WP: World Premiere | AP: American Premiere | NY: New York Premiere | * Performed in the W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre |^ Recorded by the NYPL Theatre on Film Archive | OD: Available now on demand | SP: Previously streamed performance |
2024-2025 Season
The Beacon by Nancy Harris, Directed by Marc Atkinson Borrull (WP)
Two Roads: A Shared Journey between Black and Irish Americans Premiere documentary film screening (dir. Susan Wittenberg) with live music from The Auction Project & dancer Kaitlyn Sardin
New Works Fall Festival – 4 Readings spotlighting Northern Irish voices
The Alternative by Michael Patrick & Oisín Kearney, The Honey Trap by Leo McGann, The Gap Year by Claire McMahon, Crocodile Fever by Meghan Tyler, directed by Nicola Murphy Dubey, Keelie Sheridan and Matt Torney
The Dead, 1904 at the American Irish Historical Society, Adapted by Jean Hanff Korelitz & Paul Muldoon, Directed by Ciarán O’Reilly
A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas, Directed by Charlotte Moore
Beckett Briefs by Samuel Beckett, directed by Ciarán O’Reilly
Irishtown by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth, directed by Nicola Murphy Dubey (WP)
The Black Wolfe Tone by Kwaku Fortune in collaboration with Fishamble: The New Play Company, directed by Nicola Murphy Dubey* (WP)
2023-2024 Season
Love Letters Encores! by A.R. Gurney, Directed by Ciarán O’Reilly
Cast One Starring Matthew Broderick and Talia Balsam
Cast Two Starring J. Smith-Cameron and Victor Garber
Cast Three Starring Brooke Shields and John Slattery
New Works Fall Festival* — Featuring Readings of 5 New Plays, Spotlighting Irish Female Voices
The Beacon by Nancy Harris, Her Hand on the Trellis by Katie Holly, Rathmines Road by Deirdre Kinahan, Helen and I by Meadhbh McHugh, and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Ursula Rani Sarma
An Giall* by Brendan Behan, Co-Directed by Nicola Ní Mhurchú and Caoimhe Nic Giollarnáith
The Sons of Erin by Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu, Co-directed by Nicola Murphy Dubey (Irish Rep’s Director of New Play Development) and Emily Lyon (Expand the Canon’s Artistic Director)
The Friel Project
Translations by Brian Friel, Directed by Doug Hughes
Aristocrats by Brian Friel, Directed by Charlotte Moore
Philadelphia, Here I Come! by Brian Friel, Directed by Ciarán O’Reilly
Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel, Directed by Charlotte Moore
The Friel Project Reading Series — Readings of Brian Friel’s plays as part of The Friel Project
The Communication Cord Directed by Ursula McGinn, Lovers: Winners & Losers Directed by Conor Bagley, Making History Directed by Bailey Bass, The Freedom of the City Directed by Ciarán O’Reilly, Give Me Your Answer, Do! Directed by Olivia Songer, Crystal and Fox Directed by Colm Summers, Dancing at Lughnasa Directed by Charlotte Moore, Associate Director: Conor Bagley, Living Quarters Directed by Conor Bagley, Wonderful Tennessee Directed by Nicola Murphy Dubey and Music Directed by Steven Paul Pilcher, Faith Healer Directed by Conor Bagley, Original Music & Sound Design by Liam Bellman-Sharpe, The Home Place Directed by Marc Atkinson Borrull.
2024 Gala, Let’s Put On A Show 35 Years of Irish Rep Musicals
2024 Transatlantic Residency
Féile Bród (Pride Fest) — The Folktale That Made Me: A Night of Storytelling and Dance in collaboration with Queer to Tell and Héruma Hazit, There Will Be Rainbows written and performed by Stefan Fae (Stephen Quinn)
On Beckett Conceived and Performed by Bill Irwin, Produced in association with Octopus Theatricals
2022-2023 Season
Bikeman by Tom Flynn, Produced by Robert Cuccioli, in honor of the 20th Anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, An Immersive Audio Event (SP)
Chester Bailey by Joseph Dougherty, Directed by Ron Lagomarsino, NY
Jack Was Kind Written and Performed By Tracy Thorne, Directed by Nicholas A. Cotz*
A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas, Adapted and Directed by Charlotte Moore, Music Supervision by John Bell, Music Direction by David Hancock Turner
The Smuggler by Ronán Noone, Directed by Conor Bagley, Starring Michael Mellamphy*
Endgame by Samuel Beckett, Directed by Ciarán O’Reilly
The Letters Series
Dear Liar by Jerome Kilty, Directed by Charlotte Moore, Starring Melissa Errico and David Staller
Love Letters by A.R. Gurney, Directed by Ciarán O’Reilly, Starring Matthew Broderick and Laura Benanti
2023 Gala, All My Loving: The Lyrics of Paul McCartney
Inaugural New Works Summer Festival* — Readings of 5 Plays in 5 days, Spotlighting LGBTQ+ voices
Drip Feed by Karen Cogan, ERIS by John King, Once Before I Goby Phillip McMahon, Irishtown by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth, and Motherland by May Treuhaft-Ali, directed by Nicola Murphy Dubey and Colm Summers
The Saviour by Deirdre Kinahan, Directed by Louise Lowe, Starring Marie Mullen and Jamie O’Neill
2021-2022 Season
George M. Cohan Tonight! by George M Cohan, Chip Deffaa, and Jon Peterson, An Abridged Performance on Screen (SP)
Bikeman by Tom Flynn, Produced by Robert Cuccioli, in honor of the 20th Anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, An Immersive Audio Event (SP)
Angela’s Ashes: The Musical, Produced by Pat Moylan, Music and Lyrics by Adam Howell, Book by Paul Hurt, Based on the book by Frank McCourt (SP, AP)
Autumn Royal by Kevin Barry (AP)
A Girl is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride, Adapted by Annie Ryan* (SP)
The Streets of New York written by Dion Boucicault, directed by Charlotte Moore
Made By God by Ciara Ní Chuirc, directed by Olivia Songer* (WP)
A Touch of the Poet by Eugene O’Neill, directed by Ciarán O’Reilly
Two By Synge by JM Synge, directed by Charlotte Moore
2022 Gala: A Celebration of the Musicals of Harold Prince
Belfast Girls by Jaki McCarrick, directed by Nicola Murphy
YES! Reflections of Molly Bloom From the novel Ulysses by James Joyce, Adapted by Aedín Moloney & Colum McCann, directed by John Keating
The Butcher Boy, A New Musical, with book, music, and lyrics by Asher Muldoon, based on the novel by Pat McCabe, Directed by Ciarán O’Reilly (WP)
2020-2021 Season
Irish Rep Online – Digital Fall Season
Belfast Blues written and performed by Geraldine Hughes, A Performance on Screen (SP)
Give Me Your Hand A Poetical Stroll through The National Gallery of London, Poems by Paul Durcan, A Performance on Screen (SP)
A Touch of the Poet by Eugene O’Neill, A Performance on Screen (SP)
On Beckett / In Screen Conceived and Performed by Bill Irwin, A Performance on Screen (SP)
Meet Me in St. Louis, Book by Hugh Wheeler, Songs by Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane, Adapted & Directed by Charlotte Moore, A Holiday Special in Song and on Screen (SP)
Irish Rep Online
The Aran Islands by J.M. Synge, adapted and directed by Joe O’Byrne, A Performance on Screen (SP)
John Cullum: An Accidental Star, Conceived by John Cullum and Jeff Berger, Written by David Thompson, in association Vineyard Theatre and Goodspeed Musicals with Jeff Berger, Directed by Lonny Price and Matt Cowart (SP)
Little Gem by Elaine Murphy, A Performance on Screen (SP)
The Man Who Wanted to Fly, directed by Frank Shouldice, A NY Film Premiere starring Bobby Coote (SP)
Digital Summer Season
2021 Online Gala: The Indomitable Irishry (SP)
Ghosting by Jamie Beamish and Anne O’Riordan, A Theatre Royal, Waterford & Throwin Shapes Production, A Performance on Screen (SP, AP)
The Cordelia Dream by Marina Carr, A Performance on Screen (SP, AP)
2019-2020 Season
Kingfishers Catch Fire by Robin Glendinning* (WP)
Dublin Carol by Conor McPherson
Pumpgirl by Abbie Spallen*
The Scourge by Michelle Dooley Mahon*, in association with Wexford Arts Centre
London Assurance by Dion Boucicault
Lady G: Plays and Whisperings of Lady Gregory by Lady Augusta Gregory, additional material by Ciarán O’Reilly
Incantata by Paul Muldoon, in association with Galway International Arts Festival and Jen Coppinger Productions
Irish Rep Online
Summer Online Season
Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel, A Performance on Screen (SP)
The Gifts You Gave to the Dark by Darren Murphy (WP, SP)
YES! Reflections of Molly Bloom From the novel Ulysses by James Joyce, Adapted by Aedín Moloney & Colum McCann, A Performance on Screen (OD)
The Irish (Rep)…and How We Got That Way: A Celebration of Endurance and Perseverance through Hard Times featuring The Irish…and How They Got That Way (SP)
The Weir by Conor McPherson, A Performance on Screen (OD)
Love, Noël written and devised by Barry Day, A Performance on Screen (OD)
Postponed Due to COVID-19
The Smuggler by Ronán Noone
A Touch of the Poet by Eugene O’Neill
2018-2019 Season
Wild Abandon by Leenya Rideout* (WP)
On Beckett conceived and performed by Bill Irwin with writings by Samuel Beckett (NY)^
Two by Friel by Brian Friel* (NY)
A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas, adapted and directed by Charlotte Moore
The Dead, 1904 based on the novella by James Joyce, adapted by Paul Muldoon & Jean Hanff Korelitz
The Sean O’Casey Season
The Shadow of a Gunman by Sean O’Casey^
Juno and the Paycock by Sean O’Casey^
The Plough and the Stars by Sean O’Casey^
The Sean O’Casey Reading Series*
2019 Gala: Celebrating 30 Years
YES! Reflections of Molly Bloom From the novel Ulysses by James Joyce, Adapted for stage by Aedín Moloney & Colum McCann* (WP)
Love, Noël written and devised by Barry Day* (NY)
Little Gem by Elaine Murphy
New Works Reading Series
2017-2018 Season
The Home Place by Brian Friel (NY)
Off the Meter, On the Record by John McDonagh* (WP)
It’s A Wonderful Life by Anthony Palermo*
The Dead, 1904 based on the novella by James Joyce, adapted by Paul Muldoon & Jean Hanff Korelitz
Jimmy Titanic by Bernard McMullan*
Disco Pigs by Enda Walsh
Three Small Irish Masterpieces by WB Yeats, Lady Gregory, and John Millington Synge*
The Seafarer by Conor McPherson
2018 Gala: Alan Jay Lerner – A Centennial Celebration
Woman and Scarecrow by Marina Carr* (NY)
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever by Alan Jay Lerner
New Works Reading Series
2016-2017 Season
Afterplay by Brian Friel* (NY)
Finian’s Rainbow music by Burton Lane, book by E.Y. Harburg & Fred Saidy, lyrics by E.Y. Harburg ^
The Pigeon in the Taj Mahal by Laoisa Sexton* (WP)
The Dead, 1904 based on the novella by James Joyce, adapted by Paul Muldoon & Jean Hanff Korelitz (WP)
Crackskull Row by Honor Molloy*
The Emperor Jones by Eugene O’Neill^
Rebel in the Soul by Larry Kirwan* (WP)
2017 Gala: Sondheim At Seven
Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie devised by David M. Lutken with Nick Corley and Darcie Deaville, Helen Jean Russell & Andy Teirstein (NY)
The Aran Islands by J.M. Synge, adapted & directed by Joe O’Byrne* (AP)
New Works Reading Series
2015-2016 Season
The Quare Land by John McManus ^ (AP)
A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas
The Burial At Thebes by Seamus Heaney ^
A Celebration of Harold Pinter with Julian Sands
2016 Gala: Finian’s Rainbow In Concert by E.Y. Harburg, Burton Lane and Fred Saidy, adapted by Charlotte Moore
Shining City by Conor McPherson ^ (Homecoming Production)
Quietly by Owen McCafferty (AP)
New Works Reading Series
2014-2015 Season: The Season in Union Square
Port Authority by Conor McPherson
A Christmas Memory based on the short story by Truman Capote, book by Duane Poole, music by Larry Grossman, lyrics by Carol Hall (NY)
Da by Hugh Leonard ^
The Belle of Belfast by Nate Rufus Edelman ^
2015 Gala: Yeats – The Celebration
The Weir by Conor McPherson
New Works Reading Series
2013-2014 Season
Juno and the Paycock by Sean O’Casey ^
A Mind-Bending Evening of Beckett by Samuel Beckett*
It’s a Wonderful Life adapted by Anthony E. Palermo*
Transport book by Thomas Keneally, music and lyrics by Larry Kirwan (WP)
2014 Gala: The Spectacular Songs of Lerner & Loewe
Sea Marks by Gardner McKay ^
New Works Reading Series
2012-2013 Season – Celebrating Our 25th Anniversary!
The Freedom of the City by Brian Friel ^
A Celebration of Harold Pinter starring Julian Sands; directed by John Malkovich* (AP)
The Songs I Love So Well starring Phil Coulter (AP)
Airswimming by Charlotte Jones* (AP)
Donnybrook! book by Robert E. McEnroe; music and lyrics by Johnny Burke ^
For Love by Laoisa Sexton*
Who’s Your Daddy? by Johnny O’Callaghan* (NY)
25th Anniversary Gala: Something Wonderful! – music and lyrics by Rodgers & Hammerstein
Gibraltar by Patrick Fitzgerald*
The Weir by Conor McPherson
New Works Reading Series
2011-2012 Season
NOĊTÚ conceived and directed by Breandán de Gallaí (AP)
Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel ^
A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas*
Beyond the Horizon by Eugene O’Neill ^
Give Me Your Hand, A poetical stroll through the National Gallery of London by Paul Durcan* (AP)
2012 Annual Benefit Gala: Oliver! in Concert – music, lyrics and book by Leonard Bart
Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw ^
New Girl In Town book by George Abbott; music and lyrics by Bob Merrill
New Works Reading Series
2010-2011 Season
St. Nicholas by Conor McPherson*
Banished Children of Eve by Kelly Younger, adapted from the novel by Peter Quinn (WP Commission)
Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel ^
A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas*
My Scandalous Life by Thomas Kilroy* (WP)
The Shaughraun by Dion Boucicault
2011 Annual Benefit Gala: Camelot in Concert – book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe
Tryst by Karoline Leach
New Works Reading Series
2009-2010 Season
The Emperor Jones – by Eugene O’Neill ^
Ernest in Love – book and lyrics by Anne Croswell, music by Lee Pockriss
Candida – by George Bernard Shaw ^
White Woman Street – by Sebastian Barry
2010 Annual Benefit Gala: A Concert Reading of Brigadoon – book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe
The Irish…and How They Got That Way by Frank McCourt
New Works Reading Series
2008-2009 Season
The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Frank McGuinness (WP Commission)
Confessions of an Irish Publican, adapted by Des Keogh from the writings of John B. Keane*
Aristocrats by Brian Friel ^
The Yeats Project by W.B. Yeats
The Rivalry by Norman Corwin
After Luke & When I Was God by Cónal Creedon (AP)
New Works Reading Series
2007-2008 Season
Sive by John B. Keane (NY)
The Devil’s Disciple by George Bernard Shaw ^
Take Me Along, Book by Joseph Stein and Bob Russell, Lyrics and Music by Bob Merrill ^
Prisoner of the Crown by Richard F. Stockton, Additional Material and Original Concept by Richard T. Herd (NY)
Around the World in 80 Days by Mark Brown, Based on the Novel by Jules Verne
2006-2007 Season
Tom Crean – Antarctic Explorer by Aidan Dooley* (NY)
Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton
Defender of the Faith by Stuart Carolan (AP)
Meet Me in St. Louis, Book by Hugh Wheeler, Songs by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane
Irish One Acts: Great White American Teeth by Fiona Walsh and Swansong by Conor McDermottroe*
The Hairy Ape by Eugene O’Neill ^
2005-2006 Season
Mr. Dooley’s America by Philip Dunne and Martin Blaine (NY)
The Field by John B. Keane ^ (NY)
George M. Cohan, Tonight! by Chip Deffaa and George M. Cohan (WP)
The Bells of Christmas conceived by Ciaran O’Reilly* (WP)
Mrs. Warren’s Profession by George Bernard Shaw ^
Beowulf adaptation and lyrics by Lindsey Turner, music and lyrics by Lenny Pickett (WP Commission)
You Don’t Have To Be Irish by Malachy McCourt*
2004-2005 Season
Triptych by Edna O’Brien
Philadelphia, Here I Come! by Brian Friel
She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith
Endgame by Samuel Beckett
After the Ball by Noël Coward ^ (NY)
2003-2004 Season
The Colleen Bawn by Dion Boucicault (NY)
Christmas With Tommy Makem by Tommy Makem
Eden by Eugene O’Brien (AP)
Finian’s Rainbow by E.Y. Harburg, Burton Lane and Fred Saidy, adapted by Charlotte Moore
Let’s Put On A Show! with Jan and Mickey Rooney
2002-2003 Season
Bailegangaire by Tom Murphy (NY)
A Celtic Christmas arranged by Charlotte Moore
bedbound by Enda Walsh (AP)
The Love-Hungry Farmer by John B. Keane and adapted for the stage by Des Keogh (WP)
Foley by Michael West (AP)
Peg O’ My Heart by J. Hartley Manners, songs by Charlotte Moore
2001-2002 Season
Save It For The Stage: The Life of Reilly by Charles Nelson Reilly and Paul Linke ^ (NY)
The Streets of New York by Dion Boucicault, adaptation and songs by Charlotte Moore ^ (WP Commission)
That and the Cup of Tea by Carmel Quinn and Sean Fuller* (WP)
The Matchmaker by John B. Keane and adapted for the stage by Phyllis Ryan (AP)
An Evening in New York with W.B. Yeats and John Quinn, adapted by Neill Bradley and Paul Kerry* ^
Pigtown by Mike Finn
The Playboy of the Western World by J. M. Synge
2000-2001 Season
The Hostage by Brendan Behan
The Importance of Being Oscar by Micheál MacLiammóir
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and adapted for the stage by Joe O’Byrne (WP Commission)
A Life by Hugh Leonard ^
The Irish…and How They Got That Way by Frank McCourt
1999-2000 Season
Invasions and Legacies by Tommy Makem (WP)
Eclipsed by Patricia Burke Brogan (NY)
The Irish…and How They Got That Way by Frank McCourt
The Country Boy by John Murphy (AP)
Our Lady of Sligo by Sebastian Barry ^ (AP)
Don Juan in Hell by George Bernard Shaw
1998-1999 Season
The Shaughraun by Dion Boucicault ^
Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett
Oh, Coward! by Roderick Cook
The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde (WP)
The Shadow of a Gunman by Sean O’Casey
Dear Liar by Jerome Kilty ^
1997-1998 Season
The Irish…and How They Got That Way by Frank McCourt (WP)
Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw
Rafferty Rescues the Moon by June Anderson (WP)
Song at Sunset conceived by Shivaun O’Casey (AP)
Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neill
1996-1997 Season
The Importance Of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde ^
My Astonishing Self by Donal Donnelly*
The Yeats Plays by William Butler Yeats*
The Plough and The Stars by Sean O’Casey
The Nightingale and Not The Lark and The Invisible Man by Jennifer Johnston* (AP)
Mass Appeal by Bill C. Davis
Wait ’til I Tell You by Carmel Quinn* (AP)
1995-1996 Season
Same Old Moon by Geraldine Aron (AP)
Juno and the Paycock by Sean O’Casey
Shimmer by John O’Keefe* (NY)
Frank Pig Says Hello by Pat McCabe* (AP)
A Whistle In The Dark by Tom Murphy
Da by Hugh Leonard
1994-1995 Season
Mother of All the Behans by Peter Sheridan ^ (AP)
Alive, Alive, Oh by Milo O’Shea and Kitty Sullivan (WP)
1993-1994 Season
The Au Pair Man by Hugh Leonard
The Hasty Heart by John Patrick
1992-1993 Season
The Madame MacAdam Travelling Theatre by Tom Kilroy (AP)
Joyicity by Ulick O’Connor (NY)
Frankly Brendan by Frank O’Connor and Brendan Behan (NY)
Seconds Out by Young Irish Playwrights (AP)
1991-1992 Season
Grandchild of Kings by Harold Prince ^ (WP)
1990-1991 Season
The Playboy of the Western World by J.M. Synge
Making History by Brian Friel (AP)
1989-1990 Season
Sea Marks by Gardiner McKay
English That For Me! by Eamon Kelly (AP)
A Whistle In The Dark by Tom Murphy
Endwords by Chris O’Neill (NY)
Philadelphia, Here I Come! by Brian Friel
1988-1989 Season
The Plough and The Stars by Sean O’Casey
I Do Not Like Thee, Dr. Fell by Bernard Farrell
Yeats! A Celebration by William Butler Yeats
A Whistle In The Dark by Tom Murphy