THE 8TH Wins Best Production In 2020 Origin 1st Irish Theatre Festival Awards
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2020 Origin 1st Irish Theatre Festival Releases Full Schedule
Six mainstage productions, several of which explore positive and dramatic social change on the Island of Ireland in the past decade, will be part of the 2020 Origin 1st Irish Theatre Festival, running in venues across the city from January 7 to February 3. New York's all-Irish theatre festival and the world's only festival devoted exclusively to producing the plays of contemporary Irish playwrights from around the world, presents productions from Belfast, Dublin, Wexford, Manhattan and Queens. Three are American premieres; two are world premieres. The American premiere of Eva O'Connor's 'Maz and Bricks' and the world premiere of Sean Sugrie's 'The 8th' open the Festival on January 7.
Origin 1st Irish Theatre Festival Will Run From January 7 to February 3, 2020
The month-long Origin 1st Irish Theatre Festival, the world's only festival devoted to producing the plays of contemporary Irish playwrights from around the world, runs four weeks from January 7 to February 3, 2020. A total 15 events, including seven mainstage productions from Belfast, Dublin, Wexford, and Manhattan and Queens, will be seen in- and out-of-competition. Among the productions, three are American premieres; two are world premieres. 15 contemporary Irish writers are represented with work in the Festival.
Darrah Carr Dance Comes to Irish Arts Center
The Bessie-award nominated Darrah Carr Dance returns to Irish Arts Center with the premiere of Dancing the Great Arc, a groundbreaking collaboration with trad music duo Dana Lyn & Kyle Sanna. Performances run from Fri, Oct 26 - Sat, Oct 27 at 8pm, with a matinee on Sat, Oct 27 at 2pm. Tickets are $30 General; $24 for IAC members; and $15 for children 14 and under for the matinee. To purchase, call 866-811-4111 or visit www.irishartscenter.org
Darrah Carr Dance Presents DANCING THE GREAT ARC
The Bessie-award nominated Darrah Carr Dance returns to Irish Arts Center with the premiere of Dancing the Great Arc, a groundbreaking collaboration with trad music duo Dana Lyn & Kyle Sanna. Performances run from Fri, Oct 26 - Sat, Oct 27 at 8pm, with a matinee on Sat, Oct 27 at 2pm. Tickets are $30 General; $24 for IAC members; and $15 for children 14 and under for the matinee. To purchase, call 866-811-4111 or visit www.irishartscenter.org
Enda Walsh's BALLYTURK Highlights Irish Arts Center's Spring 2018 Season
Irish Arts Center (IAC), the arts and cultural center dedicated to projecting a dynamic image of Ireland and Irish America for the 21st century, announces its Spring 2018 lineup, featuring a characteristically wide range of theatrical, musical, dance, literary, podcast, interdisciplinary and educational events.
Niall Connolly, Jeffrey Martin and Anna Tivel Come to Irish Arts Center, 11/1
Irish Arts Center's SongLives series, curated by Grammy Award-winner Susan McKeown, showcasing sensational contemporary singer-songwriters from Ireland and North America, welcomes back Niall Connolly and sees Portland-based musicians Jeffrey Martin and Anna Tivel making their IAC debuts. (November 1) With these three musical storytellers, the SongLives series continues to bring the raw intimacy of the singer-songwriter tradition to IAC's Donaghy Theater.
Theatre, Music, Poetry and More Slated for Irish Arts Center's Fall 2017 Season
Irish Arts Center (IAC), the arts and cultural center dedicated to projecting a dynamic image of Ireland and Irish America for the 21st century, has announced its fall 2017 season. The lineup epitomizes IAC's commitment to building community with a diversity of arts institutions, artists and audiences - in New York, across America, and abroad.
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts to Present The Klezmatics, 3/8
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College continues its 60th Anniversary Season with an afternoon of joyous and uplifting music by the Grammy Award-winning Klezmatics on Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 3pm. Titled 'Woody Guthrie's Wonder Wheel Tour,' the program pays tribute to the great Woody Guthrie, one of the finest American lyricists of the 20th Century, featuring songs with lyrics penned by Guthrie during the time he lived in Brooklyn, set to music by members of the Klezmatics. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased at BrooklynCenter.org or by calling the box office at 718-951-4500 (Tue-Sat, 1pm-6pm).
WGBH Presents 'A St. Patrick's Day Celtic Sojourn,' 3/17 & 24
For the past six years, WGBH radio host Brian O'Donovan has introduced sold-out audiences of A St. Patrick's Day Celtic Sojourn to a wide range of new and familiar Celtic singers, musicians, and dancers. The Seventh Annual St. Patrick's Day Celtic Sojourn with Brian O'Donovan returns to the Zeiterion Theater in New Bedford on Saturday, March 17 and Harvard University's Sanders Theatre in Cambridge on Saturday, March 24. Tickets and information for both shows are available at www.wgbh.org/celtic