Irish Repertory Theatre Presents: Summer New Work Festival Readings of 5 plays in 5 days, Spotlighting LGBTQ+ voices: Irishtown by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth It’s a week before the opening of a new Irish play on Broadway and in the rehearsal room, the cast are panicking. The writer’s previous play was a smash hit, a drama set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. She’s been commissioned off the back of it and the producers expect another instant classic. Except her new play is about sexual harassment and talking seagulls. The cast are worried the script is dated, too weird and nowhere near Irish enough for American audiences. When the writer comes into the rehearsal room to watch a run, an argument erupts and the fate of the script hangs in the balance. Not wanting to blow their shot on Broadway, the cast feel it is now their duty to devise an
New Works Summer Festival 一 Irishtown
Showing on Tue, Jun 20