Mabou Mines examines the life of James Joyce’s daughter in LUCIA’S CHAPTERS OF COMING FORTH BY DAY at 1st Irish theater festival
Multiple venues
September 5 – October 2, free – $55
www.1stirish.org
The fourth annual 1st Irish theater festival begins on Labor Day, comprising eight theatrical productions and five special events continuing through October 2. Among the plays are Teresa Deevy’s complicated love story Temporal Powers, directed by Jonathan Bank at the Mint; Brenda Murphy and Donna O’Connor’s A Night with George, about a woman’s obsession with George Clooney, presented by the Brassneck Theatre Company at the Times Square Arts Center; Deirdre Kinahan’s Bogboy, which follows the life of a heroin addict, at the Irish Arts Center; and Mabou Mines’ Lucia’s Chapters of Coming Forth by Day, a multimedia examination of James Joyce’s daughter, Lucia. On September 16, Terry Loane’s film Mickybo & Me will screen at the New York Irish Center, “The North Face – A Panel Discussion on Arts in Northern Ireland” will take place at the Bruno Walter Auditorium on September 20, the panel discussion “Challenge for the Actor” will be held at NYU Glucksman Ireland House on September 22, the Origin Theatre Laboratory will host “Breaking Ground,” featuring new work by six playwrights, on September 24 at A.R.T. New York Studios at 520, and the American Irish Historical Society and Tir Na Theatre will present a reading of Conor McDermottroe’s Dawnhurst on September 26.