Irish Arts Center Spring 2016 Brochure

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Recent News New Jean Butler Cross-Disciplinary Commission

In a three-way partnership with New York’s Danspace Project and Dublin’s Project Arts Centre, we co-commissioned the iconic dancer/ choreographer Jean Butler in a new piece with Northern Irish composer/cellist Neil Martin, this is an Irish dance, at Danspace in November.

The New York Times called this world premiere “beautiful,” “powerful,” and “absorbing.”

Commission of Dead Centre’s Chekov’s First Play

Building on the success of the Obie-winning triumph Lippy, we were proud to co-commission the innovative Dublin theatremaker Dead Centre’s latest work, Chekhov’s First Play, which premiered in the Dublin Theatre Festival in October. The Irish Times called it “a brilliant endeavour...riveting to watch.”

Spirit of Ireland Gala Raises $1 Million for Programming

Our 16th annual Spirit of Ireland Gala paid tribute to three remarkable women who embody the spirit of Ireland and Irish America: Eileen K. Murray, Co-CEO of Bridgewater Associates, LP; Cassandra Wilson, two-time Grammy Award-winning recording artist; and Roma Downey, Emmy Award-nominated Northern Irish actor and producer.

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Muldoon’s Picnic

Little Feat pianist Bill Payne was among the many special guests who dropped by Muldoon’s Picnic, our monthly gathering of some of New York’s most notable artists curated by the legendary, inimitable poet, and songwriter Paul Muldoon. Visit pages 21 – 22 to see the lineup of artists Paul has in store for us all this spring.

U.S. Premiere of Underneath

Award-winning writer and performer Pat Kinevane and Fishamble: The New Play Company returned to Irish Arts Center with Underneath, following the runaway international success of Forgotten (spring 2010) and Silent (fall 2012). Underneath was listed on Forbes’ “Best Theater Of 2015: Broadway And Beyond,” and The New York Times called it “[a] great rushing river of Irish tale-telling.”

Season Launch Honoring New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito We kicked off our season by honoring New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito at the home of Consul General of Ireland Barbara Jones with Council Members Daniel Dromm, Jimmy Van Bramer, and Elizabeth Crowley. On a beautiful late summer evening, children from our Hell’s Kitchen community and local Police Athletic League presented the Speaker with a piece of artwork from their exhibition Book of Me devised at IAC. Thanks, in part, to our Consulate supporters and our wonderful Irish caucus of Council Members including our own Council Member Corey Johnson, we were proud to launch our most ambitious fall season yet.

Consul General of Ireland Barbara Jones, IAC Executive Director Aidan Connolly, Speaker of the New York City Council Melissa Mark-Viverito, Uriah and his father Michael, teaching artist Pamella Allen, IAC Director of Children’s Programming Jen Browne

IAC Vice Chair Pauline Turley, NYC Council Member Elizabeth Crowley, NYC Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, Consul General of Ireland Barbara Jones, Speaker of the New York City Council Melissa Mark-Viverito, NYC Council Member Daniel Dromm, IAC Executive Director Aidan Connolly

Photo Credits: Amanda Gentile; Jose Miguel Jimenez; Andrea Mohin, The New York Times; Vitaliy Piltser; Patrick Redmond

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SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

SPRING 2016 CALENDAR DATES

IAC | MUSIC

TIMES

DISCIPLINE

EVENT

LOCATION

February 5

8 PM

February 6

11 AM

February 8 February 11

PAGE

Music

Donnacha Dennehy's Tessellatum

Symphony Space

14

Children's Events

Saturday Morning Cartoons

Irish Arts Center

29

7:30 PM

Words & Music

Muldoon's Picnic

Irish Arts Center

21 - 22

8 PM

Music

SongLives: Gráinne Holland and Barry Kerr

Irish Arts Center

17

February 16

7:30 PM

Literature & Humanities

Belinda McKeon

Irish Arts Center

23

February 18

6:30 PM

Special Events

Show Your Love

Mutual of America

38

February 19

7 PM & 9 PM

Music

I Draw Slow

Irish Arts Center

14

February 22–May 28

various

Visual Arts

P R O C L A M AT I O N

Irish Arts Center

26

February 24–28

various

Theatre

ENCORE: The Man In the Woman's Shoes

Irish Arts Center

9

February 28

5 PM

Education: Master Class

The Architecture and Playability of Theatre with Mikel Murfi

Irish Arts Center

33

March 4

3 PM

Children's Events

Púca Party

NYPL Columbus Branch Library on 10th Avenue

29

March 4

6 PM

Neighborhood & Community

St. Pat's For All Benefit

Irish Arts Center

31

March 5

11 AM

Children's Events

Afternoon Art Party: Traditional Song Exploration & Songwriting

Irish Arts Center

30

March 5

5 PM

Education: Master Class

Irish Film Club Beginners/Intermediate

Irish Arts Center

33

March 6

5 PM

Education: Master Class

Irish Film Club Intermediate/Advanced

Irish Arts Center

33

March 8

7:30 PM

Literature & Humanities

Debut Voices with Sara Baume

Irish Arts Center

23

March 10

8 PM

Music

SongLives: Sean Millar with Patrick Freeman

Irish Arts Center

17

March 12

8 PM

Music

Celtic Appalachian Celebration

Symphony Space

15 - 16

March 13

12 PM

Neighborhood & Community

Open Day

Irish Arts Center

31

March 14

7:30 PM

Words & Music

Muldoon's Picnic

Irish Arts Center

21 - 22

March 15–16

7:30 PM

Literature & Humanities

The Quartet: Stories, Poetry, and Dreams

Irish Arts Center

24

March 17

7 AM

Neighborhood & Community

Book Day

Citywide

32

March 20

7 PM

Comedy

Sundays at Seven

Irish Arts Center

28

March 22

7:30 PM

Words & Music

Twinsome Minds

Irish Arts Center

20

March 24–May 19

10 AM & 11 AM

Children's Events

Stomp and Shout: Music and Creative Play

Irish Arts Center

30

March 29–April 2

various

Theatre

Wild Sky

Irish Arts Center

5–6

FEBRUARY

pg. 15 – 16 5th Annual

Celtic Appalachian Celebration MARCH 12 | AT SYMPHONY SPACE

IAC | THEATRE

pg. 5 – 6 Irish Arts Center presents Ten42 Productions in association with Meath County Council Arts Office

Wild Sky

Written by Deirdre Kinahan

MARCH

APRIL

MARCH 29 – APRIL 2 | AT IRISH ARTS CENTER

IAC | THEATRE

April 2

11 AM

Children's Events

Sheila Agnew: Reading and Workshop

Irish Arts Center

29

April 6–16

8 PM

Music

ENCORE: Camille O'Sullivan

Irish Arts Center

18

April 11

various

Education

Spring Term Begins

Various

34 - 36

April 11

7:30 PM

Words & Music

Muldoon's Picnic

Irish Arts Center

21 - 22

April 14–16

7:30 PM

Dance

Return to Absence

New York Live Arts

11

April 17

12:30 PM

Education: Language

Féile na Gaeilge / Irish Language Day: Voices of the Gaeltacht

Irish Arts Center

28

April 18

7:30 PM

Literature & Humanities

Michael Cunningham

Irish Arts Center

24

April 20–30

various

Theatre

A Girl is a Half-formed Thing

Baryshnikov Arts Center

10

April 23

2 PM

Education: Master Class

Transforming the Space: Physical Theatre and Ensemble Improvisation with Annie Ryan

Irish Arts Center

33

May 1

1 PM

Neighborhood & Community

Irish Dance Festival

Riverside Park South

32

May 6–8

various

Dance

Colin Gee and Angie Smalls

Abrons Arts Center

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MAY

pg. 10 Irish Arts Center and Baryshnikov Arts Center present The Corn Exchange, in association with Cusack Projects Limited

A Girl is a Half-formed Thing

By Eimear McBride Adapted for the stage and directed by Annie Ryan

APRIL 20—30 | AT BARYSHNIKOV ARTS CENTER

IAC | DANCE

May 7

11 AM

Children's Events

Afternoon Art Party: Story Picnic

Irish Arts Center

30

May 7

8 PM

Music

Open the Door for Three

Irish Arts Center

19

May 8

2 PM

Education: Master Class

Irish Dance with Colin Dunne

Irish Arts Center

33

May 11

7:30 PM

Dance

Masters in Collaboration X: Colin Dunne Meets Nic Gareiss in Conversation

Irish Arts Center

12

May 12

8 PM

Literature & Humanities

Louise Erdrich and Anne Enright

92nd Street Y

25

May 14–15

8 PM

Dance

Masters in Collaboration X: Colin Dunne Meets Nic Gareiss

Irish Arts Center

12

May 17

7 PM

Film

Fortune's Wheel

Irish Arts Center

27

May 20

8 PM

Music

SongLives: Luan Parle with Mickey Coleman

Irish Arts Center

17

May 21

6 PM

Film

Craic LGBT

Irish Arts Center

27

May 22

7 PM

Comedy

Sundays at Seven

Irish Arts Center

28

May 24–25

7:30 PM

Theatre

Tiny Plays for Ireland and America

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

7

May 25

8 PM

Music

David Power and Willie Kelly

Irish Arts Center

19

May 26

8 PM

Theatre

Tiny Plays for Ireland and America

Irish Arts Center

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JUNE

pg. 12

Masters in Collaboration X Colin Dunne Meets Nic Gareiss

CONVERSATION MAY 11 | AT IRISH ARTS CENTER PERFORMANCES MAY 14 – 15 | AT IRISH ARTS CENTER Photo Credits: Maurice Gunning, Fiona Morgan, Tom Pinch, Patrick Redmond

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June 4

11 AM

Children's Events

Saturday Morning Cartoons

Irish Arts Center

29

June 7

7:30 PM

Literature & Humanities

William Doyle

Irish Arts Center

25

June 10

8 PM

Music

SongLives: We/Or/Me with Vincent Cross

Irish Arts Center

17

June 12

7 PM

Comedy

Sundays at Seven

Irish Arts Center

28

June 14

7 PM

Film

A Doctor's Sword

Irish Arts Center

27

June 16

7 PM

Literature & Humanities

Bloomsday on Broadway

Symphony Space

25

June 23–26

various

Dance

Dance Research Forum Ireland 6th International Conference: UpRising

NYU and Various Locations

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“There is a new

Ireland and a new America dawning. We need a place where the new voices of Irish America can be nourished… and celebrated…and born.

Irish Arts Center is that place.”

- GABRIEL BYRNE

2016 marks the dawn of a new century for Ireland, for Irish America, and for your Irish Arts Center.

This commemorative year, which includes the 100th Anniversary of the 1916 Rising, offers us the chance to reflect on a moment in history, while continuing to push our story forward and outward.

Indeed IAC16 celebrates the beginning of a new cultural century as much as the end of another.

Through great art, we proclaim a new Ireland and a new Irish America. We empower the inheritors and interrogators of Ireland’s great legacy of innovation. We open our doors to today’s includers and independence-seekers, ready to tell our evolving story for a new generation.

This year also marks a turning point in our campaign to build a permanent home. With $47 million raised, we truly are “Almost Home.”

But we can’t do it without you.

To commemorate this new Irish and Irish American century, we hope you will consider making a legacy gift in whatever amount is meaningful for you.

Recognition opportunities are available at all levels. Please visit irishartscenter.org or contact us at 212-757-3318 x205 for more information.

In the meantime, we invite you to peruse the pages that follow and curate your own IAC16 experience.

Remember, the new Irish Arts Center isn’t just a building. It’s now!

Thank you—and we look forward to seeing you throughout 2016!

Aidan Connolly Executive Director

Pauline Turley Vice Chair

Photo Credit: Richard Gilligan

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THEATRE

Wild Sky Irish Arts Center presents Ten42 Productions in association with Meath County Council Arts Office

WRITTEN BY DEIRDRE KINAHAN DIRECTED BY JO MANGAN STARRING CAITRIONA ENNIS AND IAN TONER WITH MUSIC BY SUSAN MCKEOWN, PERFORMED LIVE BY MARY MURRAY

MARCH 29 – APRIL 2 MON

TUE 29 8 PM

WED 30 8 PM

THU 31 8 PM

FRI 1 8 PM

SAT 2 3 PM 8 PM

SUN

$50 premium ($40 members) $40 general ($32 members) AT IRISH ARTS CENTER 553 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019 Writer of the award-winning These Halcyon Days (IAC 2013), Moment, and Bogboy (IAC 2011), Deirdre Kinahan returns to Irish Arts Center with a new play that explores the energy and complexity of events in Ireland leading up to Easter 1916.

A blighted love story between three young friends from County Meath, Wild Sky charts how the Rising impacted a generation through the small cultural, national, and sporting movements that flourished in Ireland at the turn of the twentieth century.

Wild Sky is a Meath County Council Arts Office commission in commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising.

IRISH ARTS CENTER ON TOUR In an effort to bring art directly to the community, Irish Arts Center will travel Wild Sky to the following location: SUNDAY, APRIL 3 | 7:30 PM at Irish American Society Mineola, Irish American Center, 297 Willis Avenue, Mineola, NY 11501 More locations to come!

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THEATRE

Ireland 2016 in New York Irish American organizations in the Greater New York area have come together under the leadership of Professor Maureen Murphy of Hofstra University, to organize a rich and collaborative programme of commemorative events that will shed new light on the transatlantic context of the Easter Rising and celebrate the Irish contribution to mainstream New York and the strong Irish American community in the region. Featured events are: Official Irish Government and Irish Community Centenary Ceremony APRIL 24 | 11:30 AM – 1 PM A ceremony including the reading of the Proclamation, the laying of a wreath, a minute’s silence, flag raising, and the national anthems.

Location to be announced.

A Celebration of the Irish and New York April 24 | 1 PM – 6 PM Celebration of the Irish and New York: a very special afternoon of events featuring IrishAmerican music, dance, film, theatre, food, lectures and much more. at Pier A, 22 Battery Place, New York, NY 10004

Photos: Patrick Redmond

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THEATRE Irish Arts Center and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts present Fishamble: The New Play Company

Tiny Plays for Ireland and America

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as part of the Kennedy Center’s IRELAND 100: Celebrating a Century of Irish Arts & Culture DIRECTED BY JIM CULLETON STARRING STEVE BLOUNT, SORCHA FOX, EMMET KIRWAN, RONAN LEAHY, AND MARY MURRAY MAY 24 - 25 | 7:30 PM at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20566 Tickets at kennedy-center.org/Ireland100 THURSDAY, MAY 26 | 8 PM at Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019 $35 general / $24 members In our first partnership with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Irish Arts Center will co-present script-in-hand presentations in New York and Washington of Fishamble: The New Play Company’s Tiny Plays for Ireland and America. In celebration of the Kennedy Center’s IRELAND 100 festival, Fishamble’s acclaimed series of twenty tiny plays that portray contemporary Irish life will be accompanied by six new tiny American plays selected from an open call for submissions to honor President Kennedy’s legacy. Each selected play will represent one of six age groups/categories ranging from age 11 and up and will be read alongside plays by international best-selling novelist Maeve Binchy, National Book Award-winner Colum McCann, writers Pauline McLynn, Joseph O’Connor, and more.

“Brilliant project…really wonderful.”

–MICHAEL D. HIGGINS, PRESIDENT OF IRELAND

Introducing 6 New Tiny Plays Call for submissions for Tiny Plays for Ireland and America now through February 19 As President Kennedy’s 100th birthday approaches on May 29, 2017, the Kennedy Center invites everyone living in the United States to write an original play of 500 words or less examining his legacy as it lives on in the country today and responding to the call, “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”

Visit kennedy-center.org/Ireland100 for more information.

In 2011, Fishamble invited the citizens of Ireland to submit tiny plays capturing the challenges and joys of contemporary life. Over 1,700 plays were submitted to the company, and Fishamble produced 50 of them in Tiny Plays for Ireland, selling out Dublin’s Project Arts Centre in 2012 and 2013, and receiving great audience and critical acclaim.

IRELAND 100: Celebrating a Photo Credits: Lucy Dawson, Jean Hanff Korelitz, Steven Powell, Patrick Redmond

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THEATRE

IAC at IRELAND 100

From May 17 – June 5, the Kennedy Center presents IRELAND 100: Celebrating a Century of Irish Arts & Culture, a major festival highlighting Irish culture and its relationship to America.

Curated by Alicia Adams, Vice President of International Programming and Dance, the festival includes dozens of performances from some of Ireland’s best contemporary musicians, dancers, theater companies, writers, and more. A number of projects featured in the festival have Irish Arts Center roots, including:

MAY 20-21 | Colin Dunne’s Out of Time (U.S. premiere co-presented

by IAC at Baryshnikov Arts Center in 2011)

MAY 26-27 | Jean Butler and Neil Martin’s this is an Irish dance, co-commissioned by Irish Arts Center, Danspace Project, and Project Arts Centre

MAY 22 | Camille O’Sullivan (In Residence at Irish Arts Center 2014, returning this spring at IAC | See pg. 18)

JUNE 5 | Muldoon’s Picnic, curated and hosted by Paul Muldoon (originated at IAC in 2014)

IRELAND 100: Celebrating a Century of Irish Arts and Culture coincides with a larger global celebration commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Rising that led to Ireland’s independence.

Century of Irish Arts & Culture at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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THEATRE “Astonishing acting...

This is a high-top performance.”

- THE NEW YORK TIMES

“A physical comedian,

blessed with plastic features, and with the vocal range of a ventriloquist, Murfi makes sheep, pigs, dogs, and even bees, come to life.” – IRISH THEATRE MAGAZINE

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E R O C EN Loco and Reckless Productions

The Man In The Woman’s Shoes SPEC IAL R ENGA ETURN GEM POPU ENT BY L DEMA AR ND!

AT IRISH ARTS CENTER

FEBRUARY 24 – 28 MON

TUE

WED 24 8 PM

THU 25 8 PM

FRI 26 8 PM

SAT 27 2 PM 8 PM

SUN 28 3 PM

553 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019

$50 premium ($40 members) / $40 general ($32 members) WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY MIKEL MURFI “I think none of us is old, me heart has never been old.”

In spring 2015, our audiences fell in love with Pat Farnon, and now he’s back in the awardwinning hands of Mikel Murfi for a special return engagement.

It’s October 1978, Pope John Paul the First is not long dead, autumn is closing in and cobbler Pat Farnon has “some business” to do in town. The Man In The Woman’s Shoes follows Pat as he walks the five miles from his white cottage to town and back again. He meets unforgettable characters along the way—water diviner Huby Patterson, GAA enthusiast extraordinaire Kitsy Rainey, big voiced Casimir Marshall, and an array of farmers all named Gilmartin and Kemp.

“It’s half time, there’s a pipe band on the field and the smell of oranges all of a sudden— ah, this is the life!”

The Man In The Woman’s Shoes was originally commissioned by the Hawk’s Well Theatre in Sligo with Sligo County Council Arts Service for the Bealtaine Festival in 2012 and last year toured to venues around Ireland.

Running Time: 70 minutes

WINNER OF THE ZEBBY (IRISH WRITERS GUILD) AWARD FOR BEST THEATRE SCRIPT 2013

WINNER OF THE STEWART PARKER / BBC NORTHERN IRELAND RADIO DRAMA AWARD FOR BEST NEW PLAY 2013

SHORTLISTED FOR BEST NEW PLAY AT THE IRISH TIMES THEATRE AWARDS 2014

Master Class The Architecture and Playability of Theatre with Mikel Murfi SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28 | 5 PM At Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51st Street, New York, NY

Photo Credit: Vitaliy Piltser

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THEATRE Irish Arts Center and Baryshnikov Arts Center present

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The Corn Exchange, in association with Cusack Projects Limited

A Girl is a

Half-formed Thing APRIL 20 – 30 MON

TUE

WED 20 8 PM

THU 21 8 PM

FRI 22 8 PM

SAT 23 8 PM

26 8 PM

27 8 PM

28 8 PM

29 8 PM

30 8 PM

SUN 24 3 PM

“One of the best stage adaptations of a novel you are likely to see.”

– THE SUNDAY TIMES

$25 AT BARYSHNIKOV ARTS CENTER Jerome Robbins Theater 450 W 37th Street, New York, NY 10018

BY EIMEAR MCBRIDE

“A performance of

extraordinary courage.”

– THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE AND DIRECTED

BY ANNIE RYAN PERFORMED BY AOIFE DUFFIN

AOIFE DUFFIN WINNER OF THE STAGE AWARD FOR

The Corn Exchange, one of Ireland’s leading independent theater companies, makes its New York debut with Annie Ryan’s adaptation of the award-winning novel by Eimear McBride. The sold-out hit of the 2014 Dublin Theatre Festival and 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, A Girl is a Halfformed Thing follows, with vivid intensity and originality, the inner narrative of a girl from womb to age twenty.

ACTING EXCELLENCE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2015

In a career-defining performance, Aoife Duffin portrays a character of astonishing resilience and intelligence, determined to rise above her deprived childhood in Ireland.

Rebellious and unrelenting, with biting wit and brilliant spark, McBride writes with an urgency and honesty that “transposes effortlessly to the stage, as if this is where it belongs” (The Guardian UK).

Photo Credit: Fiona Morgan

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DANCE New York Live Arts and Irish Arts Center present Arcane Collective

Return to Absence

APRIL 14 – 16 | 7:30 PM Tickets from $15 AT NEW YORK LIVE ARTS 219 W 19th Street, New York, NY 10011 With mesmerizing concentration and an urgent kinetic dexterity, the work of Arcane Collective pushes the boundaries of conventional contemporary dance, by altering perceptions of the body, space, and time. Founded by dance artists Morleigh Steinberg and Oguri, this season Arcane Collective delves into the Samuel Beckett trilogy Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable. In reverence to Beckett, Return to Absence embodies the resonant images and wrought emotions characteristic to these remarkable stories. Constructing a fluent language of movement and environments as abstract and absurd as Beckett’s unparalleled composition of words, the dance weaves a non-linear tale of decrepit persistence and playful futility of life at the end of its tether.

“Return to Absence is a bold and beautiful production, one which is extraordinarily moving, meticulously articulated and perfectly executed.

This is a show that demands and deserves to be seen.”

– THE IRISH EXAMINER

Photo Credit: Moses Hacmon

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Masters in Collaboration X Colin Dunne Meets Nic Gareiss CONVERSATION Audiences will be welcomed into the experience for an exclusive midweek conversation.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 11 | 7:30 PM FREE PERFORMANCES MAY 14-15 | 8 PM $24 general / $20 members

Our first artists’ residency began in 2008, and the acclaimed Masters in Collaboration series returns for its tenth iteration breaking more new ground, pairing two IAC favorites: the iconic and innovative Irish dance legend Colin Dunne (Riverdance, Dancing on Dangerous Ground, Out of Time) and the thrilling, expressive percussive dancer Nic Gareiss (This is How we Fly).

Over a week-long residency, Colin and Nic will collaborate as dancers and choreographers, developing new work, inviting audiences into some of their most intimate and surprising moments in the creative process.

AT IRISH ARTS CENTER 553 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019

Colin Dunne is a leading figure in the world of traditional Irish dance. Perhaps best

known internationally for his performances and choreography in Riverdance and Dancing on Dangerous Ground, he has been forging a new creative path since his time as artist in residence at University of Limerick where he completed an MA in contemporary dance in 2002. Since then he has worked as an independent performer, choreographer, and teacher.

“For Colin Dunne—one-time Riverdance performer— tradition is something to be carefully maintained…But that doesn’t mean he can’t deconstruct step dancing and put it together again in his own inimitable fashion.” –THE IRISH TIMES

Nic Gareiss is a Michigan-born dancer, musician, and dance researcher. His choreographic

work re-imagines movement as a musical activity, recasting dance as medium that appeals to both eyes and ears. Gareiss draws from many percussive dance traditions to weave together a dance technique facilitating his love of improvisation, traditional dance footwork vocabulary, and musical collaboration. Nic holds a degree in Anthropology from Central Michigan University and a MA in Ethnochoreology from the University of Limerick.

“The human epitome of the unbearable lightness of being...the most inventive and expressive step dancer on the scene.” –THE IRISH TIMES

Launched by Irish Arts Center in 2008, the Masters in Collaboration series fosters artistic partnerships outside the pressures of the marketplace in an effort to stimulate creativity, reward risk, and awaken a dynamic conversation across genres, generations, and geographies. Past series have included Paul Brady with Sarah Siskind, Andy Irvine with John Doyle, Bill Whelan with Athena Tergis, Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill with Gregory Harrington, Iarla Ó Lionáird with Ivan Goff, Seamus Begley with Joanie Madden, Karan Casey with Aoife O’Donovan, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh with Cleek Schrey, and Dana Lyn with Louis de Paor.

Photo Credit: Maurice Gunning

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DANCE Abrons Arts Center in association with Irish Arts Center presents Travelogues:

Colin Gee and Angie Smalis MAY 6 – 8 MON

TUE

WED

THU

FRI SAT 6 7 7:30 PM 7:30 PM

AT ABRONS ARTS CENTER Experimental Theatre 466 Grand Street, New York, NY 10002 $20

SUN 8 3 PM

Colin Gee and Angie Smalis appear in two distinct works as part of Abrons’ Travelogues dance series curated by Laurie Uprichard.

Chaplet of Roses (2014) is drawn from a 15th century fragmentary tapestry from the Netherlands, “Honor Making a Chaplet of Roses,” featuring an allegory of courtly love told through the simultaneous action of four characters. Created in Ireland, the work explores a contemporary interpretation of the allegory as a notion of individual and community morality, by framing shifts between public and private life.

They Go Out in Joy (2016), is a series of performance portraits drawn from photographs of Irish emigrants taken just prior to their departure from Cobh, Ireland in the 1920’s, when Cobh was the major port of emigration. Set against the background of present day Cobh, Gee and Smalis portray all the roles, shifting between the public and private lives of each persona at a single moment of pause—imagining what has just happened or is about to happen.

TICKETS AT ABRONSARTSCENTER.ORG OR 866-811-4111

Photo Credit: Robin Parmar

Dance Research Forum Ireland 6th International Conference: UpRising JUNE 23 – 26 Presented by Dance Research Forum Ireland in partnership with New York University’s Tisch Dance, Tisch Performance Studies, Steinhardt Dance Education, Glucksman Ireland House, and Irish Arts Center Dance has always been a site for revolutionary ideas in motion.

To commemorate the centennial of Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising, Dance Research Forum Ireland (DRFI)—in partnership with New York University’s Tisch Dance, Tisch Performance Studies, Steinhardt Dance Education, Glucksman Ireland House, and Irish Arts Center— invites participation in its 6th biennial conference. This interdisciplinary conference aims to explore themes related to rebellion in terms of movement and performativity.

For more information, visit danceresearchforumireland.org.

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Dance Research ForumIreland Ireland Dance Research Forum Fóram Taighde Rince hÉireann Fóram Taighde Rince nanahÉireann

MUSIC “A bold new-music interpreter and the violist of choice among downtown ensembles.”

– THE NEW YORK TIMES ON NADIA SIORTA

Symphony Space in association with Irish Arts Center and Q2 Music presents

Donnacha Dennehy’s Tessellatum As part of Nadia Sirota’s Fuse Project Residency at Symphony Space

Featuring Nadia Sirota (viola), Liam Byrne (viol), Viol Consort, Nico Muhly, and Valgeir Sigurðsson from Bedroom Community FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 | 8 PM Tickets from $25 AT SYMPHONY SPACE 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY 10025

Described by Pitchfork as “a one-woman contemporary-classical commissioning machine,” violist Nadia Sirota is best known for her singular sound, expressive execution, and inspiring collaborations. After her weeklong residency featuring performances and conversations, Sirota’s Fuse Project culminates with a world premiere of Tessellatum, an ambitious piece for viola, viol consort, and electronics by Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy (co-commissioned by Symphony

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Space), as well as pieces by members of the Bedroom Community, including American contemporary classical music composer Nico Muhly and Icelandic musician Valgeir Sigurðsson.

A spark is generated. A fuse is lit. A melding occurs. The creative process around new work is imbued with an infectious and inspiring spirit, and the Fuse Project harnesses this spirit as Symphony Space presents works that are pushing the boundaries of innovation across genres.

With support from the Isaiah Sheffer Fund for New Initiatives

Photo Credit: Sophie Elbrick

“A winning combination…musically ambitious…thoughtfully performed.”

– THE IRISH TIMES

FEATURING LOUISE HOLDEN, VOCALS DAVE HOLDEN, VOCALS AND GUITAR ADRIAN HART, FIDDLE COLIN DERHAM, BANJO KANRAD LIDDY, DOUBLE BASS

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19 | 7 PM & 9 PM $20 general / $16 members AT IRISH ARTS CENTER 553 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019 Top Dublin country/folk band I Draw Slow returns to Irish Arts Center to perform songs from their newly released White Wave Chapel album, rooted in the style of the Appalachian Mountains, traditional Irish music, and modern Americana.

Drawing favorable comparisons with Gillian Welch and Alison Krauss, I Draw Slow tell dark tales of dark and light, of debauchery and love, of trouble and joy, swinging from the kind of well-crafted melodies that survive.

And with the haunting tone of Louise’s voice, these fiddle-fused harmonies are sure to become firm favorites with their growing fan base at home and abroad.

Photo Credit: Dara Munnis

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MUSIC

Celtic Appalachian 5th Annual

Celebration

Pre-St. Patrick’s Day Concert Featuring Old Time American, Country, and Bluegrass Music with Irish Influences

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MUSIC SATURDAY, MARCH 12 | 8 PM Premium Orchestra Seats: $60 Rear Orchestra: $50 general / $40 members Balcony: $40 general / $32 members / $25 students AT SYMPHONY SPACE Peter Jay Sharp Theatre 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY 10025 Featuring Mick Moloney and The Green Fields of America Athena Tergis (fiddle), Billy McComiskey (button accordion), Jerry O’Sullivan (uilleann pipes and whistle), Brendan Dolan (piano), Niall O’Leary (dancer) The High Ridge Ramblers Dave Bing (fiddle, banjo), Andrew Dunlap, and Mark Payne With Special Guests The Murphy Beds Eamon O’Leary and Jefferson Hamer & Shannon Dunne (sean-nós/set dancer) and Megan Downes (step dancer) Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, the legendary folklorist, bandleader, and National Heritage Award-winner Mick Moloney leads a talented cast of world musicians, singers, and dancers in our fifth annual Celtic Appalachian celebration.

The High Ridge Ramblers’ West Virginian mountain blend of banjo, fiddle, and guitar will showcase the beauty, history, and fun-loving nature of Appalachia with twisty mountain tunes, early bluegrass ballads, old-time songs, and hard-driving fiddle tunes.

Anchored by the beloved Green Fields of America—one of the nation’s best-known and longest running Irish American groups—the evening includes songs from traditional and original folk duet Murphy Beds, and rhythmic steps from dancers Shannon Dunne and Megan Downes for a rousing tribute to the thriving Irish and Appalachian musical traditions.

Photo Credits: Erin Baiano, Anna Colliton, Tom Pinch

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SongLives MUSIC

Curated by Grammy Award-winner Susan McKeown

SongLives showcases some of Ireland and North America’s most exciting contemporary singer-songwriters, working on an intimate and personal scale, bringing the rich tradition of busking on Dublin’s Grafton Street and beyond to New York City.

AT IRISH ARTS CENTER 553 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019 $18 general / $14 members

Gráinne Holland and Barry Kerr THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 | 8 PM

“Gráinne’s voice soars and swoops and glides like a swallow in the sublime Irish summer sky.” –DAMIEN DEMPSEY “Barry’s talents are many, not only is he one of Ireland’s most accomplished traditional musicians, he is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and painter.”

–FOLK RADIO UK

Luan Parle with Mickey Coleman FRIDAY, MAY 20 | 8 PM

“Luan Parle combines a glossy blend of contemporary/alt. country, folk, pop & rock.

With her wonderful stage presence and obvious talent Parle could well be the next big star.” – THE HOT PRESS “On the road to becoming one of the great folk singers both in Ireland and here in the states...Brilliant.” –FANREALM.COM ON MICKEY COLEMAN

Vocalist, songwriter, TV presenter, and producer Gráinne Holland is known as a traditional artist but this performance will feature her original songs of her experience growing up in the north, and fellow northerner Barry Kerr, one of Ireland’s most accomplished traditional musicians, will showcase songs from his most recent album Boy in a Boat.

Meteor award-winner for Best Irish Female Luan Parle will be accompanied by Clive Barnes. Opening for Parle is former GAA all-Ireland medalist and folk singer Mickey Coleman.

Sean Millar with Patrick Freeman

We/Or/Me with Vincent Cross

THURSDAY, MARCH 10 | 8 PM

“Millar is half Leonard Cohen and half Jarvis Cocker...Ireland’s Best Lyricist.” –RTÉ GUIDE “Patrick Freeman catches your ears with the superbly toned melodic purr of all three tracks on his ‘Perfect Fit’ EP.” –THE IRISH TIMES

Composer, songwriter, performer Sean, also known as Doctor Millar, will perform with Brian Fleming (who specializes in the West African djembe). Opening for Doctor Millar is New York born guitarist and songwriter Patrick Freeman.

FRIDAY, JUNE 10 | 8 PM

“Gorgeous…emotionally wrenching…delicate melodies and heartbreaking narratives...Reminiscent of Bert Jansch or Leonard Cohen.”

–ROBIN HILTON, NPR, ALL SONGS CONSIDERED ON WE/OR/ME

“He writes narrative songs he sings beautifully and wonderfully arranges, with traditional bluegrass instruments.” –MOORS MAGAZINE ON VINCENT CROSS We/Or/Me is the musical alias of Chicago-based Bahhaj Taherzadeh, quite possibly the world’s only Persian-Irish singer/songwriter. Opening for We/Or/Me is folk and old-time musician Vincent Cross.

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“Ravishing...superb performer.” – GUARDIAN

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“Hypnotic.” – INDEPENDENT One of Ireland’s most profoundly moving and thrilling musical performers, the unforgettable Camille O’Sullivan returns to Irish Arts Center for a special encore engagement with pianist Feargal Murray and her band.

O’Sullivan’s dramatic and theatrical interpretations of songs by Jacques Brel, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, David Bowie, Radiohead, and more have stunned audiences and won her awards and fans around the world. Her appearances have included Sydney Opera House, Royal Festival Hall, La Clique, and Royal Albert Hall in London. Sexy and fierce, amusing and mesmerizing, O’Sullivan transforms every song into an emotional, theatrical experience.

Photo Credits: Erin Baiano

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Open the Door for Three SATURDAY, MAY 7 | 8 PM $24 general / $20 members AT IRISH ARTS CENTER 553 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019 Featuring LIZ KNOWLES, FIDDLE KIERAN O’HARE, UILLEANN PIPES, WHISTLE/FLUTE PAT BROADERS, BOUZOUKI, VOCALS Taking their name from an old Irish slip jig, fiddler Liz Knowles, uilleann piper Kieran O’Hare, and singer/bouzouki player Pat Broaders have formed a powerful, well-traveled seasoned trio.

These three have distinguished themselves over the last two decades as mainstays of the Irish music scene here and abroad, having played with Riverdance, Cherish the Ladies, Secret Garden, Anúna, The String Sisters,The New York Pops, pop-artists Don Henley, Paula Cole, Bonnie Raitt, and Josh Groban and have played some interesting venues including a rainforest in Malaysia, a bullring in Mallorca, China, and South America.

Their concert features unearthed tunes, new arrangements of great songs, homages to the musicians and bands they grew up listening to, and the signature sound of a trio of good friends playing great music together.

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Photo Credits: Alison Grasso

David Power and Willie Kelly WEDNESDAY, MAY 25 | 8 PM $30 general / $24 members AT IRISH ARTS CENTER 553 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019 “...the open wail of uilleann pipes played by David Power which beautifully establishes the central opposition of inner pain and public fantasy!” –THE NEW YORK TIMES “The sheer breadth of expression captured by Waterford piper David Power...will be enough to stop many listeners in their tracks.” –THE IRISH TIMES The sound of the uilleann pipes evokes an avalanche of emotions: sadness and joy, love and longing, nostalgia and regret, and the abundant talent and technical prowess of David Power (Masters of Tradition, IAC 2014) kindles all of them within a virtuosic and sensitive musicality that is rarely heard. A special one-night only engagement with the acclaimed traditional fiddler Willie Kelly, this is a rare chance to hear icons of traditional Irish music in the intimate setting of our Donaghy Theatre where you will literally feel every note.

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WORDS & MUSIC

Soundings: Holy Trinity Hosted by Dylan Haskins & Lisa Hannigan with Special Guests “A pair of erudite, witty London–based Dubliners” (The Telegraph), the dynamic young Irish broadcaster Dylan Haskins and acclaimed singer-songwriter Lisa Hannigan put a contemporary twist on the age-old Irish spirit of conversation, storytelling, and song with a series of live talk show/podcasts in iconic locations throughout New York City.

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Equal parts curious, serious, and hilarious, Soundings Holy Trinity makes its U.S. debut in New York City with Irish Arts Center after sell-out shows all over the UK and Ireland. An eclectic mix of guests will join Dylan and Lisa for a “holy trinity” of stories to inspire, alarm, and humor, with musical interludes.

Visit irishartscenter.org for up to date information on dates and lineups and learn more at soundingspod.com.

Twinsome Minds:

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Recovering 1916 in Images and Stories TUESDAY, MARCH 22 | 7:30 PM $20 general / $16 members

AT IRISH ARTS CENTER 553 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019

Performed by Richard Kearney and Sheila Gallagher With original music composed and performed by Dana Lyn Through an interplay of storytelling, animation, music, and poetry, Twinsome Minds—which takes its title from a phrase in the novel Finnegans Wake—re-imagines a series of micronarratives surrounding 1916 in Dublin and the WWI battlefields of Belgium. The stories and images of eclipsed history concentrate on twinned pairs—family members, neighbors, school friends, lovers—who ended up on opposite sides during this time of great upheaval in BritishIrish relations. The various scenes explore crossings of memory and imagination, anecdote and legend, history and myth—as well as loyalty and love.

Performed and created by philosopher Richard Kearney and moving images multi-media artist Sheila Gallagher, Twinsome Minds: Recovering 1916 mines what is often lost behind official historical accounts and acts of commemoration, and proposes a transformative work of interpreting the Rising for a new generation.

Commissioned by The Abbey Theatre, Dublin

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WORDS & MUSIC

Muldoon’s Picnic An omnium-gatherum of words and music Hosted by Paul Muldoon, with house band Rogue Oliphant AT IRISH ARTS CENTER 553 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019 $30 premium ($24 members) / $25 general ($20 members)

Pulitzer Prize-winning Irish poet, New Yorker Poetry Editor, and pop music lyricist Paul Muldoon returns for his fourth season of monthly words-and-music jamborees, joined by his house band Rogue Oliphant and as always a stunning lineup of worldclass special guests from across the spectrum of music and literature. Some of the most special and surprising moments in our season happen at the Picnic so book your tickets early for this “only in New York” experience.

Photo Credits: Jean Hanff Korelitz

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WORDS & MUSIC MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8 | 7:30 PM Glenn Patterson is a Northern Irish-born author most recognized for his 1999 novel, The International, which is set in Belfast just before the onset of the Troubles. His other works include Fat Lad, Number 5, That Which Was, and The Third Party. He was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.

Miracles of Modern Science create “pop that sounds like something new” (Wired) with just violin, cello, mandolin, drums, and a double basswielding singer. The Brooklyn band combines a classically inspired passion for counterpoint and structure with offbeat pop hooks and witty lyrics. Their albums Dog Year (2011), MEEMS (2013), and Mean Dreams (2015) have won praise from NPR, The Guardian, and Consequence of Sound, while their crafty music videos have tallied millions of views on YouTube.

Salman Rushdie is the author of twelve novels, including Grimus, Midnight’s Children (for which he won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker) and one collection of short stories: East, West; four works of nonfiction; and coeditor of two anthologies, Mirrorwork and Best American Short Stories 2008. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University. A former president of American PEN, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature.

“Okay, it’s not actually a picnic but a

MONDAY, MARCH 14 | 7:30 PM Laurie Anderson is an American performance artist, composer, and musician who plays violin and keyboards and sings in a variety of experimental music and art rock styles. Anderson’s genre-crossing work encompasses everything from film and music to writing, photography, and sculpture. Infused with her hallucinatory language, she weaves in eloquent leitmotifs and brilliantly conceived tangents to create a uniquely satisfying meta-narrative addressing universal themes in the vernacular of the commonplace.

Timothy Donnelly is an American poet and author of two books of poetry, Twentyseven Props for a Production of Eine Lebenszeit, and The Cloud Corporation. He is an assistant professor and director of undergraduate creative writing at Columbia University, as well as the poetry editor for Boston Review.

Mark Mulcahy is an American musician and former frontman for the New Haven, Connecticutbased band Miracle Legion in the 1980s to mid-1990s.

When the band disbanded, Mulcahy soon formed Polaris; a house band for the mid-1990s alternative television series The Adventures of Pete & Pete. Mulcahy is currently working on his solo career today via his own label Mezzotint.com.

MONDAY, APRIL 11 | 7:30 PM Anne Enright is the internationally acclaimed, Booker Prize-winning author of The Gathering and Ireland’s inaugural Laureate for Fiction. Lauded for her “razor-sharp” prose (New York Times Book Review), Enright is a master of the contemporary novel, unparalleled in her “beautiful, subtle examination of intimacy” (Wall Street Journal) in the modern world. Her most recent book is The Green Road.

A.M. Homes is the author of the novels This Book Will Save Your Life, Music For Touching, The End of Alice, In a Country of Mothers, and Jack; the short-story collections Things You Should Know and The Safety of Objects; the bestselling memoir The Mistress’s Daughter; a travel memoir, Los Angeles: People, Places and The Castle on the Hill; and the artist’s book Appendix A. Yusef Komunyakaa is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and professor at New York University. He received wide recognition following the 1984 publication of Copacetic, a jazz-influenced collection of poems drawing on colloquial speech. In 1994, he claimed the Pulitzer Prize and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for his Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems.

Cait O’Riordan was a founding member and bass player for the London-Irish punk/folk band The Pogues, and currently enjoys a successful solo career. She played bass guitar for The Pogues from 1983 to 1986, and later played with Elvis Costello, as well as on several other projects.

music-and-literature extravaganza.”

– TIME OUT NEW YORK

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LITERATURE & HUMANITIES “Immersive, unflinching yet humane…richly nuanced and utterly absorbing.” – THE GUARDIAN “There is a simply not a false note anywhere in Tender…a work rich with wisdom, truth and beauty.” – THE IRISH TIMES “This is writing of a very high order.” – THE SUNDAY TIMES

Belinda McKeon in conversation with Joseph O’Neill (author of The Dog and Netherland) TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16 | 7:30 PM $12 general / $10 members Free for Young Patron ($125) members and higher

AT IRISH ARTS CENTER 553 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019

Belinda McKeon, the award-winning author of Solace (2011) and IAC PoetryFest co-curator, launches her second novel, Tender, a searing story of friendship, sexuality, and obsession, set in 1990s Dublin at a time of dramatic social and political change. Published in 2015 in Ireland and the UK to glowing reviews, Tender has just been shortlisted for the Novel of the Year award at the Irish Book Awards and was a Book Expo America Buzz Book for 2015.

Photo Credit: Aengus Woods

SHORTLISTED FOR

NOVEL OF THE YEAR IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2015

“Baume’s brilliantly vivid descriptions of both man and beast and their isolated existence mark her out as a true literary talent.” – THE IRISH TIMES “True artists are those, such as Baume, who intuitively understand what to give away and what to keep.” – SUNDAY TIMES

Debut Voices with Sara TUESDAY, MARCH 8 | 7:30 PM FREE

Baume

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Our third season of Debut Voices kicks off with a reading from one of the most intriguing new voices in Irish literature, Sara Baume.

Poignant, perceptive, and powerfully lyrical, Baume’s award-winning debut novel Spill Simmer Falter Wither opens in the springtime as two misfits—one an eccentric loner and the other a one-eyed dog—forge an unlikely relationship. In a tired seaside town, these outcasts find solace in each other. Part Kjersti Skomsvold, part Patrick McCabe, Spill Simmer Falter Wither is a wholly different kind of love story, one that spans the four seasons echoed in the novel’s title. Written with tremendous empathy and insight, Baume’s debut captures the incremental destructive essence of loneliness, and confirms the talent so emphatically acknowledged by the astounding hat trick of prizes.

Previous Debut Voices authors include Johanna Lane, author of Black Lake; Darragh McKeon, author of All That Is Solid Melts Into Air; Eimear McBride, author of A Girl Is A Half-formed Thing; and Colin Barrett, author of Young Skins

WINNER OF 2014 DAVY BYRNE’S SHORT STORY AWARD 2015 ROONEY PRIZE FOR IRISH LITERATURE 2015 HENNESSY NEW IRISH WRITER AWARD

SHORTLISTED FOR 2015 COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD LONGLISTED FOR 2015 GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD

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N O M I N AT E D F O R 2015 SUNDAY INDEPENDENT NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR AWARD

LITERATURE & HUMANITIES “It’s one thing to read [Murphy’s] haunting words. It’s quite another to experience them jump off the page as they are read on stage. There are tears. But there is laughter and great humour too…a very unique cross between a book reading, and a theatrical experience.”

–THE IRISH EXAMINER

The Quartet:

Stories, Poetry, and Dreams Featuring author Michael Murphy and his RTÉ friends MARCH 15–16 | 7:30 PM $20 general / $16 members

AT IRISH ARTS CENTER 553 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019

For forty-five years Michael Murphy presented the news on RTÉ, Ireland’s national broadcaster, where he made friends with four esteemed colleagues, also newsreaders: Eamonn Lawlor (RTÉ European Correspondent), Eimer O’Kelly (Sunday Independent columnist), Eileen Dunne (Nine O’Clock News presenter), and Ciana Campbell (former RTÉ reporter and Ennis Book Club Festival founder). They called themselves “The Quartet” and would meet every few months for joyful get-togethers over dinner in each other’s homes.

Years later, these five extraordinary newsreaders reunited to bring together their voices and stories on stage for a most unusual and inspiring event that has entertained and moved audiences across Ireland—and now comes to our Donaghy Theatre for a special engagement.

Assuming the characters in Murphy’s books, At Five in the Afternoon: My Battle with Male Cancer, The House of Pure Being, and his best-selling collections of poetry The Republic of Love and Chaplet of Roses, the quartet share deeply insightful reflections on love and sex, friendship and family, and celebrate the happy though fragile human spirit triumphing against the odds.

“Michael Cunningham writes some of the most beautiful prose in contemporary American fiction.” –THE DAILY BEAST

Michael Cunningham in conversation with BBC host and Booker Prize judge Frank Delaney As part of Pen, Paper, and Palate | Presented in association with Ruda Beresford Dauphin MONDAY, APRIL 18 | 7:30 PM $12 general / $10 members Free for Young Patrons ($125) members and higher

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Widely praised as one of the most gifted writers of his time, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham joins Frank Delaney in what will be an insightful and lively discussion about his celebrated writing career.

Cunningham is the author of the novels A Home at the End of the World, Flesh and Blood, the PEN/Faulkner and Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Hours (adapted into the major motion picture), The Snow Queen, Specimen Days, and By Nightfall, as well as the non-fiction book, Land’s End: A Walk in Provincetown. His new book is A Wild Swan and Other Tales (illustrated

by Yuko Shimizu) transforms the fairy tales of our childhoods into stories of sublime revelation.

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LITERATURE & HUMANITIES “[Enright’s] style is as sharp and brilliant as Joan Didion’s, and the scope of her understanding is as wide as Alice Munro’s...Her vision of Ireland is as brave and original as Edna O’Brien’s.” –COLM TÓIBÍN

Louise Erdrich and Anne Enright Presented by 92Y and Irish Arts Center THURSDAY, MAY 12 | 8 PM Tickets from $24 ($15 tickets available to those age 35 & under)

AT 92ND STREET Y 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10128

Join us as two of the most significant writers today read from their new novels at 92Y Unterberg Poetry Center. The Booker Prize-winning author and inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction Anne Enright shares a story of fracture and family, selfishness and compassion in The Green Road.

The National Book Award-winning author and the Pulitzer Prize nominee Louise Erdrich reads from her new novel LaRose, an emotionally haunting contemporary tale of a tragic accident, a demand for justice, and a profound act of atonement with ancient roots in indigenous culture.

Photo Credit: Hugh Chaloner

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“A revealing and breathtaking account about what happened to John F. Kennedy’s Patrol Torpedo boat 109, and the famous war story’s engrossing aftermath.” –JAMES PATTERSON

William Doyle TUESDAY, JUNE 7 | 7:30 PM $12 general / $10 members Free for Young Patrons ($125) members and higher

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William Doyle reads from PT 109: An American Epic of War, Survival, and the Destiny of John F. Kennedy, the extraordinary World War II story of shipwreck and survival that paved John F. Kennedy’s path to power – hailed as a “breathtaking account” by James Patterson, “masterfully written” by historian Douglas Brinkley, and “the finest book” ever written on the subject by Lt. Commander William Liebenow, the man who rescued JFK and the PT 109 crew in August 1943.

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Bloomsday on Broadway X X X V Co-produced by Symphony Space and Irish Arts Center THURSDAY, JUNE 16 | 7 PM $26 general / $21 members $15 Groups and 30 & Under (with valid ID)

AT SYMPHONY SPACE 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY 10025

Bloomsday on Broadway XXXV is Symphony Space’s 35th annual tribute to the life, love, and language of James Joyce’s timeless prose. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the publication of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. TICKETS AT SYMPHONYSPACE.ORG OR 212-864-5400

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VISUAL ARTS

A Group Exhibition, led by artist Andrew Duggan Featuring works from Jazmin Chiodi & Alexandre Iseli, Andrew Duggan (& Siobhán Dempsey), Olwen Fouéré (& Kevin Abosch), Anthony Haughey, Frances Hegarty & Andrew Stones, Nigel Rolfe, and John Scott Visual artist Andrew Duggan’s project, PROCLAMATION, showcases new lens-based and moving-image works by leading figures in Irish visual art, dance, and performance, engaging with the Centenary of the 1916 Rising.

The Proclamation of the Irish Republic read outside the Dublin General Post Office at the time of the 1916 Easter Rising has become iconic in the history of the Irish state. The new works offer contemporary artistic responses to notions of place, language, citizenship, and identity to which the 1916 proclamation may seem to lay claim.

P R O C L A M AT I O N FEBRUARY 22 – MAY 28 Each artist’s work will be presented as single video projections at the Irish Arts Center Gallery for a two week duration.

AT IRISH ARTS CENTER 553 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019

Andrew Duggan is an Irish artist whose video works, installations and curatorial projects explore the complex relationships between self, memory, and place. Together with photographer Siobhán Dempsey they create arresting film works finding new connections between constructed or imagined spaces and trace histories.

Based in Ireland, Jazmin Chiodi and Alexandre Iseli are co-founders and directors of Iseli-Chiodi Dance Company, dedicated to contemporary dance creation and collaboration with other artists. They are also founders and directors of the international festival Tipperary Dance Platform.

Olwen Fouéré is an actor, director, and creative artist. In collaboration with the film maker Kevin Abosch, she will present Cassandra: fragments of a playscript written

by Anne Enright and filmed in the corridors of IMMA Earlsfort Terrace during the presentation of Cassandra’s Necklace by Alice Maher in 2012.

Artist Talk & Reception, and schedule to be announced on irishartscenter.org

Anthony Haughey is an artist and a lecturer in the Dublin Institute of Technology. Recent exhibitions include Uncovering History, Kuunsthaus Graz, Excavation, Limerick City Gallery and Making History, Colombo Art Biennale. Throughout 2016 he will produce a series of artist and curatorial projects exploring the nation state and contemporary modes of citizenship.

Frances Hegarty (Ireland) and Andrew Stones (UK) have worked collaboratively since presenting the multi-site neon work “For Dublin” in 1998. Their video work for PROCLAMATION is drawn from an ongoing project that explores the significance and status, today, of a plot of family land in County Donegal.

Nigel Rolfe is recognized as a seminal figure in performance art, in its history and among current world practitioners.

John Scott is a Dublin choreographer and founder of Irish Modern Dance Theatre, with the aim of creating, commissioning and expanding dance experience in Ireland.

Supported by Culture Ireland as part of the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme

Photo Credits: Kevin Abosch, Maggie Doyle

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FILM

Films from Ireland Be among the first to enjoy the latest films from Ireland or catch up on features you missed with our diverse film program celebrating the best of Irish and Irish American film. Dig deeper during post-film talk-backs with directors and casts, enjoy Q&A sessions, panel discussions, meet-and-greets, and more.

AT IRISH ARTS CENTER 553 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019

Fortune’s Wheel

Presented by Irish Arts Center and Irish Film Institute TUESDAY, MAY 17 | 7 PM DIRECTED BY JOE LEE $12 general / $10 members / Free for Young Patrons ($125) members and higher Fortune’s Wheel brings to life the remarkable, implausible story of Bill Stephens, an ordinary young Dubliner in the 1950s with an extraordinary ambition: to become an international circus star as a lion tamer.

The documentary tells the love story about Bill and his young, beautiful wife Mai, from East Wall.

Their double act, “Jungle Capers, Bill Stephens and Lovely Partner,” was a series of deathdefying feats with a troupe of lions and dogs designed to thrill audiences in the circus tent and on the theatre stage. With this act they hoped to move to the United States, but things went terribly wrong when, in November 1951, one of their animals escaped. The story gained national and international attention and also set in train a series of events that would lead to tragedy. It is only now—after 60 years of both myth making and silence—that two families and a community have come together to tell the story in full. 76 minutes, Ireland, 2015 Film Fleadh Foundation (Craic Fest) and Cuala 2016 present

Craic LGBT

as part of the Cuala 2016 Irish Independence 100 year celebration SATURDAY, MAY 21 | 6 PM Stella Artois Pre-reception | 6 PM – 7 PM Screening | 7 PM – 9 PM Post-show Reception | 9 PM – 10:30 PM FREE Craic LGBT Festival is held in conjunction with Dublin’s GAZE film festival. Enjoy some of the best of LGBT short films with some of the filmmakers in attendance.

Sponsored by Castle Brands, Inc, Clontarf Whiskey & Jefferson Bourbon

A Doctor’s Sword Presented by Irish Arts Center and Irish Film Institute TUESDAY, JUNE 14 | 7 PM DIRECTED BY GARY LENNON $12 general / $10 members / Free for Young Patrons ($125) members and higher Dr. Aidan MacCarthy’s WWII survival story is simply incredible: He survived Dunkirk and the fall of Singapore; he spent four years as a POW and was just a few hundred meters from the atomic bomb in Nagasaki.

From the Ashes of Nagasaki Dr. McCarthy was given a sword by a Japanese officer but its provenance was shrouded in mystery. This documentary follows his daughter Nicola as she sets off to find the family of the sword giver. She discovers much more about her father and his remarkable story of resilience and bravery from both the Allied and Japanese sides. Recreated through animation, this is a story of survival, forgiveness, and how humanity can scale the highest heights. 70 minutes, Ireland, 2015

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Sundays at Seven

COMEDY

Curated by hosts Fiona Walsh and Ann Design SUNDAYS, MARCH 20, MAY 22, JUNE 12 | 7 PM $12 general / $10 members Free for Young Patrons ($125) members and higher AT IRISH ARTS CENTER 553 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019 New York City’s longest-running monthly comedy show features some of the best upand-coming comics and established comics on the scene today, including headliners from HBO, Comedy Central, Letterman, Conan O’Brien, and more. With an ever-changing lineup of storytellers and standups, each Sunday is guaranteed to be unpredictable, original, and hilarious in equal measure.

Past performers of Sundays at Seven include Jim Gaffigan, Colin Quinn, Eddie Brill, Susan Prekel, Maureen Langan, Myk Kaplan, Anthony Rapp and many more!

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EDUCATION

Féile na Gaeilge / Irish Language Day Voices of the Gaeltacht SUNDAY, APRIL 17 | 12:30 PM – 6:30 PM $35 general / $28 members / $20 students and seniors AT IRISH ARTS CENTER 553 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019

Come celebrate the Irish language with the Irish Arts Center!

Voices of the Gaeltacht are inherently unique. Voice is a medium through which we express ourselves and our personality. It is this use of a language which is preserved to this day in the Gaeltachts of Ireland (districts in Ireland where Gaelic is spoken as a daily language) that we celebrate during Féile na Gaeilge, IAC’s annual Irish Language Day. Meet other fellow language enthusiasts and explore the voices of the Gaeltacht through education, literature, and storytelling, with an awareness of the traditional Gaelic speaker at its heart.

Visit irishartscenter.org for a detailed schedule.

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CHILDREN’S EVENTS

Saturday Morning Car toons SATURDAYS, FEBRUARY 6, JUNE 4 | 11 AM – 1 PM $5 per person Free for Junior Joyce & Family Circle members AT IRISH ARTS CENTER 553 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019 Whether you grew up watching classic Hanna Barbera or spent your Saturday mornings with the Snorks, we all remember those comfy, cozy mornings in front of the TV with our favorite cartoons. Relive that tradition with your kids! Come in pajamas, grab some pancakes, and snuggle up on the Donaghy Theatre stage to enjoy the best feature films, TV shows, and short films from some of the leading Irish animation companies, including Cartoon Saloon (Puffin Rock), Geronimo Productions (Planet Cosmo, Nelly and Nora), Kavaleer Productions (Wildernuts), and more.

Púca Party FRIDAY, MARCH 4 | 3 PM – 3:45 PM FREE

AT NYPL COLUMBUS BRANCH LIBRARY 742 10th Avenue, New York, NY 10019

Irish Arts Center visits our neighbors at the NYPL Columbus Branch Library to celebrate Irish culture and literature inspired by the Irish trickster fairy.

A phantom fairy, this mythic creature is well documented in classic literature, including the works of Irish poet and playwright W. B. Yeats, Irish novelist and playwright Flann O’Brien, and English playwright William Shakespeare. We will explore their mischievous and quick-witted ways in an interactive story session, followed by a mask-making activity.

Photo Credit: Darial Sneed

Sheila Agnew: Reading and Workshop “Agnew gives Evie an engaging balance of sarcasm, vulnerability, and humour...

Readers [will] be clamoring for another Evie book…” —PUBLISHER WEEKLY “An enjoyable, light read that will particularly draw in animal lovers.” —SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL SATURDAY, APRIL 2 | 11 AM

AT IRISH ARTS CENTER

Ages 9 and up

553 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019

FREE Join us for a special afternoon celebrating writer Sheila Agnew’s tenacious, brave, and funny Evie Brooks character with a reading and creative writing workshop for children.

Evie is a likeable narrator, prone to making mistakes, yet genuinely caring about people even as she attempts to diffuse difficult situations with humor. In both novels, Evie has personal problems to cope with along the way, ranging from moving homes; the dynamics of family relationships; the changes of a friend becoming part of a couple; her own musings about her feelings for a boy; and more. In an interactive and enjoyable workshop, children will focus on the creation and building of their own characters.

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Shortlisted for the Irish Literary Association’s CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2015 Marooned in Manhattan

An Irish Times BEST CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014 Central Park Showdown

CHILDREN’S EVENTS

Afternoon Ar t Party This series is designed to provide children with the chance to interact with IAC artists and performers, while taking part in the creative process. Activities and events will relate to the artistic programs we present, offering the chance for parents to expand the Irish Arts Center experience for their children.

AT IRISH ARTS CENTER 553 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019

Traditional Song Exploration & Songwriting with Carrie Erving

Story Picnic with Yvonne Cassidy

SATURDAY, MARCH 5 | 11 AM – 1 PM

SATURDAY, MAY 7 | 11 AM – 2 PM

Ages 9 and up

Ages 8 – 10

$25 general / $20 members

$40 general / $32 members Ticket price includes one adult and one child

A Family Workshop

Children will work with SongLives performer, IAC instructor, and Ponyhof lead singer Carrie Erving to craft their own songs. Working in groups, children will explore the structure of traditional Irish songs, and cultivate their creativity together to create, record, and design the art for an original short song. Songs will be made available online after the workshop.

Led by Irish novelist and IAC instructor Yvonne Cassidy, parents and children will participate in a warm, rich, and meaningful family workshop creating, sharing, and binding an original story, focusing individually on a favorite memory or event. All stories will be shared over a storytelling picnic, and then illustrated by each parent-child pair. Bring your mom, dad, sibling, grandparent, aunt, uncle—whoever is family to you—and come away with a magical book to share with friends old and new.

TICKETS AT IRISHARTSCENTER.ORG OR 866-811-4111

Photo Credit: Silpa Sadhujan

Stomp and Shout Music & Creative Play Presented by Stomp and Shout New York in association with Irish Arts Center THURSDAYS, MARCH 24 – MAY 19 | 10 AM – 10:45 AM | 11 AM – 11:45 AM *Please note there will be no class on April 21

8 Week Term $215 general / $193.50 members Drop-in $30 Price includes one child and one adult AT IRISH ARTS CENTER 553 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019 Ages 8 months - 4 years

“I have never seen my 15 month old so engaged and happy. Fun for adults too!”

–KELLI M (MOM TO JACK)

“I was completely blown away at the level of engagement and excitement my kids (age 2) had for the class and I attribute this to the energy of the instructor and the song/activity choices.”

–LAURA (MOM TO ADALEE & BRENNAN)

At the center of a Stomp and Shout New York class is music! Music makes your child smart.

It helps develop language skills, develops self-esteem, develops listening and math skills, and gives us an amazing foundation to explore using our big beautiful imaginations. We’ll go on adventures, move our bodies in cool kid ways, imagine ourselves as different people, make stories sing, jam out on our instruments. Our classes challenge both you and your child to play and engage in imaginative ways. Our goal is to provide an arts foundation for your family so that you can continue to sing, play, and create for years to come.

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NEIGHBORHOOD & COMMUNITY

St. Pat’s for All Benefit FRIDAY, MARCH 4 | 6 PM – 10 PM AT IRISH ARTS CENTER 553 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019 Irish Arts Center hosts the St. Pat’s For All Benefit Concert—the annual fundraiser in support of the inclusive St. Pat’s For All Parade which takes place in Sunnyside/ Woodside on Sunday, March 6th. Performers include Brian Fleming, Niall O’Leary School of Dance, Honor Molloy, Malachy McCourt, and Tony Demarco.

For more information, visit stpatsforall.com.

Annual St. Patrick’s

Open Day We open our doors to celebrate Ireland’s national holiday!

SUNDAY, MARCH 13 | 12 PM – 4 PM FREE AT IRISH ARTS CENTER 553 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019 This St. Patrick’s weekend explore and engage in a free day of Irish arts and culture. Learn to play the tin whistle, speak Irish with our talented instructors, play music with Stomp and Shout New York, practice your football skills with Manhattan Gaels, enjoy all new crafts, and sip tea with friends old and new.

For all ages!

Photos: Vitaliy Piltser

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NEIGHBORHOOD & COMMUNITY 6th Annual Irish Arts Center

Book Day 2016 Presented by Irish Arts Center in association with the New York City Council A citywide celebration of Irish literature THURSDAY, MARCH 17 | 7 AM UNTIL THE BOOKS RUN OUT! FREE “This is a lovely way to remind everybody that the Irish are known for their literature.”

– THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Dozens of volunteers join us as we take to the streets to celebrate literature and literacy on St. Patrick’s Day, sharing thousands of free books by some of the most celebrated writers in Ireland and Irish America to New Yorkers across all five boroughs.

Find out where to enjoy a free book from our Twitter feed (#IACBookDay) and Facebook page.

GET INVOLVED! For book donation and sponsorship opportunities promoting this day of literacy and Irish culture, contact Rachael Gilkey at Rachael@irishartscenter.org. For volunteer opportunities, contact volunteer@irishartscenter.org.

Special thanks to all our generous donors who help make our free programming possible: Michael Arad, Dan Barry, Gina and David Boonshoft, Nancy Boszhardt, Loretta Brennan Glucksman, Robin Brinn, Ray Condon, Aidan Conlon, Kristine Covillo Lynch, Clare Anne Darragh, Kate and Bob Devlin, Rick Dickson, Fiona Dineen, Jim Donaghy, Patrick and Tamara Dowd, John G. Duffy, Brian Flynn, Charles Garland, Gary Ginsberg, Ram and Aruna Gupta, Michele Holcomb, Anna and Joe Houlihan, Eric Javier, David and Rosie Turner, Eileen and Kevin Keane, Kathie Kelly, John Kilcullen, Ling-Hu Kramer, Breanne Madigan, Jose Marques, Sheila and Gene McCarthy, Joe McCartin, Michael and Erin McEvoy, Kieran McLoughlin, Stephen Meahl, Edward and Betty Merrigan, Eoin Moriarty, Veronica Munoz, John and Patricia Nallen, Kelly Nallen, Jimmy Neary, Una M. Neary, Charlie O’Connor, Fred Oliveira, Mary Lou and Joe Quinlan, Jim Quinn, Tom Smallman, Debbie and Lou Terlizzi, The Irish Institute, Inc. Photo Credit: Amanda Gentile

15th Annual

Irish Dance Festival Curated by Niall O’Leary TCRG, ADCRG

A start-of-summer tradition for the whole family to enjoy!

SUNDAY, MAY 1 | 1 PM - 7 PM FREE AT RIVERSIDE PARK SOUTH Pier I at W 68th Street, New York, NY 10023 Our annual outdoor celebration of Irish dance kicks off the Summer-on-the Hudson series with traditional dance from notable professional and student talent from around the region. Audiences can immerse themselves in Irish arts and culture with participatory workshops, music sessions, language lessons, and dance classes for all ages, among many other offerings.

The evening ends with a lively céilí set to live music for all!

Photos Credits: Vitaliy Piltser, Darial Sneed

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EDUCATION

Master Classes

The Architecture and Playability of Theatre with Mikel Murfi

As in Th seen The e Man In Wom Sho an’s es

Back by Popular Demand in an Extended Version!

No previous directing or acting experience necessary; interest in theatre and in directing required. Participants will be expected to take part as actors in the workshop.

In this lecture/demonstration writer, actor, and director Mikel Murfi talks about his work and influences with particular reference to his recent works with writer/director Enda Walsh and designer Sabine Dargent. He also examines the nature of creativity and talks about his practice as a director—the techniques he uses to help actors create more freely, to prepare them for the rehearsal room. It’s a fluid, wide-ranging discussion followed by a question and answer session and maybe even some participation.

Mikel Murfi is an actor, writer, director based in Ireland. He trained in Ecole Jacques Lecoq, Paris and is a certified teacher of the Lecoq pedagogy. His work with Enda Walsh on The Walworth Farce, The New Electric Ballroom, Penelope, Misterman and most recently Ballyturk has been a particularly fruitful. The works all been presented by St Ann’s Warehouse, Brooklyn. The New York Times said of his direction of The Walworth Farce that you “feel that you’ve walked in on a Hibernian Three Stooges routine, directed by a drunken Dadaist.”

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28 | 5 PM - 7:30 PM $56 general / $45 members, students, and seniors

Irish Film Club with Dónall Ó Héalai

This class is designed for anyone interested in the Irish language, and its use in contemporary visual media, in Irish film, and minority language broadcasting. These classes will afford participants a novel opportunity to increase their knowledge of the language, as well as learn the historical and contextual significance of Irish film today in a fun and social environment. The beginner-intermediate class is meant for students with minimal prior experience with the Irish Language and the intermediate-advanced class is meant for more advanced students or fluent speakers of the Irish Language.

Two Levels!

BEGINNERS-INTERMEDIATE: SATURDAY, MARCH 5 | 5 PM - 9 PM INTERMEDIATE-ADVANCED: SUNDAY, MARCH 6 | 5 PM - 9 PM $45 general / $35 members, students, and seniors

Transforming the Space: Physical Theatre and Ensemble Improvisation

As A Gir seen in l form is a Ha lfed T hing

with Annie Ryan, founder of Dublin’s multi-award-winning company, The Corn Exchange This intensive workshop is designed for performers and facilitators to introduce the principles of transformation of space, time and character through physical theatre and ensemble improvisation. It will cover group theatre games, improvisation skills, character building, and work toward building story through location and object.

Annie Ryan is the director and adaptor of A Girl is a Half-formed Thing and founder of Dublin’s multi-award-winning company, The Corn Exchange. Grounded in ensemble practice, the company’s work builds story from deep collaboration with performers to find the journey from the body into character and into the transforming space.

SATURDAY, APRIL 23 | 2 PM - 5 PM $56 general / $45 members, students, and seniors

Irish Dance with Colin Dunne

As s e Ma en in Coll sters in abo ratio nX

This class, led by award-winning dancer and choreographer Colin Dunne, will have a strong focus on musicality, finding a sense of flow in movement and rhythm, and an emphasis on losing tension in the upper body.

SUNDAY, MAY 8 | 2 PM - 4:30 PM $70 general / $60 members, students, and seniors

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Classes at a Glance Monday

4-5 PM 5-6 PM 6-7 PM 6-7 PM 6-7 PM 6:30-8 PM 7-8 PM 7-8 PM 7-8 PM 7-9 PM 8-9:30 PM 8-9 PM 8-9 PM 8-9 PM 9-10 PM

Tuesday 6-7 PM 6-7 PM 7-8 PM 7-8 PM 7-8 PM 8-9 PM 8-9 PM

Wednesday 6:30-7:30 PM 6:30-7:30 PM 6:30-8 PM 6:30-8 PM 7-8 PM 7-9 PM 7:30-8:30 PM 7:30-8:30 PM 8-9 PM 8-9 PM 8-9:30 PM 8:30-9:30 PM

Thursday

6-7 PM 6:30-7:30 PM 7-8 PM 7-9 PM 7-9 PM 7:30-9:30 PM 8-9 PM 9-10 PM

Introductory Step Dance for Kids | Beginner Soft Shoe Introductory Step Dance for Kids | Beginner Hard Shoe Step Dance I: Beginners (Section A) Tin Whistle I: Introduction Fiddle I: Absolute Beginners (Section A) Irish Language I: Introduction Tin Whistle II: Advanced Beginners Fiddle IV: Intermediate Step Dance II: Intermediate Guitar for Traditional Irish Accompaniment Irish Language II: Beginners Fiddle I: Absolute Beginners (Section B) Tin Whistle III: Intermediate Céilí Dance Set Dance

Fiddle V: Advanced Bodhrán I: Introduction Fiddle III: Advanced Beginners Bodhrán II: Advanced Beginners Concertina: Beginners/Basic Fiddle II: Beginners Tin Whistle IV: Advanced

Meet Our Teachers Dónall Ó Héalai is an actor by trade and teaches Irish Language Television and Film at the Irish Arts Center. His class is about Irish language broadcasting and its history and gives students a taste of what is being made today in the Irish language. He has a First Class Honors Degree from the University of Maynooth in Modern Irish Language. He trained with teachers from the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York, and is a recent graduate of the Factory Screen Acting Program. He has appeared in several short movies, television and film, having made his first on-screen appearance at the age of 19 in the popular Irish TV show Aifric.

How did you get started with the Irish language?

I grew up in Indreabhán, in Connemara, Co. Galway, which is kind of in the heart of the Gaelteacht. Both my mother and my father are native speakers.

Celtic Harp II: Exploring Melody, Chords, and Rhythm ModERIN: Irish Dance Basics with a Modern Twist Irish Language III: Advanced Beginners Irish Language V: Advanced Traditional Irish Singing Level II Creative Writing Step Dance I: Beginners (Section B) Celtic Harp I: Introduction Tae agus Comhrá (Tea and Conversation) Traditional Irish Singing for Beginners Irish Language IV: Intermediate Hard Shoe Irish Step Dancing

Irish Banjo I: Introduction Bagpipes: Traditional Irish Music for Kids Irish Banjo II: Intermediate Elements of Playwriting Devising Theater: Exploring Irish-American Identity Bagpipes: Traditional Irish Music on the Piob Mhor Irish Mandolin I: Introduction Irish Mandolin II: Intermediate

Button Accordion will return in Fall 2016.

Please email jessie@irishartscenter.org for more information.

EDUCATION

If you could only watch two movies for the rest of your life, what would they be?

True Romance. I just love that film. I love the performances in that film. And Taxi Driver.

Is there a difference in the way you approach an Englishspeaking acting role versus an Irish-speaking role?

Psychologically, it’s always the same: we’re all humans. It would always come from the human point of view. At the end of the day, you’re kind of portraying humanity.

What is the best part of living in New York? Opportunity is the best part of living in New York. Opportunity to experience such a wide range of cultures, food, music, people, literature, film… the world at your doorstep. I look at festivals and so much work comes from New York. The grind that it is to live here, to exist here, creates some kind of a well that you can draw on creatively.

What is the worst part of living in New York?

Rats.

What would you say the best movie for an Irish language beginner would be?

There’s a great short movie, about ten or twelve minutes long: Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom (Yu Ming Is My Name). It’s about a Chinese man who decides to learn Irish, and wants to come and visit Ireland, and speak the Irish that he’s learned and he gets to Dublin and no one can understand him and some people even think he’s speaking Chinese. And the reason I feel it’s really good for beginners is, firstly, it’s a really clever story, secondly, it’s really funny and endearing and thirdly, it kind of depicts or portrays where the Irish language is today in Ireland.

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EDUCATION MUSIC

SPRING TERM starts the week of April 11th, 2016 Celtic Harp

The Celtic harp produces a lush, beautiful sound that many people find soothing and relaxing. Be inspired and learn to play this wonderful instrument.

Celtic Harp I: Introduction Mia Theodoratus Wednesday, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM $170 general / $140 members

Fiddle

Playing the Irish fiddle releases the pure beauty and vast emotional depths of traditional Irish music. Master the instrument by taking all 5 levels.

Fiddle I: Absolute Beginners Two Class Times!

James Cleveland (Section A) Monday, 6 PM – 7 PM (Section B) Monday, 8 PM – 9 PM $145 general / $115 members Fiddle II: Beginners Caitlin Warbelow, Tuesday, 8 PM – 9 PM $170 general / $140 members Fiddle III: Advanced Beginners Caitlin Warbelow, Tuesday, 7 PM – 8 PM $170 general / $140 members Fiddle IV: Intermediate James Cleveland, Monday, 7 PM – 8 PM $170 general / $140 members Fiddle V: Advanced Caitlin Warbelow, Tuesday, 6 PM – 7 PM $170 general / $140 members

Guitar

Guitars are recognized the world over and used in all types of musical settings.

This class will teach guitar in relation to accompanying Irish music.

Guitar for Traditional Irish Accompaniment Peadar Ó hÍcí with guest teachers, Four sessions at 2 hours, Monday, 7 PM – 9 PM $170 general / $140 members

Celtic Harp II: Exploring Melody, Chords, and Rhythm Mia Theodoratus Wednesday, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM $170 general / $140 members

Bodhrán

Learn to accompany jigs, reels, and other types of Celtic music with a strong, compelling rhythmic beat.

Bodhrán I: Introduction Siobhan Egan, Tuesday, 6 PM – 7 PM $145 general / $115 members Bodhrán II: Advanced Beginners Siobhan Egan, Tuesday, 7 PM – 8 PM $170 general / $140 members

Tin Whistle

The tin whistle is an easily accessible instrument and an integral part of Irish traditional music. Carry it everywhere!

Tin Whistle I: Introduction Christina Dolphin, Monday, 6 PM – 7 PM $145 general / $115 members Tin Whistle II: Advanced Beginners Christina Dolphin, Monday, 7 PM – 8 PM $170 general / $140 members Tin Whistle III: Intermediate Christina Dolphin, Monday, 8 PM – 9 PM $170 general / $140 members

Bagpipes

Learn traditional Irish piping on the practice chanter.

Bagpipes: Traditional Irish Music on the Piob Mhor Tom Downes, Thursday, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM $145 general / $115 members

Irish Banjo

Learn a full range of Irish banjo techniques along with various regional styles.

Irish Banjo I: Introduction Paddy Glynn, Thursday, 6 PM – 7 PM $145 general / $115 members Irish Banjo II: Intermediate Paddy Glynn, Thursday, 7 PM – 8 PM $145 general / $115 members

Irish Mandolin

Get the feel, pulse, and flow of Irish music on the mandolin used widely in Celtic, bluegrass, and folk styles.

Irish Mandolin I: Introduction Paddy Glynn, Thursday, 8 PM – 9 PM $145 general / $115 members Irish Mandolin II: Intermediate Paddy Glynn, Thursday, 9 PM – 10 PM $145 general / $115 members

Voice and Song

Discover Ireland through the beauty of traditional songs. Songs will be in both Irish and in English and from the distinctive regions of Ireland.

Traditional Irish Singing for Beginners Carrie Erving, Wednesday, 8 PM – 9 PM $175 general / $145 members Traditional Irish Singing Level II Carrie Erving, Wednesday, 7 PM – 8 PM $175 general / $145 members

Tin Whistle IV: Advanced Siobhan Egan, Tuesday, 8 PM – 9 PM $170 general / $140 members

Concertina

The concertina is a free-reed instrument.

Learn to play a few tunes on this small cousin of the Accordion.

Concertina: Beginners/Basic Douglas Barr, Tuesday, 7 PM – 8 PM $170 general / $140 members

All music classes require an instrument. For information about instrument rentals and purchases please visit irishartscenter.org.

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EDUCATION

Photos Credit: Darial Sneed

DANCE

IRISH LANGUAGE

THEATER ARTS

Step Dance I: Beginners (Section A) Note: Two different class times and locations!

Betty Sheehan, TCRG, Monday, 6 PM – 7 PM $145 general / $115 members

Irish Language I: Introduction Frances Mulraney, Monday, 6:30 PM – 8 PM $120 general / $90 members

Devising Theater: Exploring Irish-American Identity Michael Curtin, Thursday, 7 PM – 9 PM $175 general / $145 members

Walk in with two left feet, and walk out the door knowing at least 2 reels, 2 jigs, and maybe a slip jig or two.

Step Dance I: Beginners (Section B) Note: Two different class times and locations!

Laura Neese, Wednesday, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM $145 general / $115 members Step Dance II: Intermediate Betty Sheehan, TCRG, Monday, 7 PM – 8 PM $145 general / $115 members Céilí Dance Betty Sheehan, TCRG, Monday, 8 PM – 9 PM $145 general / $115 members Set Dance Dan Hunt Monday, 9 PM – 10 PM $120 general / $90 members ModERIN: Irish Dance Basics with a Modern Twist with Darrah Carr Dance Laura Neese, Wednesday, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM $145 general / $115 members Hard Shoe Irish Step Dancing Laura Neese, Wednesday, 8:30 PM – 9:30 PM $145 general / $115 members

Learn to speak as Gaeilge, or improve your current knowledge of the Irish language and impress your friends and family.

“Theater was created to tell the truth about life and the social situation.” - Stella Adler

Irish Language II: Beginners Frances Mulraney, Monday, 8 PM – 9:30 PM $170 general / $140 members Irish Language III: Advanced Beginners Teacher TBA, Wednesday, 6:30 PM – 8 PM $170 general / $140 members Irish Language IV: Intermediate Teacher TBA, Wednesday, 8 PM – 9:30 PM $170 general /$140 members Irish Language V: Advanced Paul Ferris, Wednesday, 6:30 PM – 8 PM $170 general / $140 members Tae Agus Comhrá (Tea and Conversation) Led by Paul Ferris Wednesday, 8 PM – 9 PM FREE

Literary Arts

“A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave.” – Oscar Wilde Creative Writing Yvonne Cassidy, (6 Sessions), Wednesday, 7 PM – 9 PM $180 general / $150 members

CHILDREN’S CLASSES Introductory Step Dance Niall O’Leary, TCRG, ADCRG Meets every Monday starting January 4th, 2016 (except holidays) Monday, 4 PM – 5 PM | Beginner Soft Shoe Monday, 5 PM – 6 PM | Beginner Hard Shoe Annual registration fee $30 Rolling Enrollment / Per class fee: $13 This class runs year round.

Bagpipes: Traditional Irish Music for Kids Tom Downes, Thursday, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM $145 general / $115 members

Elements of Playwriting Honor Molloy and Joseph Goodrich, Thursday, 7 PM – 9 PM $180 general / $150 members

For course descriptions and locations, please visit irishartscenter.org.

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For Your Visit

In the Heart of Hell’s Kitchen

How to Book Tickets

Getting to IAC

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Irish Arts Center 553 West 51st Street (between 10th & 11th Avenues) New York, NY 10019

Ticket Collection All tickets for IAC events are Will Call only. Tickets can be picked up from the box office from 60 minutes before the show.

Late Seating Policy Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the House Manager and some performances may have no late seating. Please aim to arrive at least 15 minutes before the performance, allowing extra time for traffic, public transportation delays, and parking.

Wait-List Policy Wait-list tickets for sold-out events at Irish Arts Center may be available on a first-come, first-served basis starting 60 minutes before performance start time and in person only at the IAC Box Office (limit 2 tickets per person; subject to availability).

Refunds IAC Members will be granted day-of-show ticket exchanges whenever possible and subject to availability. All other tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable.

Booking Fees Some tickets are subject to booking fees which helps us deliver a superior customer experience. Booking fees are waived for IAC members.

Make it a Night Out

If you’re in the mood to hang out in the area before or after the show, one of our favorite haunts for a glass of wine or a cup of coffee is Tanner Smith’s, where IAC members enjoy a 20% discount. Missing out? Save on IAC events and classes, get invited to exclusive members only parties, and enjoy yummy treats at Tanner Smith’s by becoming an IAC member today. See pages 41–42 for details.

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Photo Credit: Amanda Gentile

Irish Arts Center is easily accessible by public transit and car, and is within one hour from almost anywhere in the Greater New York Metropolitan area.

Subway C/E to 50th St, 1 to 50th St, or N/R to 49th.

Bus The M31, M11, and M50 buses all make stops nearby.

Car There are parking garages on 51st St between 10th and 11th Ave and between 11th and 12th Ave.

Contact Us 212-757-3318 info@irishartscenter.org Office Hours: Monday-Friday 10 AM – 6 PM

Gift Cards Give the gift of Irish arts and culture and let someone you love enjoy Irish events all year round! Buy an Irish Arts Center E-Gift Card online at irishartscenter.org, and let them choose their ideal outing with a range of offerings from theatre, music, dance, talks and readings, comedy, film, children’s events, and more!

SPECIAL EVENTS

As a member of the Irish Arts Center community, you help us accomplish so much. You give artists a home to create and innovate, and you expand the hearts and minds of audiences, exposing New Yorkers of all ages to dynamic Irish arts and culture.

Please join us at our upcoming special events and celebrate with likeminded friends who care about investing in Ireland and her cultural legacy, and having a great time while doing so.

Show Your Love FEBRUARY 18

Enjoy a lovely evening with Irish Arts Center’s incredible group of young professionals at our Park Avenue Penthouse Party.

Spring Cocktails MAY/JUNE 2016

Our late spring cocktail party is an intimate gathering with special guests in a private home for our most dedicated supporters.

Annual Golf Outing MAY/JUNE 2016

Enjoy a spirited day on the greens in support of Irish Arts Center.

We always love to welcome new members to our Golf Committee!

Spirit of Ireland Gala OCTOBER 14

On Friday, October 14th, we will host our 17th Annual Spirit of Ireland Gala hosted by Irish Arts Center Honorary Chairs, Gabriel Byrne and Liam Neeson.

To learn more about these events and how they support our work, please call Adam Lamberg, Development Officer at 212-757-3318 x222 or adam@irishartscenter.org.

Photo Credits: Ben Asen, Nuala Purcell, Richard Jopson

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With gratitude to all the donors and members whose generosity keeps Irish arts and culture thriving

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Jeanne Achille Acon Construction Aer Lingus Marco Aurelio Aguirre Cobos Carolyn and Andrew Albstein Katherine Ali Ruth Fernandez and Todd Allen Allied Building Products Corp.

April Alliston Denisse Alvarado Mildred Alvarez Jared Amatuzzo American Ireland Fund American Irish Teachers’ Association, Inc. Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP Marc Anello Maryna Angel Anheuser-Busch Michael Arad Arts Council of Northern Ireland Ashford Stud Joan Bader Ambassador Elizabeth Bagley Lynn Bailey William Baines James Balog Banc Café LaShonda Barnett Mary Trinity and Dan Barry Francis Barry Jennifer Barry Mary Elizabeth Bartholomew Beacon Consulting Group Marian Begley Margaret Beirne Kate Belanger Froma and Andrew Benerofe Sean Benson Carol Bernheim Susan Bernstein Conor Berry Edward J. Berry Sinead Birdy Courtney and Andrew Bisset Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP Bloomberg Philanthropies BNY Mellon Petra Boden Ann and Patrick Boland Mary Boland Edward P. Boles Kiera Bono Gina and David Boonshoft Diane Loughran and Seth Bornstein Nancy Boszhardt Noreen Bowden Dympna Bowles Deirdre Boyd Mandy and Declan Bracken Megan Bradley Patrick Bradley Judith Bradshaw Monica Brady Patrick Brady Sean T. Brady Bridget Bray Colette Breen Eugene Breheny Elaine Brennan Mary B. Brennan Loretta Brennan Glucksman Caroline and Andy Breslin Moira Breslin Tessa and Declan Breslin Margaret and Michael Brewster Kat Bride Bridgewater Associates, L.P Robin Brinn Vincent Bristol British Council Northern Ireland Livia Brode Virginia and Kevin Brooks Noreen Brosnan Brophy Brothers Wholesalers Jennifer Brown Karen Brown Sharon Browne Emerson Bruns Jill Bruzga Mary Buchholz

Anne Marie Buckley James Buckley Lauren Budd Dr. James V. Burke Simon Burke Oona Burke-Sullivan Rich Burt Irene Byrne Ohl Christopher Byrnes Bridget and James Cagney Brigid Cahalan John Cahill Karen and Jerry Callaghan Michael Callaghan Gretchen and Patrick Callaghan James Callanan Laura Canning William M. Cantwell Capital One Jeff Carey Jane Carlin Toni Carlo Sean Carlson Chris Carney Stephanie Carney Manske Darrah Carr Donie Carroll Michael Carroll Barbara Carswell Cinthia Carton Caroline and Mike Carty Elizabeth and Mike Carty Jr. Dr. William Casey Michael Casey Stella Cashman Amy Cassello Castle Construction Ellen Cava-Haag CCS Celtic Building Supplies Cement & Concrete Workers Local 18A Lois Chiarello Valerie Cihylik John Clancy Kathleen Chopin and Colm Clancy Paula and Donal Clancy Thomas Clancy Merry Clark Marie and James Clarke Margaret Clifford Ned Cloonan Caroline Coburn Cock & Bull British Pub and Eatery Barbara Codd Anne and Sean Coffey Paul Coghlan Seth Cogswell Michael Cohen Mary and Jim Coleman Maureen Coleman Pat Comaskey Commodore Construction Corp.

Claire and Ray Condon Claire Conlon Ronan Conlon Sinead Conlon Deirdre Connolly Michael Connor Kerry Conroy Nicole Conroy Claire Conway Cynthia and Dean Conway Megan Conway Mary Coogan Anne E. Cosgrove Barbara Costello Philomena Cottrell Audrey and Fergus Coughlan Peter Coughlin Kristine Covillo Lynch Gerardine Cox William Cox Aishling Coyne Edmond Creed John Creed Brona Crehan Louise Crowley Patricia Crowley James Cruz-Brown Bernadette Cullen

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MEMBERSHIP

Show Your Love for Join hundreds of other members and support the future of Irish arts & culture in America while receiving great benefits.

Irish Arts Center members enjoy exclusive benefits including discounts, advanced booking for great shows, invitations to special events, and savings on ticketing fees.

Student / Individual

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• A $30 discount on class registration fees for the year • A 20% discount on all regularly scheduled Irish Arts Center events for one • A 20% discount at neighborhood bars & restaurants

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All the benefits of a Student/Individual membership plus: • Invitations to other Young Patron events to meet and network at concerts, theatre productions, and more • Free admission for one to all film, Sundays at Seven, and literature events at the IAC

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All the benefits of a Student/Individual membership, free admission for one to all film, Sundays at Seven, and literature events at IAC PLUS • A complimentary pair of tickets to a performance of your choice • A signed copy of work by an IAC featured author or musician

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“We must look ahead to the next 100 years and ask ourselves how we will sustain Ireland and Irish America’s evolving story and incredible cultural legacy. How are we ensuring that we give voice to the next Wilde, Synge, Joyce, or Heaney; provide a stage for the next Beckett, O’Neill, or O’Rowe to emerge; offer a platform for artistic innovators like Hayes, Cahill, and Ó Raghallaigh; and create the home for future generations to come together and celebrate their heritage?” –GABRIEL BYRNE

Returns February 18, 2016 At Mutual of America

An exclusive group of patrons who are invested in promoting and preserving the rich cultural heritage of Ireland and Irish America. Claddagh Circle members provide critical support for the Center’s acclaimed programming and enjoy special program recognition opportunities and invitations to intimate, exclusive events.

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• 10% off Stomp and Shout 8 week term

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• 10% off Stomp and Shout 8 week term • 20% discount on Afternoon Art Parties, 20% discount on all IAC programming, and $30 discount on kids class registration • A pen pal based in Ireland* • Backstage access to select Irish Arts Center events and artists • Free admission to Saturday Morning Cartoons *We are currently working with a school in Ireland to find suitable pen pals.

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Cover | Artists in order from top left, L-R: Sheila Agnew, Donnacha Dennehy (credit Sophie Elbrick), Jean Butler (credit John Midgley), student (photo credit Amanda Gentile), Olwen Fouéré (credit Kevin Abosch), Dylan Haskins, Lisa Hannigan, Mick Moloney (credit Amanda Gentile), Belinda McKeon (credit Aengus Woods), Nic Gareiss, Camille O’Sullivan (credit Erin Baiano), Colin Dunne (credit Maurice Gunning), Caitriona Ennis (credit Patrick Redmond), David Power, Aoife Duffin (credit Richie Gilligan), Paul Muldoon, Sara Baume (credit Thomas Langdon), Salman Rushdie, Annie Ryan, Lenwood O. Sloan (credit Erin Baiano), Anne Enright (credit Hugh Chaloner), Dónall Ó Héalai, Cait O’Riordan, Michael Murphy, Deirdre Kinahan, Jim Culleton (credit Patrick Redmond), Gráinne Holland, Andres Corchero, Paola (credit Amanda Gentile), Mikel Murfi (credit Hugh O’Conor)

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Additional support for the IAC16 season has been provided by Culture Ireland as part of the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme; The American Ireland Fund; the McCann Family Foundation; Howard Gilman Foundation; Tourism Ireland; Bloomberg Philanthropies; and thousands of generous donors like you.