The 2019 Origin 1st Irish Festival
Wednesday, January 9th to Monday, Janurary 28th, 2019
Various Venues
Celebrating its 11th anniversary, The 2019 Origin 1st Irish Festival runs from Wednesday, January 9th to Monday, the 28th, 2019. As New York’s only month-long theater festival, this series exclusively devotes time and energy to presenting contemporary plays from the Irish island.
With 15 events in total, the Festival takes place in a number of distinguished venues across New York City representing 15 contemporary Irish writers and six main stage productions originating from Belfast, Derry, Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Queens and Manhattan.
Heralded by The New York Times as “an important event that offers New York theatergoers the chance to see fascinating new work,” the Origin 1st Irish Festival offers an incredibly diverse set of voices and views to be explored. A previous festival production that won accolades and serious attention was playwright Enda Walsh’s “Disco Pigs” — a bizarre mix of song, dance, and strange proclamations.
The following is a list of the Main Stage Productions:
“Alone is Stands”
Jan 10 – Jan 27
59E59
“On Blueberry Hill”
Jan 8 – Feb 3
59E59
“The Morning After the Life Before”
Jan 20 – Jan 27
the cell
“Blinkered”
Jan 21 – Jan 26
The NY Irish Center
“The Smuggler”
Jan 14 – Jan 27
the cell
“Inside Danny’s Box”
Jan 14 – Jan 27
the cell
Special Events:
Breaking Ground Series: Migration
Jan 13 at 4pm
A.R.T. NY Studios
Snáithe: The Story of Irish Fashion
Jan 15 at 7pm
Scandinavia House
Bishop Maginn: Good Shepherd in a time of Hunger
Jan 16 at 1pm
The Irish Consulate
Martin Luther King Celebration
Jan 22 at 7pm
Irish Arts Center
Film Screening: “Breaking Point”
Jan 22 at 7pm
Scandinavia House
Vital Voices: Frances Brown – In My Mind’s Eye
Jan 17 at 7pm
American Irish Historical Society
Scór on Broadway
Jan 18 at 7pm
The Sheen Center
Irish Women Lighting Up Broadway
Jan 21 at 1pm
American Irish Historical Society
Live Reading: Welcome to New York Emer Martin!
Jan 17 at 7pm
NYU Glucksman Ireland House
Listen to Your Irish Dreams Workshop
Jan 26 at 3:30pm
A.R.T. NY Studios
Best of the Festival Awards Night
Jan 28 at 6:30pm
Rosie O’Grady’s Manhattan Club
For further information and to buy tickets email: info@origintheatre.org or go to the site.
Origin Theatre Company, Inc,
520 8 Avenue Suite 329A
New York, NY 10018