To complement the DruidMurphy performances at this year’s Lincoln Center Festival, Fordham University’s Institute of Irish Studies, The Galway University Foundation and the National University of Ireland, Galway, will host an all-day symposium on July 11 from 1 to 6:30 p.m. at the Keogh Studio Theater, Fordham University at Lincoln Center, 113 W. 60th Street at 9th Avenue.

Scholars and theater experts will discuss the enormous influence of Tom Murphy on Irish and American cultural memories of immigration and of famine. The afternoon of lectures and panels will culminate in an on-stage interview with Druid Theatre founders, Garry Hynes and Marie Mullen. The event is free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served. There are no reservations.

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JUST RELEASED: Symposium on playwright Tom Murphy at Fordham University complements Lincoln Center Festival schedule

A highlight of Lincoln Center Festival will be DruidMurphy, three plays (Conversations on a Homecoming, A Whistle in the Dark, and Famine) by Tom Murphy, staged by Garry Hynes for Druid Theatre Company from July 5 to 14 in the Gerald W. Lynch Theater. The plays will be performed by an ensemble cast of 16 actors, namely: Niall Buggy, Edward Clayton, Beth Cooke, Brian Doherty, Gavin Drea, Garrett Lombard, Treasa Ní Mhiolláin, Aaron Monaghan, Marie Mullen, Michael Glenn Murphy, Rory Nolan, John Olohan, Frank O’Sullivan, Marty Rea, Eileen Walsh and Joseph Ward.

To complement these performances, Fordham University’s Institute of Irish Studies, The Galway University Foundation and the National University of Ireland, Galway will host an all-day symposium on July 11 from 1 to 6:30 PM at Keogh Studio Theater, Fordham University at Lincoln Center, 113 W. 60th Street at Ninth Avenue. Scholars and theater experts will discuss the enormous influence of Tom Murphy on Irish and American cultural memories of immigration and of famine. The afternoon of lectures and panels will culminate in an on-stage interview with Druid Theatre founders, Garry Hynes and Marie Mullen. The event is free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served. There are no reservations.

(Read the entire press release here.)

Poets Out Loud, a community of poets at Fordham University at Lincoln Center, provides opportunities for the creation, dissemination, and enjoyment of poetry. As part of Target Free Thursdays, Poets Out Loud will host a reading at the David Rubenstein Atrium tonight - an unmissable opportunity to hear readings by both noted and emerging poets.