“We decided we wanted to bring this play home and we also realized the place we wanted to bring it to was the Irish Arts Center”—THE UNITED STATES VS ULYSSES writer Colin Murphy at last night's opening.
Thank you to everyone who joined us in toasting the artists, both on stage and off, who brought this work to life.
Special thanks to Penny Brandt Jackson and Thomas Campbell Jackson of The Brandt Jackson Foundation, along with our partners @cultureireland and @tourismireland , for the support that has made this production possible.
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#ICYMI episode two of the American Railroad podcast brings us to our home neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen, which historian Miriam Nyhan describes as being shaped by immigration and the expansion of New York state's railroad boom. It's here that a distinctly American sound was created by Black and Irish railroad workers, despite tensions between the two groups.
Hear from Irish Arts Center associate director of programming Kestrel Wolgemuth (@birdofdoom ), plus artist and catalytic agent Lenwood “Leni” Sloan and Silkroad Ensemble member Maeve Gilchrist (@maevegilchrist ), as they discuss this defining moment in the American soundscape, and how they used music to capture the energy and urgency of the time during their spring 2023 workshop at IAC.
Listen via the link in bio.
"HOTHOUSE is a lament for the present and an elegy for the past that keeps alight a flame of hope for the future. It’s also yet another bit of smart programming from Irish Arts Center at a time when New York’s theater scene is somewhat starved for contemporary European work"—Laura Collins-Hughes
Warm congratulations to
@MalapropTheatre and Carys Coburn, and sincere thanks to
@culture_ireland for their vision, commitment and support.
Read the full NEW YORK TIMES Critic's Pick review and book your tickets via the link in bio for @malaproptheatre 's "alluringly strange and spangly show," on through November 17 only.
Here’s a look at the making of @malaproptheatre ’s HOTHOUSE at IAC. Check out the award-winning production through November 17. Tickets via the link in bio.
