Shakespeare In The Parking Lot Will Present THE WINTER'S TALE in July
by Stephi Wild - Jun 27, 2022
The Drilling Company will present a two-week run of 'The Winter's Tale,' a rarely-produced curiosity of the Shakespearean canon, for the 27th season of Shakespeare in the Parking Lot. Get the performance schedule and find out how to get tickets.
Origin 1st Irish Theatre Festival Announces Final Week Highlights
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 24, 2022
Now in its final week, the 14th annual Origin 1st Irish Theatre Festival, running through January 31,will host two in-person events, including the world premiere of a new play by John Kearns and an online curated Irish language theater salon.
Origin Theatre Company & the Irish Arts Center to Present BLOODY SUNDAY Reading
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 18, 2022
Origin Theatre Company and the Irish Arts Center are jointly presenting a star-studded commemorative reading of Richard Norton-Taylor’s “Bloody Sunday: Scenes from the Saville Enquiry” to mark the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, a seismic turning point in the history of Northern Ireland.
Origin Theatre Company Announces 2021 BLOOMSDAY REVEL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 26, 2021
On Sunday June 13 at 3pm, Origin Theatre Company will present the 8th annual edition of its popular immersive Bloomsday celebration, renamed the “Bloomsday Revel.” the distance-safe, in-person staging mixes a juried costume contest and dramatic readings from “Ulysses” -- performed by a cast of celebrated New York-based Irish actors.
Origin Theatre to Present BLOOMSDAY BREAKFAST Online
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 10, 2020
A colorful bouquet of singers, actors and luminaries from New York and the Island of Ireland are taking part in a uniquely trans-Atlantic online version of Origin Theatre's annual immersive Bloomsday Breakfast, co-hosted with Bloom's Tavern in Midtown Manhattan.
THE 8TH Completes A Sold Out Run Today
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 18, 2020
'The 8th', a play written and directed by Seanie Sugrue, Produced by Locked in the Attic and Five OHM Productions opened on January 7th, 2020 and played to a sold-out audience throughout the entire run that will end on January 18, 2020 at The Secret Theatre in L.I.C.
2020 Origin 1st Irish Theatre Festival Releases Full Schedule
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 3, 2020
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.
THE 8TH Opens At The Secret Theatre This Tuesday
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 31, 2019
Since its founding in 2007, Origin's 1st Irish is the world's only theatre festival dedicated to showcasing the work of contemporary Irish playwrights with a mix of new and acclaimed productions from both sides of the Atlantic.
Origin 1st Irish Theatre Festival Will Run From January 7 to February 3, 2020
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 22, 2019
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.
Shakespeare In The Parking Lot Turns 25, Presents ROMEO & JULIET
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 14, 2019
Shakespeare in the Parking Lot will present 'Romeo and Juliet,' directed by Lukas Raphael, July 11 to 27 at La Plaza @ The Clemente Parking Lot, 114 Norfolk Street. This popular New York summer institution is now in its 25th year. Its concept--presenting Shakespeare plays with a 'poor theater' aesthetic in a working parking lot--is now widely imitated around the US and around the world, with productions as far away as New Zealand. The Drilling Company, led by Artistic Director Hamilton Clancy, has produced the attraction since 2005.
BWW Review: Irish Rep's Richly-Flavored Mounting of Sean O'Casey's THE SHADOW OF A GUNMAN
by Michael Dale - Mar 4, 2019
If a contemporary Hollywood screenwriter pitched the plot of Sean O'Casey's classic 1923 drama, The Shadow of a Gunman to a movie producer ('A struggling poet gets in over his head when he allows his neighbors to believe he's an IRA gunman in order to impress an attractive young woman.') it might get sold as a wacky romantic comedy.
The Drilling Company Presents MACBETH in Bryant Park
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 9, 2018
The Drilling Company's production of Macbeth, the third and final production of this summer's Bryant Park Shakespeare series, will be a Gangs of New York-styled production, set in the mid-1800s when early settlers fought for turf in the infamous Five Points area.