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PARCEL FROM AMERICA to Make New York Premiere at Theatre Row This Fall
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 19, 2026

Irish musical Parcel from America will make its New York premiere. It features a book and lyrics by Jahnna Beecham, Malcolm Hillgartner, and Michael J. Hume, with music by Malcolm Hillgartner and Kevin Corcoran.

Origin Theatre Company Welcomes New Artistic and Executive Leadership
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 6, 2026

Aidan Cleary and Labhaoise Magee have been announced as the new leaders of Origin Theatre Company, set to bring fresh vision to the theater's future productions.

IRISHTOWN, IN TWO MINDS, A NIGHT IN NOVEMBER Lead Nominations for 2025 Origin 1st Irish Top Prizes
by Emmy Rice - Apr 27, 2025

Plays from the island of Ireland and several East Coast-based productions will vie for top jury prizes as the 17th annual Origin 1st Irish Theatre Festival reaches its finale. The Closing Night Awards Ceremony will take place on Monday April 28.

Origin Theatre Company to Present Season Kickoff Happy Hour Event in October
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 7, 2024

Discover Origin Theatre Company's upcoming 2024/25 season at their kickoff event. Enjoy a full open bar, appetizers, and entertainment while learning about 1st Irish 2025 and more. Learn more and see how to attend.

NANCY AND MICHAEL Comes to the Origin 1st Irish Theatre Festival This Weekend
by Stephi Wild - Mar 26, 2024

Experience the 16th annual Origin 1st Irish Theatre Festival featuring a variety of shows from Ireland and local Irish diaspora theater creators. Don't miss the reading of David Gilna's new play, NANCY AND MICHAEL, exploring the untold chapters of Irish history.

Origin Theatre Company Announces New Playwriting Program Led By Sarah Street And Produced In Association With Irish Arts Center
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 6, 2023

Origin Theatre Company announces Scéal Nua, a collaborative playwriting program led by Irish writer and actor Sarah Street and produced in Association with Irish Arts Center, initiative running January - April 24, 2024, aims to develop emerging Irish theatrical voices.

Photos: Inside the Origin Theatre Company Closing Ceremony of ORIGIN 1ST IRISH 2023
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 4, 2023

Origin Theatre Company presented the Closing Ceremony of Origin 1st Irish 2023, at the Irish Arts Center, 726 11th Avenue, on Monday January 30.  Go inside the ceremony in new photos.

Origin 1st Irish 2023 Returns to In-Person Programming in January
by Stephi Wild - Dec 2, 2022

The Origin 1st Irish Theatre Festival, the only festival of its kind devoted to producing and presenting the theatrical work of contemporary Irish playwrights from around the world, returns to a mostly in-person format in its upcoming 15th annual edition.  

Origin Theatre Company to Revive New-Play Reading Series MONDAYS IN MAY at Beckett's Bar and Grill
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 26, 2022

After a two-year break, Origin Theatre Company is reviving its popular new-play reading series, “Mondays in May,” with staged readings of new shows read every Monday in a month packed with Mondays – five in all! 

Cast Announced for American Premiere of A KID LIKE RISHI
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 18, 2022

Origin Theatre Company has announced the cast and design team for the American premiere of “A Kid Like Rishi,” Kees Roorda’s critically acclaimed Dutch play about a notorious racial profiling police killing in The Hague.  

THE UNSUNG HERO By David Gilna Will Be Streamed Starring Michael Mellamphy
by Stephi Wild - Nov 24, 2021

The Unsung Hero by award-winning Irish playwright David Gilna is an unforgotten love story from Easter week 1916 between Michael O'Rahilly (The O'Rahilly) The Co-Founder of The Irish Volunteers and his wife Nancy O'Rahilly Vice-President of the Cumann na mBan.

THE UNSUNG HERO Starring Michael Mellamphy to be Presented by The Co. Kerry Patriotic & Benevolent Association of NY
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 8, 2021

The Unsung Hero by award-winning Irish playwright David Gilna will stage a special production at The Co. Kerry Patriotic & Benevolent Association of NY on June 27th after wowing audiences online with their virtual debut in New York for this years St Patrick's Day Festivities.

Origin Theatre Company Announces 2021 BLOOMSDAY REVEL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 26, 2021

On Sunday June 13 at 3pm, Origin Theatre Company will present the 8th annual edition of its popular immersive Bloomsday celebration, renamed the “Bloomsday Revel.” the distance-safe, in-person staging mixes a juried costume contest and dramatic readings from “Ulysses” -- performed by a cast of celebrated New York-based Irish actors.

THE UNSUNG HERO By David Gilna Will Be Streamed at The Irish Cultural Centre of New England
by Stephi Wild - Apr 14, 2021

The Unsung Hero by award-winning Irish playwright David Gilna will have a special screening at The Irish Cultural Centre of New England on Sunday 25th April 2pm. After making its virtual debut in New York for this years St Patrick's Day Festivities.

ORIGIN 1st IRISH THEATRE FESTIVAL Goes Online
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 17, 2020

Running three weeks from January 11 to 31, the 2021 Origin 1st Irish will present a total of 20 virtual events, including recorded Theatrical Productions made both before and during Covid from Belfast, Dublin, Wexford, London and New York.

Origin Theatre to Present BLOOMSDAY BREAKFAST Online
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 10, 2020

A colorful bouquet of singers, actors and luminaries from New York and the Island of Ireland are taking part in a uniquely trans-Atlantic online version of Origin Theatre's annual immersive Bloomsday Breakfast, co-hosted with Bloom's Tavern in Midtown Manhattan.

2019 Origin 1st Irish Award Winners Announced
by Stephi Wild - Jan 29, 2019

The crowd-pleasing rugby play "Alone It Stands" scored Best Production at the 2019 Origin 1st Irish Theatre Festival's closing night festivities at The Manhattan Club at Rosie O'Grady's in Times Square tonight. The locally produced American premiere of "Alone It Stands," a play with an illustrious production history in Ireland, The West End and elsewhere, was nominated in four categories, and played at 59E59 Theaters. Two critically acclaimed productions imported from Ireland -- "On Blueberry Hill" (at 59E59 Theaters through February 3) and "The Morning After the Life Before" which played at the cell - also had big wins, with "On Blueberry Hill" (produced by Fishamble: The New Play Co in Dublin) earning Best Actor for Niall Buggy and Best Design; and "The Morning After the Life Before" (produced by Dublin's Guna Nua Theatre) winning Best Actress for Lucia Smyth, and Best Director for Paul Meade.

ON BLUEBERRY HILL, ALONE IT STANDS, AND THE MORNING AFTER THE LIFE BEFORE Lead Nominations For 2019 Origin 1st Irish Top Jury Prizes
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 26, 2019

Productions and plays from Ireland face off against several homegrown New York productions as the 11th annual Origin 1st Irish Theatre Festival hands out its awards at a closing night ceremony at Rosie O'Grady's Manhattan Club, 800 Seventh Avenue, on Monday January 28 at 7pm.  Origin 1st Irish 2019, the world's only theatre festival dedicated to showcasing the work of contemporary Irish playwrights from around the world, began on January 9. Among the festival's six mainstage productions in competition, five are US premieres, and one is a world premiere. To RSVP to the awards ceremony, which is a free event, visit www.origintheatre.org

NY's All-Irish Theatre Festival ORIGIN'S 1ST IRISH Kicks Off January 9
by Stephi Wild - Dec 11, 2018

The 2019 Origin's 1st Irish Theatre Festival, New York's all-Irish theatre festival and the world's only festival devoted exclusively to producing the plays of contemporary Irish playwrights from around the world, settles in to its new January time slot, running three weeks from January 9 to 28. A total 17 events, including six mainstage productions from Belfast, Derry, Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Queens and Manhattan, will be seen in and out of competition. Among the productions, five are US premieres; one is a world premiere. 15 contemporary Irish writers are represented with work in performance.

Origin's 1st Irish Gives Out Awards in New York Last Night
by Stephi Wild - Jan 30, 2018

Origin's 1st Irish 2018, the world's only theatre festival dedicated to showcasing the work of contemporary Irish playwrights, handed out its Best of Festival Awards at closing night festivities at Rosie O'Grady's in Times Square last night. The awards were very evenly distributed among the seven productions in competition from Ireland and the US, but the life of the party was Isobel Mahon's comedy "Party Face," which picked up awards for Best Actress (its star Hayley Mills) and for Best Production. Produced by Robert Driemeyer, Morgan Sills and Jan Warner, the Irish hit's US premiere plays at City Center through April 8. Its New York-based cast includes Klea Blackhurst, Gina Costigan, Brenda Meaney and Allison Jean White.