinguished Performance Award — Gregory Derelian and Gerald Finnegan, The Hairy Ape
2006
- Obie Award, Best Actress — Dana Ivey, Mrs. Warren’s Profession
- Drama Desk Nom., Solo Performance — Jon Peterson, George M. Cohan, Tonight!
- Drama Desk Nom., Outstanding Revival — Philadelphia, Here I Come!
- Lucille Lortel Nom., Best Revival” — Mrs. Warren’s Profession
- Lucille Lortel Nom., Outstanding Featured Actress — Helena Carroll, Philadelphia, Here I Come!
- Drama League Nom. — Dana Ivey, Mrs. Warren’s Profession
- Drama League Nom. — Jon Peterson, George M. Cohan, Tonight!
2005
- Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Body of Work
- Lucille Lortel Nom., Best Revival — Finian’s Rainbow
- Lucille Lortel Nom., Best Choreography — Barry McNabb, Finian’s Rainbow
- Drama League Nom., Best Actor — Alvin Epstein, Endgame
2004
- Drama Desk Nom., Outstanding Revival of a Play — The Colleen Bawn
- Drama Desk Nom., Outstanding Revival of a Musical — Finian’s Rainbow
- Drama League Nom., Distinguished Revival of a Musical — Finian’s Rainbow
- Drama League Nom., Best Actress in a Play — Catherine Byrne, Eden
- Drama League Nom., Best Actress in a Musical — Melissa Errico, Finian’s Rainbow
- Drama League Nom., Best Actor in a Musical — Malcolm Gets, Finian’s Rainbow
- Joe A. Callaway Award Nom., Best Director — Charlotte Moore, Finian’s Rainbow
- Edinburgh Theatre Festival Award, Best Play — The Love Hungry Farmer
- Edinburgh Theatre Festival Award, Best Actor — Des Keogh, The Love Hungry Farmer
2002
- Outer Critics Circle Nom., Outstanding Solo Performance — Charles Nelson Reilly, Save it for the Stage: The Life of Reilly
- Outer Critics Circle Nom., Outstanding Off-Broadway Play — The Matchmaker
- Hewes Design Award, Noteworthy Special Effects — James Morgan, Pigtown
- Drama League Nom., Distinguished Production of a Musical — The Streets of New York
- Drama League Nom., Best Actress in a Musical — Kristin Maloney, The Streets of New York
2000
- Drama Desk Nom., Best Actress — Sinead Cusack, Our Lady of Sligo
- Outer Critic Nom., Best Actress — Sinead Cusack, Our Lady of Sligo
- Drama Desk Nom., Best Actor — Fritz Weaver, A Life
1999
- Outer Critics Circle Nom., Best Actress — Marion Seldes, Dear Liar
1998
- The Irish American Heritage and Culture Week Committee of New York City, Board of Education, “Irish Organization of the Year Award”
- Obie Award, Best Actor — Daniel Gerroll, The Shaughraun
- Obie Award, Best Actor — Brian Murray, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
- Drama Desk Nom., Best Actress in a Play — Frances Sternhagen, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
1997
- Drama League Nom., Best Actress — Melissa Errico, Major Barbara
1996
- Drama Desk Nom., Best Actress — Melissa Errico, The Importance of Being Earnest
1992
- Drama Desk Award — Excellence in Presenting Distinguished Irish Drama
- Clarence Derwent Award — Patrick Fitzgerald, Grandchild of Kings
- Outer Critics Circle Nom., Best Director — Hal Prince, Grandchild of Kings
- Outer Critics Circle Nom., Best Actress — Pauline Flanagan, Grandchild of Kings
- Outer Critics Circle Nom., Best Scenic Design — Eugene Lee, Grandchild of Kings