Irish Rep Presents Molly Sweeney and My Scandalous Life

Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel and directed by Charlotte Moore is starring Jonathan Hogan, Geraldine Hughes and Ciaran O'Reilly

Brian Friel, Ireland's master storyteller (Dancing at Lughnasa, Translations, Philadelphia, Here I Come) has devised a riveting contemporary drama about the terrible consequences of a medical miracle.

Molly has sat in happy, capable, independent darkness since she was ten months old. When her husband, a restless, unemployed enthusiast makes her blindness his latest cause, he consults a once famous star surgeon who, despite being half drowned in Irish whiskey agrees to attempt to restore Molly's sight.

When the bandages come off, remarkable revelations ensue. The privacy of blindness is assaulted. Can one "learn to see"? Or will the shock of realization overwhelm a beautiful woman who has never seen her face! Friel's fascinating journey plunges deeply into the secrets and hearts of three extraordinary characters who lower the veil and allow us into their very private lives.

Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage
January 19 - March 13

Order Before January 30th and Save $5!*
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Tickets: $55 or $65
Wednesday - Saturday at 8pm
Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday at 3pm

Tickets at www.irishrep.org or 212-727-2737

World Premiere
My Scandalous Life
by Thomas Kilroy

directed by John Going
starring Des Keogh and Fiana Toibin

Set in 1944 in the middle of the Second World War...Lord AlFred Douglas, Oscar Wilde's beloved Bosie, overcome with memories of the notorious love affair which rocked the world struggles to examine the mysteries of his own identity.

Forever linked to Wilde... the scandal... the violent trials which led to Wilde's imprisonment... the guilt... and the subsequent half century he lived after the death of Wilde whilst alone in Paris in 1900, Bosie searches for the very personal meaning of a life foreer the subject of endless conjecture.

As his wife, Olive, lies dying upstairs, Lord Douglas displays unexpected depths of feelings, as he copes with his marriage, his memories of Oscar, and the tragic fate of his only son.

W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre
February 2 - March 6

General Admission Tickets: $30

Order Before February 6th and Save $5!*
(Use code EARLY when ordering)

Wednesday - Saturday at 8pm
Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday at 3pm

Tickets at www.irishrep.org or 212-727-2737

*Discount not valid on previously purchased tickets and may not be combined with any other offers or discounts, including membership.
No exchanges, no refunds; all sales final.

Generous support for MY SCANDALOUS LIFE provided by Culture Ireland as part of Imagination Ireland.