Irish Repertory Theatre

Off-Broadway Review: “Pumpgirl” at Irish Repertory Theatre’s W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre

December 27, 2019 | irish repertory, Off-Broadway, pumpgirl > | "Pumpgirl", Abbie Spallen, Carol Rosegg, Clare O'Malley, Fan Zhang, Hamish Allan-Headley, Irish Repertory Theatre, Labhaoise Magee, Michael O’Connor, Molly Seidel, Nicola Murphy, W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre, Yu-Hsuan Chen

The strength of Abbie Spallen’s “Pumpgirl,” currently running at Irish Rep’s W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre, lies in the playwright’s authentic characters and their believable conflicts that connect to the timeless vicissitudes of the human condition. The pumpgirl (a lachrymose yet enlightened Labhaoise Magee) at the petrol station in present day County Armagh, Northern Ireland fantasizes night and day about…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Kingfishers Catch Fire” at Irish Repertory Theatre’s W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre

Four years after the Ardeatine Caves Nazi Massacre, Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty (a conflicted and contrite Sean Gormley) visits Colonel Herbert Kappler (a robust and tenacious Haskell King) in his cell in an old-fashioned prison in Gaeta, Southern Italy. Kappler, an SS Colonel and head of Hitler’s Gestapo in Rome, was responsible for the massacre of 355 Italians (a random number…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Dublin Carol” at Irish Repertory Theatre

October 1, 2019 | a christmas carol, irish repertory, Off-Broadway, review dublin carol > | "Dublin Carol", Carol Rosegg, Charlie Corcoran, Ciarán O’Reilly, Cillian Hegarty, Conor McPherson, Irish Repertory Theatre, Jeff Davolt, Jeffrey Bean, Leon Dobkowski, M. Florian Staab, Michael Gottlieb, Ryan Rumery, Sarah Street, Sven Henry Nelson

Undertaker John Plunkett (Jeffrey Bean) and his intern Mark (Cillian Hegarty) enter the office of a funeral home on the Northside of Dublin where John works. They have just finished a service and John compliments Mark on his work at the graveside. With that non-descript arrival, Conor McPherson’s “Dublin Carol,” currently playing at Irish Repertory Company, begins its narrative. Over…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Little Gem” at Irish Repertory Theatre

Over the period of a year, three generations of Irish women share their stories ad seriatim while in a medical office waiting room. Amber (a spitfire Lauren O’Leary) rehearses her life from taking her beau Paul to a wedding, to his abandoning her after discovering she is pregnant with his child. Amber’s “ma” Lorraine (a pensive and seemingly broken Brenda…

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Off-Broadway Review: Final Performances of “The Plough and the Stars” at Irish Repertory Theatre

Irish Rep’s “The Plough and the Stars” (1926) closes after the Sunday June 22nd performance. Part of the Sean O’Casey Cycle (the Dublin Trilogy) at Irish Repertory Theatre, the groundbreaking play ran in repertory with O’Casey’s “The Shadow of a Gunman” (1923) and “Juno and the Paycock” (1924) and was the company’s debut production in 1988. Artistic Director Charlotte Moore…

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Off-Broadway Review: “On Beckett” at Irish Repertory Theatre’s Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage

October 3, 2018 | bill irwin, irish repertory, Off-Broadway, on beckett > | "On Beckett", Bill Irwin, Carol Rosegg, Charlie Corcoran, Finn O’Sullivan, Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage, Irish Repertory Theatre, M. Florian Staab, Martha Hally, Michael Gottlieb

“On Beckett,” currently playing at Irish Repertory Theatre’s Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage, is part performance, part graduate school lecture (with perambulation), part predilections on whether Samuel Beckett’s writing is “natural clown territory,” and part perusal of the importance of culture and language – all presented with perfection and seemingly unbridled passion by Bill Irwin. During Mr. Irwin’s introduction, it becomes…

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Off-Broadway Review: “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever” at Irish Repertory Theatre on the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage

Both upper-east-side resident Daisy Gamble (Melissa Errico) and psychiatrist Dr. Mark Bruckner (Stephen Bogardus) need clarity in their lives. Daisy lives in the Barbizon Hotel for Women and is applying for a job at Latimer and Latimer and has “until the afternoon” to quit smoking to meet the company’s policies. She is down to her “last month’s rent. Daisy does…

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Off-Broadway Review: “The Seafarer” at Irish Repertory Theatre

The latest offering of the Irish Repertory Theatre is the revival of “The Seafearer” by Conor McPherson, which opened on Broadway in 2007 and was nominated for a TONY award for best play that season. It follows the renowned style of the playwright, producing incredible natural dialogue, executed in somewhat ordinary life situations, with a collection of disreputable characters, and…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Disco Pigs” at Irish Repertory Theatre

February 26, 2018 | evan ross broadway, evan ross off-broadway, girlfriend, irish repertory, Off-Broadway > | "Disco Pigs", Colin Campbell, Cork City, County Cork, Edna Walsh, Elliot Griggs, Evanna Lynchand, Giles Thomas, Ireland, Irish Repertory Theatre, Jeremy Daniel, John Haidar, Naomi Said, Origen 1st Irish, Richard Kent

“It will take a Captain Hook like my very own bes pal ta sniff it out, hey! What a treasure you bot are. Dis is really it, Pig!” – Runt The 20th Anniversary Production of “Disco Pigs,” currently running at Irish Repertory Theatre, is a soul-ripping exploration of the psychological process of separation and individuation and the sometimes-painful experience of…

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