The Irish Rep Announces Line-up For 21st Season

The Irish Repertory Theatre continues its 21st Season With:

ARISTOCRATS by Brian Friel 

MIDDEN by Morna Regan • New Works Reading Series

ENTER LAUGHING: The Musical • The York Mega-Hit Returns!
Natalie MacMaster • The Town Hall
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ARISTOCRATS by Brian Friel
ARISTOCRATS
By Brian Friel
January 16th - March 8th
Wed. - Sat. at 8pm
Wed, Sat, Sun. at 3pm
One of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Irish theater, master storyteller Brian Friel is at the top of his form with this touching story of a once powerful and aristocratic O'Donnell family in its days of decline. Friel examines the Ballybeg "Big House" both in its remembered Heyday and in the era of a heartbreaking social change. The clan gathers for the joys of a wedding but their pasts intrude and truths are revealed in this beautifully tender play by the Tony Award-winning author.

Directed by Charlotte Moore. The cast features Orlagh Cassidy, Rufus Collins, Sean Gormley, Lynn Hawley, John Keating, Laura Odeh, Ciarán O'Reilly, and Geddeth Smith.

Tickets to Aristocrats are on sale now. Ticket prices are $65 and $55 and can be purchased by calling (212) 727-2737 or at the box office prior to each performance.

The Irish Repertory Theatre is located at 132 West 22nd Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues. For more information, visit www.irishrep.org.
MIDDEN by Morna Regan • New Works Reading Series

NEW WORKS READING SERIES
As part of our mission statement,
The Irish Repertory Theatre "encourages the development of new works focusing on the Irish and Irish-American experience,
as well as a range of other cultures."

Friday, January 30th at 3pm

Midden
by Morna Regan

In Midden, after 15 years in the US, Ruth has finally built up a business successful enough to bring her back home to Ireland. But instead of the welcome she longs for, her arrival provokes instant strife, opening old scars and threatening to drown them all in a sea of resentment and anger. The homesick returning Yank no longer knows where home is. Midden is the story of five women from three generations. Told with humour and warmth it unpicks the tangled threads between past and present, mothers and daughters, exile and home.

Morna Regan (playwright). Morna is a Fulbright Scholar and an MFA graduate from USC, LA. She has worked as an actress for many years performing with such companies as the Abbey, Ireland's National Theatre, Rough Magic and the Gate, Dublin, London's West End, the Kennedy Centre, Washington D.C. and the Long Wharf, Connecticut. Morna's first piece of writing - The Case of Majella McGinty - a 30 minute film - was directed by Academy-Award-nominated Kirsten Sheridan and won twelve international awards including, in the US, a Silver Spire at the San Francisco Film Festival and the Gold Award at the Worldfest in Houston. It also won the Jury Prize at the Cologne Short Film Festival and Morna won Best Actress at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival. Midden was produced by Rough Magic Theatre Company and directed by Lynne Parker and the play was awarded an Edinburgh Fringe First, The Stewart Parker Radio Drama Award, The Jayne Snow Award at the Dublin Theatre Festival, the Heidleburg European Author's Award and was nominated for an Irish Times/ESB Best New Play Award. The show went on to play many venues around Ireland, Traverse One in Edinburgh and The Hampstead Theatre, London. It has also been translated into several different languages and played in numerous venues across Europe to huge critical acclaim. Morna is co-founder of a London based screenwriters' group called CUT2 and is currently finishing her first full length screenplay and has been awarded Writers Only Initiative funding from the Irish Film Board. Recently Morna was very proud to partake in Origin Theatre Company's hugely successful 1rst Irish 2008 End of Lines Festival at the 59E59 Theatre with a one-act called The Housekeeper.

All events are FREE to the public!

RSVP to (212) 727-2737
Seating is Limited

All readings are held at:
The Irish Repertory Theatre
132 West 22nd Street
(between 6th and 7th Avenues)

The 2008-09 New Works Reading Series is underwritten in part by Patricia Smith and the members of our Patron's Circle.

ENTER LAUGHING: The Musical • The York Mega-Hit Returns!
Limited Engagement January 21 - March 8, 2009!!

Hailed by The New York Times as "FLAT-OUT HILARIOUS", called "AN HONEST-TO-GOD MUSICAL COMEDY" by New York Magazine and declared "THE FUNNIEST TUNER TO HIT TOWN SINCE THE PRODUCERS" by the New York Post--ENTER LAUGHING is not to be missed!

Based on the early life of comedian Carl Reiner and the hit play by Broadway master Joseph Stein, ENTER LAUGHING tells the hilarious story of a stage-struck, woman-struck teenager who blunders his way into manhood via showbiz. With a delightful score by Stan Daniels (TAXI), book by Joseph Stein (FIDDLER ON THE ROOF), and a stellar cast and creative team headed by director Stuart Ross (FOREVER PLAID), ENTER LAUGHING is musical comedy at its best: a heartfelt, side-splitting laugh fest!

Friends of Irish Rep get $54.00 tickets (20% off the normal $67.50 tickets) using code IRISH!

Enter Laughing, The Musical - January 21st - March 8th, 2009

The York Theatre in Saint Peters Church, 54th St. just East of Lexington Ave
Tickets at 212.935.5820 or on line at www.yorktheatre.org

Natalie MacMaster • The Town Hall

The Town Hall presents
NATALIE MacMASTER
Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 8 pm

Equally at home on the concert stage or at a folk festival, award-winning Cape Breton fiddler Natalie MacMaster is one of the most versatile and exciting young Canadian musicians. In addition to her ten albums and Grammy nominations, MacMaster has collaborated and performed with Alison Krauss, Faith Hill, Carlos Santana, Paul Simon, as well as appeared on Good Morning America, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and The Early Show. Natalie's fiddling fireworks on traditional and contemporary Celtic melodies generate a "traditional fusion" delivered with ferocious energy felt by the musicians and audience alike. Enjoy this one-night only event.

Tickets: $50 & 45

For a printable order form:
http://www.the-townhall-nyc.org/images/MacMasterIR-OF.pdf

Tickets available at The Town Hall Box Office
(12noon - 6 pm, Mon-Sat).

To charge by phone 212.307.4100

To purchase on the internet visit Ticketmaster.com

Give the Gift of Theatre
GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE
Surprise your family and friends with a night out at The Irish Rep.
Give them a gift certificate good for two (2) tickets to any production at The Irish Repertory Theatre for only $120!

Certificates available year round. To purchase, contact us at 212-727-2737 or visit our Box Office at 132 West 22nd Street (between 6th and 7th Avenue) during normal box office hours.

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WHAT IS THE PATRON'S CIRCLE?

The Patron's Circle is a partnership between The Irish Rep and our core audience. Patron support makes everything we do possible.

There are many advantages to becoming a member of The Patron's Circle. You will receive a 20% discount off regular box office prices. Moreover, you will immediately learn more about the theatre and each production through our quarterly newsletter Prologue, with exclusive interviews, photos, reminiscences, and updates.

You will also be entitled to significant discounts at neighborhood restaurants and parking lots that will enhance your theatre experience.

In addition, depending on the level you choose, you could be entitled to a series of other privileges, including personalized ticket service, cast albums, and invitations to Opening Night cast parties.

For information on joining our Patron's Circle, stop by The Irish Rep's Box Office at 132 West 22nd Street, visit www.irishrep.org, or call Abby Lynn, Membership Manager, at 212-255-0270, ext. 11.

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