Janet Moran

Rachel Dratch, Maryann Plunkett and More Join Irish Rep's New Works Fall Festival 2025
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 29, 2025

Irish Repertory Theatre has revealed the full cast for the New Works Fall Festival 2025, which will run on the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage at Irish Repertory Theatre.

Irish Repertory Theatre to Present New Works Fall Festival 2025
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 2, 2025

Irish Repertory Theatre has revealed the lineup for the New Works Fall Festival 2025. Learn more about the lineup and see how to purchase tickets here!

Review: HEAVEN, Southwark Playhouse Borough
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Feb 10, 2025

How would life have turned out if you had stayed with your first love? Where would you be if you had gone against social convention? Eugene O'Brien's deftly crafted play, HEAVEN, asks us these questions and many more in this captivating and bittersweet two-hander.

Video: HEAVEN at Southwark Playhouse Borough Opens in February
by Stephi Wild - Jan 27, 2025

Fishamble will bring HEAVEN to Southwark Playhouse Borough for its London premiere next year. HEAVEN is written by Eugene O’Brien and directed by Fishamble artistic director Jim Culleton. Watch an all new trailer here!

Interview: 'She's Her Own Worst Enemy': Actor Janet Moran on Returning to the Role of Mairead in Eugene O’Brien's HEAVEN
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jan 27, 2025

BroadwayWorld spoke to Janet Moran, who plays Mairead, about bringing Eugene O’Brien's play to London for the first time and what the show means to her.

HEAVEN Makes London Premiere at Southwark Playhouse Borough in 2025
by Stephi Wild - Dec 16, 2024

Fishamble will bring HEAVEN to Southwark Playhouse Borough for its London premiere next year.  Learn more about the upcoming production and find out how to get tickets here!

DUBLIN FRINGE FESTIVAL 2024 Unveils New Program
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 25, 2024

Experience intimate comedy, interactive games, a queer cult club night, a Nigerian wedding, and more at the 30th Dublin Fringe Festival. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Fishamble: The New Play Company wins Fringe First Award For HEAVEN by Eugene O'Brien
by Stephi Wild - Aug 11, 2023

It has just been announced that Fishamble: The New Play Company has been awarded a Scotsman's Fringe First Award for Heaven by Eugene O'Brien starring Andrew Bennett and Janet Moran and directed by Jim Culleton. 

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: HEAVEN, Traverse
by Cindy Marcolina - Aug 5, 2023

Jim Culleton directs Andrew Bennett and Janet Moran as they take turns to open up in conversational confessional style. They do so in a liminal space designed by Zia Bergin-Holly. The set is suspended between interior and exterior: the outside wall of a building, with its stripped posters and lonely lamppost is at odds with the comfy armchair and barstools that stand in front of it. While Mairead and Mal meet old and new flames, O’Brien takes the opportunity to explore the fallout of repressed homosexuality and the rampant toxic relationship with alcohol.

Dublin Theatre Festival 2023 Lineup Revealed
by Stephi Wild - Jul 25, 2023

The line-up for Dublin Theatre Festival 2023 has been revealed, one of the most ambitious editions of the festival in recent years, inviting audiences from ages 4 upwards to be part of this annual celebration of live performance. Learn more about the lineup here!

Verdant Productions Present SPEED THE PLOW
by Stephi Wild - Mar 2, 2023

With permission from David Mamet (Glengarry Glen Ross, Hannibal), Janet Moran directs this exciting, all new version of the classic satire Speed The Plow.With permission from David Mamet (Glengarry Glen Ross, Hannibal), Janet Moran directs this exciting, all new version of the classic satire Speed The Plow.

Review: HEAVEN by Fishamble at 59E59 is a Riveting Story of a Married Couple
by Marina Kennedy - Jan 17, 2023

Fishamble: The New Play Company is currently presenting Heaven at 59E59 Theaters, and this two hander is wowing audiences. 

Casts Announced for HEAVEN & FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER IS DRUNK & THE SHEEP HAVE ALL JUMPED THE FENCES at 59E59 Theaters
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 13, 2022

 59E59 Theaters has announced the casts and creative teams for Heaven and Frankenstein’s Monster is Drunk and the Sheep have all Jumped the Fences.  

Orla Flanagan Appointed As Senior Producer With Once Off Productions
by Stephi Wild - Nov 9, 2022

Once Off Productions will welcome Orla Flanagan to the team as Senior Producer. With over twenty years of arts management, producing and programming experience working with household names like glór, Brighton Dome, Fishamble and The Abbey, Orla will bring a wealth of experience to Once Off Productions - the independent producing platform established in 2004 by Maura O'Keeffe to provide creative and flexible producing supports for independent performing artists.

The New Play Company Presents HEAVEN By Eugene O'Brien, 25-26 October
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 21, 2022

The New Play Company will collaborate with acclaimed playwright Eugene O'Brien to present his first new play in two decades, it comes to The Everyman, Cork, 25th – 26th October as part of a nationwide tour.

Irish Artists To Host SOLIDARITY �" A Night To Support The People Of Ukraine At The Abbey Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 26, 2022

The Abbey Theatre is proudly partnering with a group of independent Irish artists for SOLIDARITY, a night of performances, poetry and song to support those affected by the war in Ukraine.

National Tour Of LOOKING FOR AMERICA Announced
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 21, 2022

Following his father's arrest by a Military Junta, at the age of five, Fede and his family were forced to flee the Salvadoran Civil war. There followed years of continuous moving throughout Latin America with his mother and brother as they sought sanctuary.

Keith Walsh's Debut Play PURE MENTAL Announces National Tour
by Gigi Gervais - Nov 14, 2021

Riverbank Arts Centre presents the world premiere of Keith Walsh’s debut play,  Pure Mental, on national tour to 17 venues across the country from November 19 - December 17. Opening at the Everyman, Cork on Sunday 21 November.

Inis Nua Theatre to Present American Premiere of A HOLY SHOW
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 2, 2021

Inis Nua Theatre will present the American Premiere of A HOLY SHOW by Janet Moran.  The Irish phrase “a holy show” means to embarrass or make a spectacle of oneself, the perfect title for this whirlwind comedy based on the true story of a disgraced Australian monk who hijacked a passenger jet using nothing but holy water.

Inis Nua Theatre Reveals 18th Season With Two American Premieres and Special Vaccine Only Weeks
by Stephi Wild - Sep 2, 2021

Inis Nua Theatre Company presents their much-anticipated eighteenth season with a return to in-person productions, featuring three mainstage plays and a poignant reading series about Healing and Hope. Inis Nua Theatre Company has the unique mission to present contemporary plays from Ireland, England, Scotland, and Wales for a Philadelphia audience.