Or, at Irish Classical Theatre Company

Or,, by Liz Duffy Adams, runs September 12 – 28, 2025 at Irish Classical Theatre Company

This deliciously dizzying (semi)-historical romp is a night in the life of Aphra Behn; poet, international spy, and England’s first professional female playwright.

Sprung from debtors’ prison after a disastrous overseas mission, Aphra is desperate to get out of the spy trade. She has a shot at a production at one of only two London theatre companies, if she can finish her play by morning. But she’s thwarted by interruptions from sudden new love, actress Nell Gwynne; complicated royal love, King Charles II; and very dodgy ex-love, double-agent William Scot – who may be in on a plot to murder the king. Can Aphra save Charles’ life, win William a pardon, resist Nell’s charms, and launch her career, all in one night? Against a background of a long drawn-out war and a counterculture of free love and pastoral lyricism, the 1660s look a lot like the 1960s in this neo-Restoration comedy about “the female Shakespeare.”

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Additional Programming: Open Rehearsal (for Subscribers Only): Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM Community Matinee Preview ($12/Ticket): Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM Opening Night Reception: Friday, September 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM Pay-What-You-Will Performances*: Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM (*Purchase in-person at the Box Office on the day of the performance. Seating subject to availability.) Speaker Series: Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM Talk Back Thursdays: Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM Curtain Up! 2025 Celebration: Friday, September 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM