Actors Marty Rea, Aaron Monaghan, Garrett Lombard and Rory Nolan (L-R) take the stage tonight for Conversations on a Homecoming, the first of the three plays written by Tom Murphy (far left) and directed by Garry Hynes (far right) that make up Druid Theatre Company’s DruidMurphy. All four actors are also performing in A Whistle in the Dark and Famine.
Find out about all three plays of the DruidMurphy project - Famine, Conversations on a Homecoming and A Whistle in the Dark - in this video interview with director Garry Hynes. DruidMurphy comes to Lincoln Center Festival tonight in the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College.
Director Garry Hynes talks about the renowned playwright Tom Murphy, whose highly anticipated DruidMurphy plays come to Lincoln Center Festival tomorrow, in the video above. Famine, A Whistle in the Dark and Conversations on a Homecoming will performed at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College through July 14.
In the video above, director Garry Hynes gives an overview of the DruidMurphy performances - Famine, A Whistle in the Dark and Conversations on a Homecoming - which begin this Thursday at Lincoln Center Festival.
(Photo by Catherine Ashmore)
“Through her unflinching productions of plays by Martin McDonagh and others, the director Garry Hynes bears as much responsibility as anyone for resetting the popular conception of Irish theater,” wrote The New York Times’ Eric Grode in his recent review of the DruidMurphy performances. “The county names are just as mellifluous as before, but the plays now contain torturers and sociopaths.”
Tom Murphy’s spectacular DruidMurphy plays — Conversations on a Homecoming, A Whistle in the Dark and Famine — come to Lincoln Center Festival on July 5 through 14.
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.)
JUST ANNOUNCED: Lincoln Center Festival 2012!
Highlights include:
- The return of the Paris Opera Ballet to NYC after a 16-year absence, dancing three programs
- Mikhail Baryshnikov in a new play, In Paris
- The Sydney Theatre Company’s acclaimed Uncle Vanya
- Alan Cumming in the National Theatre of Scotland’s one-person Macbeth
- DruidMurphy, a play cycle staged by Garry Hynes for the Druid Theatre Company
- A tribute concert celebrating the music of Curtis Mayfield
- China’s TAO Dance Theater with new works
- Émilie, an opera by Kaija Saariaho and Amin Malouf, starring Elizabeth Futral
- Feng Yi Teng, a chamber opera by Guo Wenjing, directed by Atom Egoyan
…and MUCH more! (Read the entire press release here.)
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