Written by Erica Murray
Directed by Nicola Murphy Dubey

on the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage

As part of the New Works Fall Festival
Featuring Readings of New Plays, Spotlighting New Irish Writing

BOOK  TICKETS

Monday, November 3 at 7PM

In a remote farmhouse in West Clare, Nell is preparing to scatter her late son’s ashes with his grieving wife. Meanwhile, an American tourist settles in for what she expects to be a peaceful countryside retreat.But when a young woman arrives at the cottage unexpectedly, the weekend takes a surprising and darkly comic turn. As tensions rise and secrets are revealed, these four strangers are forced into an uneasy reckoning with the past – and each other.

Hailed by The Irish Times as “wonderful, witty, assured and entertaining” and praised by The Irish Independent as “a glorious personality clash extravaganza”, Erica Murray’s The Loved Ones is a sharp, deeply moving, and wickedly funny new Irish play about motherhood, grief, and the families we find when life doesn’t go to plan.

Reviews:

“Murray’s characters are irresistible.” — The Arts Review

“Murray’s crisply structured dialogue.” — Financial Times

“[Murray’s] writing is perfectly accomplished.” — Irish Examiner

“[A] glorious personality clash extravaganza.” — Irish Independent

“Complex, uncomfortable stories brought to life in a refreshing, deceptively simple way.” — The Irish Times

“It is a play that deals with loss with a tender touch and much humour.” — No More Workhorse

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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 writing new work that fulfills this mission. This program enables us to hear new work aloud with an audience and discover new plays and musicals for possible future production.

Written by Colin Murphy
Directed by Nicola Murphy Dubey

on the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage

As part of the New Works Fall Festival
Featuring Readings of New Plays, Spotlighting New Irish Writing

BOOK  TICKETS

Tuesday, November 4, at 7PM

One hundred years ago, a small group of untested politicians left Dublin for London, to negotiate for Irish independence with one of the most formidable delegations ever put together. The Irish were seeking to take back control; the British believed they were stronger together. The Unionists believed in a hard border on the island of Ireland; the Republicans wanted the border in the Irish Sea. The Irish wanted a hard exit from the British Empire; the British tried to tempt them with the Canada option. And overseeing it all was a prime minister nobody trusted, notorious for his wizardry. The Treaty is a history play for this moment.

Reviews:

★★★★ ‘a masterclass in tension’ — The Irish Times 

‘spellbinding…The Treaty is a theatrical event’ — Irish independent 

★★★★ ‘Electrifying…theatrical magic…a wholly engaging drama’ — Broadway World

 ‘A remarkable piece of political drama’ — Michael Billington, The Guardian

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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 writing new work that fulfills this mission. This program enables us to hear new work aloud with an audience and discover new plays and musicals for possible future production.

Written by jose sebastian alberdi
Directed by Colm Summers

on the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage

As part of the New Works Fall Festival
Featuring Readings of New Plays, Spotlighting New Irish Writing

BOOK  TICKETS

Monday, November 10, at 7PM

Tanner & Archie work at a museum. Finn & Cillian are Americans in Ireland. Osgar & Irial died over four thousand years ago. A play about power-dynamics, love, and preserving dead things (or trying to) that traverses place, time, and culture. 

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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 writing new work that fulfills this mission. This program enables us to hear new work aloud with an audience and discover new plays and musicals for possible future production.

Written by Janet Moran
Directed by Bailey Bass

on the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage

As part of the New Works Fall Festival
Featuring Readings of New Plays, Spotlighting New Irish Writing

BOOK  TICKETS

Tuesday, November 11, at 7PM

Three women in the immediate aftermath of a life changing choice. Set in the recovery ward of an abortion clinic in the UK, two Irish Women – one a married mother of three, the other, a young student – and a young English solicitor spend a disorienting night together as they wait for morning.Revelations, arguments, and silly songs take them to dawn as they look into a transformed future. Outside, the world keeps turning.Afterwards is a timely new play exploring the consequences of Repeal the 8th, a culture-changing movement, while resonating internationally with the current turmoil surrounding reproductive rights worldwide.

“Crackling dialogue in a play with an unmistakable purpose” — The Irish Times

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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 writing new work that fulfills this mission. This program enables us to hear new work aloud with an audience and discover new plays and musicals for possible future production.