Eamon Morrissey

Writer Michael West artfully distills the dark essence of Mary Shelley's classic into a fateful 70 minutes, gratifying literary scholars and beguiling newcomers. I imagine Director Muireann Ahern enjoyed collaborating with her colleague, Louis Lovett, to unsettle and bewitch the audience. (Ahearn & Lovett are Joint Artistic Directors of Theatre Lovett.) Lovett was triumphant as both Victor Frankenstein and Frankenstein's monster, undertaking his heinous crusade with aplomb.

The sixth annual edition of Origin's 1st Irish, the world's only theatre festival dedicated to Irish playwrights, runs from September 2 to 29. Curated and coordinated by the New York-based Origin Theatre Company, the month-long festival features plays and productions in a stimulating array of styles, by contemporary Irish playwrights from Belfast, Dublin, Boston and New York.

Tony Award-winning director Garry Hynes returns to New York on July 24, 2011 with the Druid Theatre Company's production of Seán O'Casey's The Silver Tassie, a searing drama set during and after World War I.

Tony Award-winning director Garry Hynes returns to New York on July 24, 2011 with the Druid Theatre Company's production of Seán O'Casey's The Silver Tassie, a searing drama set during and after World War I.

It was announced today that the line up for Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival 2010 will include a new staging of The Silver Tassie from Druid. Directed by Tony Award winner Garry Hynes the cast of 19 for this production includes Liam Carney, Derbhle Crotty, Aoife Duffin, Clare Dunne, Brian Gleeson, Ruth Hegarty, Aaron Monaghan, Eamon Morrissey and John Olohan.

It was announced today that the line up for Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival 2010 will include a new staging of The Silver Tassie from Druid. Directed by Tony Award winner Garry Hynes the cast of 19 for this production includes Liam Carney, Derbhle Crotty, Aoife Duffin, Clare Dunne, Brian Gleeson, Ruth Hegarty, Aaron Monaghan, Eamon Morrissey and John Olohan.

It was announced today that the line up for Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival 2010 will include a new staging of The Silver Tassie from Druid. Directed by Tony Award winner Garry Hynes the cast of 19 for this production includes Liam Carney, Derbhle Crotty, Aoife Duffin, Clare Dunne, Brian Gleeson, Ruth Hegarty, Aaron Monaghan, Eamon Morrissey and John Olohan.

In celebration of the John Millington Synge festival DruidSynge, a party was thrown at the Irish Consulate for the Druid Theatre Company

The Guthrie is proud to present the North American premiere of DruidSynge beginning Tuesday, June 27 and continuing through Saturday, July 1 on the McGuire Proscenium Stage.