About the Show

A Dublin theatre company grapples with creative conflicts preparing for a Broadway debut.

Tensions arise when the actors feel the production is becoming too dark, experimental, and lacking in Irish essence. Taking matters into their own hands, they strive to restore their Hibernian flair. "Irishtown" is a hilarious and searing new comedy that explores the commercialization of culture, inviting audiences to experience the fragile creative process and the potential collapse of a collective.

Critic Reviews (7)

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"...only fitfully successful, a stop-and-start evening that relies on behavior that belongs to some alternate universe."
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"it did make me laugh out loud several times, something relatively few Irish plays across the years have ever managed to do. On purpose, at least."
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It was an incredible experience of laughing and being seen in the laughter.
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Ciara Elizabeth Smyth’s ‘Irishtown,’ a wise craic-ing new comedy at the Irish Rep, is an affectionate and often hilarious riff on Irish theater’s many go-to clichés.
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"Ciara Elizabeth Smyth’s world premiere tackles an issue that the Irish Rep probably faces regularly: How Irish must a play be to be staged there?"
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Irishtown does have a happy ending, and it does feel odd, but also so right.
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Cast and creative team

Irish Repertory Theatre

Producer

Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

Playwright

Nicola Murphy Dubey

Director