Anton Dudley's SONG OF THE WIND to Continue Irish Rep's Reading Series

Irish Repertory Theatre continues its 11th season of the New Works Reading Series with a staged reading of Anton Dudley's play SONG OF THE WIND.

Directed by Irish Rep Literary Manager Kara Manning, the reading will take place on Friday, January 27, 2017 at 3:00pm at Irish Rep Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) on the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage. Tickets to the reading are free and open to the public. Seating is limited. RSVP through Irish Rep's box office by calling 212-727-2737.

The cast for SONG OF THE WIND will include Aedin Moloney* (The Dead, 1904; Women Without Men), Gilles Geary ("Spirit Warriors," "Bad Education"), and Hunter Canning* (War Horse, The Diorama).

On a lonely beach in the North Channel Islands, the boundaries of dream-life and waking-life blur, as two men travel through time to find their future in the past. Song of the Wind is a love song to the vanishing rural lives of two soul mates who believed they had found Tír na nóg, the mythical Land of Youth.

The 2016-17 New Works Reading Series is underwritten in part by members of Irish Rep's Patron's Circle.

Tickets to the reading are free and open to the public. Seating is limited. RSVP through Irish Rep's box office by calling 212-727-2737. For more information about Irish Repertory Theatre, visit www.irishrep.org.

Anton Dudley (Playwright). Off-Broadway productions include City Of (Playwrights Realm/Peter Jay Sharp Theatre), Substitution (Playwrights Realm/Soho Playhouse), Getting Home (Second Stage Theatre), Slag Heap (Cherry Lane Theatre), 17 Orchard Point [co-written with Stephanie DiMaggio] (Beckett Theatre), and Honor and the River (Lion Theatre). Other productions include Girlstar (Signature Theatre, directed by Eric Shaeffer), A Dram of Drummhicit [co-written with Arthur Kopit] (LaJolla Playhouse, directed by Christopher Ashley), Honor and the River (Walnut Street Theatre, Luna Stage), Cold Hard Cash (Williamstown Theatere Festival), The Lake's End (Adirondack Theater Festival), and Davy & Stu (Ensemble Studio Theatre). His play Letters to the End of the World was named a finalist for the 2012 Lambda Literary Award in LGBT Drama and received its premiere at Theatre Row. Anton has new play & musical commissions from Manhattan Theatre Club, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Cherry Lane Theatre, Keen Company, Baryshnikov Arts Center, and Toronto's Acting Up Stage Company. His work is published by Samuel French, Playscripts, Heuer, Backstage Books, and Vintage.

Irish Repertory Theatre, co-founded by Producing Director Ciarán O'Reilly and Artistic Director Charlotte Moore, opened its doors in September 1988 with Sean O'Casey's The Plough and the Stars. The Irish Rep is currently the only year-round theatre company in New York City devoted to bringing Irish and Irish American works to the stage. Recognized with the Jujamcyn Theatres Award, a special Drama Desk Award for "Excellence in Presenting Distinguished Irish Drama," an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Achievement, and the Lucille Lortel Award for "Outstanding Body of Work," the Irish Rep has celebrated the very best in Irish theatre for over twenty-five years, from the masters to the new generation of Irish and Irish American writers who are transforming the stage. Nearly 38,000 audience members annually attend productions at our theatre located in the heart of New York's Off Broadway community. Once here, they witness the Irish Rep's engaging perspective on the Irish and their unique contributions to the world of drama.

*The Actor appears through the courtesy of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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