Bohdan Boychuk, Honor Molloy and Ronán Noone’s works were performed by sparkling casts as a finale to the Origin Theatre Company’s 1st Irish Festival 2023.
Author: Darryl Reilly
The Smuggler
Actor Michael Mellamphy triumphs in this solo “thriller in rhyme,” as a legal Irish immigrant unemployed bartender who gleefully embraces a life of crime.
Without You
Backed by a dynamic band, the “Rent” star’s engaging musical solo show chronicles the deaths of his mother and Jonathan Larson, and the show’s journey.
Femme First
Comedian Kim Kalish and actor Orlagh Cassidy each perform affective self-written solo shows in repertory dealing with death, grief and reflection.
Not About Me
The pandemic inspired venerable gay actor and playwright Eduardo Machado to create this swirling memory play centered around the 1980’s AIDS crisis in NYC.
Beauty and the Beast
A spirited pantomime presentation of the classic tale by a Bronx-based troupe in a small café theater delighted children and adults with comedy and music.
Offal Endings
Michael Crichton meets Paddy Chayefsky in this smart futuristic satire where the disaffected are swayed toward euthanasia to harvest their organs for profit.
Frankenstein’s Monster Is Drunk
A vivacious quartet portray the famous Monster and a multitude of zanies in this amusing continuation that’s been given a snappy small-scale presentation.
Heaven
A long married Irish couple attend a wedding; comic, heartfelt and dramatic revelations abound in this sparklingly performed bittersweet confessional.
Make Room for Big Daddy!
Veteran performer Frederick Weller will play the wily patriarch in the return engagement of the first ever Off-Broadway revival of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.”