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A Touch of Friel

By Mary Pat Kelly

January/February 1996

March 21, 2025 by Leave a Comment

Brian Friel himself cast Catherine Byrne as Chrissy in Dancing at Lughnasa after watching an Abbey Theatre dress rehearsal of his Aristocrats in which Byrne played clare. She talked of that moment during a pause in rehearsal for Molly Sweeney in which she plays the title role.  "He didn't know me," Catherine Byrne recalls, "and when I heard he was coming I thought, what's he … [Read more...] about A Touch of Friel

Walking with Ghosts

October 26, 2022 by Leave a Comment

Emmy nominee and Golden Globe-winning actor Gabriel Byrne has returned to Broadway with his autobiographical solo show, Walking With Ghosts, based on his memoir of the same name, and an earlier work called Pictures in My Head, which offers fascinating glimpses into his public and private life. Bryne, who adorned the cover of Irish America in July 2011 is not just a brilliant … [Read more...] about Walking with Ghosts

Hall of Fame: Irish Repertory Theatre Founders Charlotte Moore & Ciarán O’Reilly

By Neil Hickey, Contributor
March / April 2019

March 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Ciarán O'Reilly, in the act of directing The Dead with Paul Muldoon and novelist Jean Hanff Korelitz, who had the idea to do James Joyce's short story as an immersive theater production.

The year is 1980. A former movie actor, Ronald Reagan, whose great-grandfather was an emigrant from the village of Ballyporeen in County Tipperary, is the newly-elected, 40th president of the United States. That same year another emigrant, Ciarán O’Reilly from County Cavan, was performing in an off-Broadway play called Summer by the Irish writer Hugh Leonard, where he met an … [Read more...] about Hall of Fame: Irish Repertory Theatre Founders Charlotte Moore & Ciarán O’Reilly

Long-Lost James Connolly Play May Be Found

By Maggie Holland, Editorial Assistant
March / April 2019

March 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

James Connolly.

In Nora Connolly’s 1935 memoir of her father, James Connolly, she mentions a play of his entitled The Agitator’s Wife, which scholars have never been able to find. A short story of the same name was recently discovered in an obscure journal in Warwick University’s library, leading University of Glasgow academics to believe it could be the long-lost work. The short story, which … [Read more...] about Long-Lost James Connolly Play May Be Found

O'Neill a Success in New Ross

By Irish America Staff
November / December 2018

November 1, 2018 by Leave a Comment

On the Dunbrody: Irish actors Ronan Barry, Stephen Byrne and Eugene McLoughlin, who featured in a production of the Glencairn one-act plays on board the ship.

The Eugene O’Neill Theatre Festival in New Ross, called “One Festival, Two Countries,” was a big success. The first half of the festival, the 19th Annual Eugene O’Neill Festival in Danville, was held throughout September 2018, and the second half, the First Annual Eugene O’Neill International Festival of Theatre, was held in New Ross October 11-14, 2018, with over 50 visitors … [Read more...] about O'Neill a Success in New Ross

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