NEW IRELAND: The enda walsh Festival
Penelope | The Walworth Farce | The New Electric Ballroom
New Ireland: The Enda Walsh Festival begins Artistic Director David Muse’s initiative to present and produce works from around the world. An exploration of the work of one phenomenal playwright, the festival includes productions of three of Enda Walsh’s plays—Druid, Ireland’s production of Penelope, and Studio’s own productions of The Walworth Farce and The New Electric Ballroom. To further explore Walsh’s work, as well as his place in the past and future of Irish theatre, The Studio Theatre is offering a wide range of free, exciting events. These include a conversation with the playwright and Druid Ireland’s Artistic Director Garry Hynes; readings of contemporary Irish plays; an in-depth seminar on Walsh’s work and influences; a day-long symposium on New Irish Arts, and more. Join us for this celebration of Enda Walsh’s brash, exciting, and endlessly inventive work. IMPORTANT DATES Learn About Enda March 15, 7:30pm Penelope First Performance Request More Information March 16, 7:30pm Penelope Pay-What-You-Can Register for Free Events March 17, 9:00pm Conversation with Enda Walsh by calling our Box Office at 202. 332. 3300 With cast-member Denis Conway Following the 7:30 performance of Penelope. Moderated by Peter Marks of The Washington Post. March 26, 2:30-4:15 Play Reading with actors from Penelope My Friend Duplicity, a short play by Enda Walsh, follows a man and a woman and the unbelievable distances they travel with their words. To Have to Shoot Irishmen, by Lizzie Nunnery, provides a unique, sidelong, and penetrating view on the first anti-colonial struggle of the modern era. A Druid, Ireland commission. April 9, 2:00pm The Walworth Farce Pay-What-You-Can April 10, 12:30pm Preshow Seminar on Enda Walsh April 16 The New Electric Ballroom matinee post-show conversation April 16, 5:00pm Movie screening: Hunger, screenplay by Enda Walsh April 17 The Walworth Farce matinee post-show conversation April 23 Symposium on New Irish Arts: 3:30-4:30pm Walsh and the Irish Tradition Panelists: Michael Cadden, Princeton University George O’Brien, Georgetown University 4:45-5:45pm Actors on Performing Walsh’s work Moderated by David Muse, Studio Theatre Artistic Director 6:00-7:00pm New Irish Arts Linda Murray, Artistic Director, Solas Nua, Washington DC Eibhlín Gleeson, CEO with the National Chamber Choir of Ireland Jo Mangan, Artistic Director, The Performance Corporation, Ireland May 2, 7:30pm Play Reading with Studio Theatre Actors Doldrum Bay, by Hilary Fannin
by calling our Box Office at 202. 332. 3300
My Friend Duplicity, a short play by Enda Walsh, follows a man and a woman and the unbelievable distances they travel with their words. To Have to Shoot Irishmen, by Lizzie Nunnery, provides a unique, sidelong, and penetrating view on the first anti-colonial struggle of the modern era. A Druid, Ireland commission.
3:30-4:30pm
4:45-5:45pm
New Ireland: The Enda Walsh Festival was generously underwritten by Culture Ireland; as part of Imagine Ireland, a year-long season of Irish arts in America.