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Irish Repertory Theatre
Address132 W 22nd St, New York, NY 10011
OwnerCiarán O'Reilly and Charlotte Moore
OpenedSeptember 1988

The Irish Repertory Theatre is an Off-Broadway theatre company founded in 1988 by Ciarán O’Reilly and Charlotte Moore.[1] In 1995, Irish Rep found its home at 132 West 22nd Street, on three floors of a former warehouse.[2] The venue consists of two performance spaces: The Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage and The W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre. The space was renovated to its current design in 2016.[3] For the 2014–15 season, Irish Rep's performances were held at the DR2 Theater near Union Square.[4]

History

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Founded by Charlotte Moore and Ciarán O’Reilly in 1988,[1] Irish Repertory Theatre opened its doors with Sean O'Casey's The Plough and the Stars.

In its 36 seasons,[5] Irish Repertory Theatre has presented close to 200 productions and worked with more than 500 company members.[6] Irish Rep aims to be a home for Irish and Irish-American theatre-makers and theatre-goers, with more than 50,000 audience members annually attending productions at the venue.[7] In 2019, the Wall Street Journal named Irish Rep Company of the Year.[8]

The mission of the Irish Repertory Theatre is to "provide a context for understanding the contemporary Irish-American experience through evocative works of theater, music, and dance. This mission is accomplished by staging the works of Irish and Irish-American classic and contemporary playwrights, encouraging the development of new works focused on the Irish and Irish-American experience, and producing the works of other cultures interpreted through the lens of an Irish sensibility."[9]

In 2007, the theater was recognized with a Jujamcyn Award, a special Drama Desk Award for "Excellence in Presenting Distinguished Irish drama," and the Lucille Lortel Award for "Outstanding Body of Work". Irish American Writers & Artists Inc. honored the theatre with the Eugene O'Neill Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. In 2013, the theatre was presented with the Outer Critics Circle Special Achievement Award, and in 2017, the company received an Obie Grant from the Obie Awards presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Village Voice.[10]

The Irish Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad was presented to Charlotte Moore and Ciarán O’Reilly in 2019, awarded by President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins.[11] Also in 2019, Charlotte Moore and Ciarán O’Reilly were inducted into Irish America Magazine’s Hall of Fame.[12]

During the holiday seasons of 2016 and 2017, the American Irish Historical Society headquarters on Fifth Avenue was home to the Irish Repertory Theatre's production of The Dead, 1904.[13] The show was an adaptation of James Joyce's short story "The Dead", adapted by novelist Jean Hanff Korelitz and her husband, Irish poet Paul Muldoon. For The Dead, 1904, the building had 57 guests at a time, who for part of the performance joined the cast for a holiday feast drawn from the original novella.[14]

Season history

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2024-2025 Season
2023-2024 Season


2022-2023 Season

2021–2022 Season
2020–2021 Season
2019–2020 Season
2018–2019 Season
2017–2018 Season
2016–2017 Season
2015–2016 Season
2014–2015 Season
2013–2014 Season
2012 – 2013
2011 – 2012
2010 – 2011
2009–2010
2008–2009
2007–2008
2006–2007
2005–2006
2004–2005
2003–2004
2002–2003
2001–2002
2000–2001
1999–2000
1998–1999
1997–1998
1996–1997
1995–1996
1994–1995
  • The Au Pair Man by Hugh Leonard
  • The Hasty Heart by John Patrick
  • Mother of All the Behans by Peter Sheridan
  • Alive, Alive, Oh by Milo O'Shea and Kitty Sullivan
1992–1993
1991–1992
1990-1991
1989–1990
1988–1989

Awards

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1992

1996

  • Drama Desk Nom., "Best Actress" – Melissa Errico, The Importance of Being Earnest

1997

  • Drama League Nom., "Best Actress" – Melissa Errico, Major Barbara

1998

  • The Irish American Heritage and Culture Week Committee of New York City, Board of Education, "Irish Organization of the *Year Award"
  • Obie Award, "Best Actor" – Daniel Gerroll, The Shaughraun
  • Obie Award, "Best Actor" – Brian Murray, Long Day's Journey Into Night
  • Drama Desk Nom., "Best Actress in a Play" – Frances Sternhagen, Long Day's Journey Into Night

1999

  • Outer Critics Circle Nom., "Best Actress" – Marion Seldes, Dear Liar

2000

  • Drama Desk Nom., "Best Actress" – Sinead Cusack, Our Lady of Sligo
  • Outer Critic Nom., "Best Actress" – Sinead Cusack, Our Lady of Sligo
  • Drama Desk Nom., "Best Actor" – Fritz Weaver, A Life

2002

  • Outer Critics Circle Nom., "Outstanding Solo Performance" – Charles Nelson Reilly, Save it for the Stage: The Life of Reilly[21]
  • Outer Critics Circle Nom., "Outstanding Off-Broadway Play" – The Matchmaker
  • Hewes Design Award, "Noteworthy Special Effects" – James Morgan, Pigtown
  • Drama League Nom., "Distinguished Production of a Musical" – The Streets of New York
  • Drama League Nom., "Best Actress in a Musical" – Kristin Maloney, The Streets of New York

2004

  • Drama Desk Nom., "Outstanding Revival of a Play" – The Colleen Bawn
  • Drama Desk Nom., "Outstanding Revival of a Musical" – Finian's Rainbow
  • Drama League Nom., "Distinguished Revival of a Musical" – Finian's Rainbow
  • Drama League Nom., "Best Actress in a Play" – Catherine Byrne, Eden
  • Drama League Nom., "Best Actress in a Musical" – Melissa Errico, Finian's Rainbow
  • Drama League Nom., "Best Actor in a Musical" – Malcolm Gets, Finian's Rainbow
  • Joe A. Callaway Award Nom., "Best Director" – Charlotte Moore, Finian's Rainbow
  • Edinburgh Theatre Festival Award, "Best Play" – The Love Hungry Farmer
  • Edinburgh Theatre Festival Award, "Best Actor" – Des Keogh, The Love Hungry Farmer

2005

  • Lucille Lortel Award, "Outstanding Body of Work"
  • Lucille Lortel Nom., "Best Revival" – Finian's Rainbow
  • Lucille Lortel Nom., "Best Choreography" – Barry McNabb, Finian's Rainbow
  • Drama League Nom., "Best Actor" – Alvin Epstein, Endgame

2006

  • Obie Award, "Best Actress" – Dana Ivey, Mrs. Warren's Profession
  • Drama Desk Nom., "Solo Performance" – Jon Peterson, George M. Cohan, Tonight!
  • Drama Desk Nom., "Outstanding Revival" – Philadelphia, Here I Come!
  • Lucille Lortel Nom., "Best Revival" – Mrs. Warren's Profession
  • Lucille Lortel Nom., "Outstanding Featured Actress" – Helena Carroll, Philadelphia, Here I Come!
  • Drama League Nom. – Dana Ivey, Mrs. Warren's Profession
  • Drama League Nom. – Jon Peterson, George M. Cohan, Tonight!

2007

  • The 2007 Jujamcyn Theaters Award
  • Joe A. Callaway Award Nom., "Best Director" – Ciarán O'Reilly, The Hairy Ape
  • Lucille Lortel Nom., "Outstanding Scenic Design" – Eugene Lee, The Hairy Ape
  • Drama Desk Nom., "Outstanding Actress in a Play" – Orlagh Cassidy, The Field
  • Drama Desk Nom., "Outstanding Revival of a Play" – The Hairy Ape
  • Drama Desk Nom., "Outstanding Director of a Play" – Ciarán O'Reilly, The Hairy Ape
  • Drama League Nom., "Distinguished Revival of a Play "- The Hairy Ape
  • Drama League Nom., "Distinguished Performance Award" – Gregory Derelian and Gerald Finnegan, The Hairy Ape

2008

  • Lucille Lortel Nom., "Best Actor" – Brian Murray, Gaslight
  • Drama Desk Nom., "Outstanding Revival of a Musical" – Take Me Along
  • Drama League Nom., "Distinguished Revival of a Play" – Gaslight
  • Drama League Nom., "Distinguished Performance Award" – David Staller, Gaslight
  • Outer Critics Award, "Outstanding Revival of a Musical" – Take Me Along[22]
  • St. Patrick's Committee in Holyoke, "John F. Kennedy National Award" – Charlotte Moore and Ciarán O'Reilly
  • Irish America, "50 Most Influential Women" – Charlotte Moore

2010

  • Joe A. Callaway Award, "Best Director" – Ciarán O'Reilly, The Emperor Jones
  • The O'Neill Credo Award – Ciarán O'Reilly, The Emperor Jones
  • Joe A. Callaway Award, "Best Performance" – John Douglas Thompson, The Emperor Jones
  • Lucille Lortel Nom., "Outstanding Revival" – The Emperor Jones
  • Lucille Lortel Nom., "Outstanding Lead Actor" – John Douglas Thompson, The Emperor Jones
  • Lucille Lortel Nom., "Outstanding Sound Design" – Ryan Rumery and Christian Frederickson, The Emperor Jones
  • Drama League Nom., "Distinguished Production of a Play" – The Emperor Jones
  • Drama League Nom., "Distinguished Performance Award" – John Douglas Thompson, The Emperor Jones
  • Drama Desk Nom., "Outstanding Actor in a Play" – John Douglas Thompson, The Emperor Jones
  • Drama Desk Nom., "Outstanding Costume Design" – Antonia Ford-Roberts and Bob Flanagan, The Emperor Jones
  • Hewes Design Award Nom., "Scenic Design" – Charlie Corcoran, The Emperor Jones
  • 6 AUDELCO Award Nominations, including "Best Revival" – The Emperor Jones
  • Lucille Lortel Nom., "Outstanding Revival" – Candida
  • Drama Desk Nom., "Outstanding Actress in a Play" – Melissa Errico, Candida
  • Drama Desk Nom., "Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play" – Xanthe Elbrick, Candida
  • Hewes Design Award Nom., "Lighting Design" – Clifton Taylor, White Woman Street
  • Irish America, "50 Most Influential Women" – Charlotte Moore

2011

  • The 2011 Eugene O'Neill Lifetime Achievement Award

2012

  • Off-Broadway Alliance Nomination, "Best Revival", Beyond the Horizon
  • Drama Desk Nom., "Unique Theatrical Experience", Give Me Your Hand
  • Joe A. Callaway Award Nomination, "Best Director", Charlotte Moore, Dancing at Lughnasa
  • Drama Desk Nom., "Unique Theatrical Experience",NOCTU
  • Drama Desk Nom., "Best Choreographer", Brendán de Gallai, NOCTU

2013

  • Lucille Lortel Nom., "Outstanding Revival" – The Weir
  • Joe A. Callaway Award, "Best Actress" J. Smith Cameron, Juno and the Paycock
  • Joe A. Callaway Award Nomination, "Best Director" Ciarán O'Reilly, The Weir
  • Outer Critics Circle Special Achievement Award ― Charlotte Moore and Ciarán O'Reilly in recognition of 25 years of producing outstanding theater.
  • Drama Desk Award Nomination, "Outstanding Actress in a Musical", Jenny Powers, Donnybrook!
  • Drama Desk Award Nomination, "Outstanding Solo Performance", Julian Sands, A Celebration of Harold Pinter

2014

  • Outer Critics Circle Nom., "Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical" – A Christmas Memory
  • Winner, 1st Irish Festival, "Outstanding Production" – Port Authority & "Best Actor" Peter Maloney

2015

  • Winner, 1st Irish Festival, "Best Playwright" – John McManus, The Quare Land
  • Winner, 1st Irish Festival, "Best Director", Ciarán O'Reilly, The Quare Land
  • Winner, 1st Irish Festival, "Best Design" The Quare Land
  • 1st Irish Festival Special Jury Prize, Peter Maloney, for his performance in The Quare Land

2016

  • Irish America, "50 Most Influential Women" – Charlotte Moore

2017

  • Obie Award, "Outstanding Performance" to Matthew Broderick for Shining City[23]
  • Obie Award, "Excellence in Sound Design" to Ryan Rumery for The Emperor Jones[23]
  • Drama Desk Nomination, "Outstanding Fight Choreography", Donal O'Farrell for Quietly
  • Off-Broadway Alliance "Legend of the Theatre", Charlotte Moore
  • Off-Broadway Alliance Award nomination, "Best Play Revival", The Emperor Jones
  • 2017 Chita Rivera Award, "Outstanding Female Dancer in an Off-Broadway Show" for Finian's Rainbow, Lyrica Woodruff
  • Off-Broadway Alliance Award nomination, "Best Musical Revival", Finian's Rainbow
  • Outer Critics Circle Nomination, "Best Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)," Finian's Rainbow

2018

  • Off Broadway Alliance Awards Nomination, "Best New Musical" for Woody Sez
  • Outer Critics Circle Awards Nomination, "Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical" for Woody Sez
  • Outer Critics Circle Awards Nomination, "Outstanding Actor in a Musical" for David M. Lutken, Woody Sez
  • Chita Rivera Awards Nomination, Colin Campbell for Disco Pigs
  • 1st Irish Festival Special Jury Prize, Colin Campbell, for his performance in Disco Pigs

References

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Notes

  1. ^ a b "Irish Repertory Theatre". Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Location & Directions". Irish Repertory Theatre. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Irish Repertory Theater in Chelsea Celebrates DDC Upgrades That Increased Seating and Stage Capacity". NYC Department of Design and Construction. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  4. ^ "DR2 Archives". Irish Repertory Theatre. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Nancy Harris's 'The Beacon' Launches Irish Repertory's 36th Season". The New York Sun. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Production History". Irish Repertory Theatre. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  7. ^ "About The Irish Repertory Theatre". Irish Repertory Theatre. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  8. ^ "About The Irish Repertory Theatre". Irish Repertory Theatre.
  9. ^ "About The Irish Repertory Theatre". Irish Repertory Theatre. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  10. ^ "17". Obie Awards. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Charlotte Moore And Ciaran O'Reilly | Presidential Distinguished Service Awards | Ireland.ie | Ireland.ie". www.ireland.ie. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  12. ^ "Meet the Makers: Charlotte Moore and Ciarán O'Reilly". Irish Repertory Theatre. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  13. ^ Kis, Eva (29 November 2017). "Theater Review: Learn how to live from The Dead 1904". Metro US. Metro New York. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  14. ^ "Irish Rep Brings James Joyce’s “The Dead” to Life", Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 4 December 2017
  15. ^ Desk, BWW News. "THE PIGEON IN THE TAJ MAHAL Begins Tonight at Irish Rep". BroadwayWorld.com. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  16. ^ McPhee, Ryan (5 October 2017). "It's a Wonderful Life Live Radio Play Will Return Off-Broadway". Playbill.
  17. ^ Purcell, Carey (26 March 2014). "Irish Rep Will Present Romantic Drama Sea Marks, Starring Patrick Fitzgerald and Tony Nominee Xanthe Elbrick". Playbill.
  18. ^ a b c Jones, Kenneth (29 August 2012). "Irish Rep Season Includes Julian Sands Making NYC Debut Reflecting on Harold Pinter, Directed by John Malkovich". Playbill.
  19. ^ "For Love".
  20. ^ a b c "1991–1992 – Outer Critics Circle". outercritics.org. Outer Critics Circle.
  21. ^ "2001–2002 – Outer Critics Circle". outercritics.org. Outer Critics Circle.
  22. ^ "2007–2008 – Outer Critics Circle". outercritics.org. Outer Critics Circle.
  23. ^ a b "Obie Awards 2017". outercritics.org. Obie Awards.
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