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September 7 to October 4, 2010

Ardnaglass On The Air

Monday, September 13th, 2010 to Saturday, September 25th, 2010

Playing at: Manhattan Theatre Source

Acclaimed award-winning actress and writer Geraldine Hughes makes her directorial debut with this exciting new production of Jimmy Kerr’s brilliant comedy “Ardnaglass on the Air.”  When a barmaid and a pig farmer — the colorful two-some who run a local, … Continue reading

Absolution

Thursday, September 9th, 2010 to Sunday, October 3rd, 2010

Playing at: 59E59 Theaters

In ABSOLUTION, the innermost thoughts of a vicious serial killer are exposed. Is he an avenging angel on a divine mission or a mass murderer? With brutally clinical accounts of his victims, ABSOLUTION is a challenging, often shocking, and captivating … Continue reading

The Irish… and How They Got That Way

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 to Sunday, September 26th, 2010

Playing at: Irish Repertory Theatre

“The Irish… and How They Got That Way” is an irreverent history of the Irishthrough the tumultuous 20th and 21st centuries through the eyes of Pulitzer Prize winning author Frank McCourt (“Angela’s Ashes,” “Tis,” “Teacher Man”). McCourt’s razor sharp wit, … Continue reading

The Map of Lost Things

Monday, August 16th, 2010 to Sunday, September 26th, 2010

Playing at: Performance Space 122

A king is in love with a butterfly, Deirdre is smashing her head in, a salmon is quoting Ulysses and everywhere you look… swan feathers. A funny, dark and lyrical reworking of eight Celtic tales with a modern twist, by … Continue reading

The Prophet of Monto

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 to Saturday, September 25th, 2010

Playing at: The Flea

Take a devastating ride through Dublin’s mean streets of love and lust with twin brothers, and meet the hard boiled Prophet that comes between them. A comic drama of dreams crashing to earth. Can twin save twin, and who exactly … Continue reading

Hue and Cry

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010 to Sunday, October 3rd, 2010

Playing at: Irish Repertory Theatre

Two Dublin cousins are reunited on the eve of a family funeral in a highly charged encounter full of denial, disillusion and dark laughter. “Spontaneous applause and whoops of delight greet the opening performance.” – Scottish Herald “Deirdre Kinahan is … Continue reading

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