The Beacon
on the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage
A North American Premiere
By Nancy Harris
Directed by Marc Atkinson Borrull
Starring Kate Mulgrew
With Zach Appelman, Sean Bell, David Mattar Merten, Ayana Workman
September 11 — November 3, 2024
A tragic accident, a dead husband; accusations resurfaced by a true crime podcast. Everyone will have a different interpretation. When you look at it, what do you see?
The Dead, 1904
Rejoice, the holiday favorite returns!
Dot Dot Productions, in association with the American Irish Historical Society,
presents Irish Repertory Theatre’s production
Based on the novella by James Joyce
Adapted by Paul Muldoon & Jean Hanff Korelitz
Directed by Ciarán O’Reilly
November 20 — January 5, 2025
The evening will take place at
The American Irish Historical Society
Book Member Tickets
Public On Sale September 19, 2024
Two Roads
The Premiere Screening of Two Roads:A shared journey between Black and Irish Americans
On the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage
As told by Mick Moloney and Lenwood Sloan
An Ace Pictures and Irish Repertory Theatre Production
Produced and Directed by Susan Wittenberg
Monday, October 28, 2024 at 7pm and Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at 7pm
Legendary folklorist Mick Moloney and performer Lenwood Sloan share how Irish and African Americans in the U.S. connected through music, dance, and humor despite racism and discrimination.
Followed by a Live Concert featuring: The Auction Project with David Bixler, Arturo O’Farrill, Heather Bixler, Vince Cherico, Paul Reyes and dancer Kaitlyn Sardin (Kaitrock)
New Works Fall Festival
Featuring Readings of New Plays, Spotlighting Northern Irish Voices
The Alternative by Michael Patrick & Oisín Kearney, Crocodile Feverby Meghan Tyler, and more to be announced!
November 4, 11, 12 & 18
Irish Repertory Theatre’s New Play Development Program includes table reads, staged readings, workshops and commissions from voices that fulfill Irish Rep’s mission and tell stories of Irish and Irish-American people of all ethnicities, genders, abilities, and orientations. The New Works Festival returns this November with four new play readings spotlighting voices from the North of Ireland. This program enables us to hear new work aloud with an audience and discover new plays and musicals for possible future production.
Curated by Nicola Murphy Dubey
Directed by Nicola Murphy Dubey, Keelie Sheridan
A Childs Christmas in Wales
on the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage
by Dylan Thomas
Adapted and Directed by Charlotte Moore
Music Direction by David Hancock Turner
December 4 — 29, 2024
This December, Irish Rep offers up the seventh special return of its joyous holiday classic, Dylan Thomas’s iconic A Child’s Christmas in Wales. Charlotte Moore’s musical adaptation of this “never to be forgotten day at the end of the unremembered year” features heartwarming contemporary and traditional Christmas music interwoven with the popular story of that snowy Christmas Day in Wales.
*Please note: There will be no shows on Tuesday December 24 and Wednesday, December 25. There will be an additional show on Friday December 27 at 2pm
Beckett Briefs
From Cradle Through the Grave
On the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage
Three plays by Samuel Beckett
Directed by Ciarán O’Reilly
Three short plays by Samuel Beckett that run the gamut of existence from birth to the afterlife —Krapp’s Last Tape, starring Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham; Play and Not I — presented on a single bill.
January 15 — March 9
More information will be announced soon.