“The Center is taking a larger place in a world where borders and allegiances are less important than a common humanity and triumph of the human spirit”
IRISH VOICE
Photo credit: Albert Vecerka/ESTO
clockwise from top left: Joshua Burnside (Nathan Magee); Patricia Hurl, The Company Wife
2023 (Denis Mortell Photography); Samuel Beckett’s Endgame (Ros Kavanagh).
(Patricio
Capowski), Andy Irvine (Béla Kása).
“Afro-Celtic
music is not only possible— it runs in my veins. Celebrating this incredibly important part of my heritage and musicmaking is central to my identity.”
ARTURO O’FARRILL
The Grammy-winning composer and bandleader Arturo O’Farrill led a three-night exploration of Afro-Latin and Irish traditional music with his 18-piece Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra and special guests Heather Bixler and David Bixler.
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After a research and development residency at IAC in 2022, choreographer John Scott and composer and musician Mel Mercier, with support from Patricia Lent of Merce Cunningham Trust, brought together nine international dance and music artists for the world premiere of Begin Anywhere in our JL Greene Theatre, followed by an Irish tour in Dublin, Cork, and Limerick.
“Staged as a radio news show, [Colin] Murphy’s play is as insightful as it is funny—and it’s chillingly resonant in our current climate. The United States vs Ulysses reminds us that we must cherish—and protect—our beliefs in liberty of thought [and] the uncensored exchange of ideas.”
Photo credit: Nir Arieli
Colum McCann joined moderator Dan Barry in conversation at the U.S. launch of his latest novel, Twist, and a “terrific, shapeshifting” (The Irish Times) cast brought Colin Murphy’s The United States vs Ulysses to life at its North American premiere.
I am here & I am unwaiting, the artist Paul Hughes’s building-wide retrospective, spanned the breadth and height of Irish Arts Center.
Photo credits: Stephanie Powell
( I am here & I am unwaiting ), Ohad Kab (Ye Vagabonds)
“Semi-secretly one of the finest music rooms in the city”
WILL HERMES, MUSIC WRITER
RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Award winners
Ye Vagabonds packed two nights of standing-room concerts.
At our annual Luncheon Celebrating the Women of Irish Arts, we honored three extraordinary individuals whose work and leadership continue to shape and inspire our global community: Margaret Crotty, public health leader and chair of Northwell Health; Siobhán McSweeney, acclaimed stage and screen actor best known as Sister Michael on Derry Girls; and Margaret Brennan, chief foreign affairs correspondent for CBS News and moderator of Face the Nation.
Multi-award-winning writer Caoilinn Hughes celebrated the paperback launch of her novel The Alternatives with a soldout evening in our library.
THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE
“It’s
a delight to perform at Irish Arts Center. Wonderful staff, passionate audiences—there is heart in every corner of the building.”
CLARE BARRETT ACTOR
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The United States vs Ulysses
Endgame
By Samuel Beckett
Directed by Garry Hynes
Featuring Bosco Hogan, Aaron Monaghan, Marie Mullen, and Rory Nolan
In their 50th anniversary year, the legendary Irish theatre company Druid returns to New York with a masterpiece from the Irish theatrical canon. Irish Arts Center is thrilled to present their production of Samuel Beckett’s Endgame.
“Any New York visit by the Druid Theatre Company of Galway is an event not to be missed”
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Photo credit: Colm Hogan (Druid Lane)
Endgame By Samuel Beckett
Directed by Garry Hynes
A Druid production
Featuring Bosco Hogan, Aaron Monaghan, Marie Mullen, and Rory Nolan
October 22–November 23
For more info: irishartscenter.org
Endgame is the tragicomic tale of a man living with his parents and his servant in a world beyond time and place. With nowhere to go and not much to do, they spend their days telling stories and contemplating the absurdity of life.
Directed by Garry Hynes, the first woman to win the Tony Award for Best Director.
Presented with generous sponsorship support from the Jerome L. Greene Foundation. Additional generous support provided by Culture Ireland and The Brandt Jackson Foundation. Further support from season partner Tourism Ireland, Howard Gilman Foundation, the Shubert Foundation, the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc., and Alan Klein.
The Brandt Jackson Foundation
The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation Alan Klein
“Druid’s exquisite production brings a lightness of step to Beckett’s indestructible tragicomedy”
THE IRISH TIMES
Photo credit: Ros Kavanagh
The Druid production of Endgame was supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, Smurfit Westrock, University of Galway, and Galway City Council.
MUSIC
“Irish Arts Center is a huge influence on the work I do as an artist and as an activist. To see commitment to culture and artistic expression be the guiding light of an institution, and to see that commitment change the physical course of New York history, makes it possible for us to imagine the possibilities!”
ARTURO O’FARRILL GRAMMY-WINNING MUSICIAN
An Evening with Andy Irvine
“One of the great musicians of the Irish folk scene”
THE GUARDIAN
“[Irvine’s] contribution and influence will be long lauded when the rest of us are long gone”
RTÉ
October 4–5
For more info: irishartscenter.org
From Sweeney’s Men in the ’60s and Planxty in the ’70s, to his famed duo with Paul Brady and work with Patrick Street, Mozaik, LAPD and Usher’s Island, Andy Irvine has been a world music pioneer and icon of traditional music. The “often copied, never equalled” (The Irish Times) legend performs two solo shows on his first U.S. tour in nearly a decade.
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Julianne Rouquette
Café Concert Series Joshua Burnside
Monday, November 10
For more info: irishartscenter.org
The Belfast folk singer-songwriter and veteran of SXSW, Glastonbury, and Electric Picnic is our season’s featured artist.
Photo credit: Nathan Magee
Live Music in the Devlin Café
Traditional Irish Sessions
Friday, September 19
Friday, October 17
Friday, December 12
Irish Arts Center hosts local traditional musicians and audience members alike at our popular session nights! Admission is free, and each evening will kick off with a slow session for beginners led by IAC fiddle teacher James Cleveland.
Big City Folk Song Club
Thursday, September 18
Thursday, October 2
Monday, November 17
Hosted by critically acclaimed Irish songwriter Niall Connolly, Big City Folk Song Club is one of the best places in NYC to hear new music, counting Lana Del Rey, Anaïs Mitchell, Lucius, Mundy, Mick Flannery, Susan O’Neill, and hundreds more among its past performers.
For more info: irishartscenter.org
DANCE
“ IAC nurtures us as artists to create our best and bravest work .”
JOHN SCOTT CHOREOGRAPHER
Begin Anywhere
Luail — Ireland’s National Dance Company Activating Archive Residency
Following 2024’s inaugural program, Luail partners with Irish Arts Center, Jacob’s Pillow, and the Irish World Academy at University of Limerick to support a new cross-Atlantic residency for an artist based in Ireland to explore dance archives across genres and locations. The 2025 artist-in-residence will travel to Jacob’s Pillow in October, IAC in November, and UL in December.
Presented in association with the National Dance Archive of Ireland, Our Steps New York, and the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
LITERATURE, HUMANITIES & FILM
“IAC offers a wild privilege for Irish writers to reach a new family of readers in the U.S.”
CAOILINN HUGHES
AUTHOR
Photo credit: Fiona Farrell
“There’s an openness, an inclusivity, a distinct lack of God-almightyness, that makes reading [McBride’s work] such a pleasure”
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Eimear McBride
“Brilliantly rule-breaking fiction”
THE GUARDIAN
The City Changes Its Face
Thursday, September 18
For more info: irishartscenter.org
It’s 1995. Outside their grimy window, the city rushes by. But in the flat there is only Stephen and Eily. Their bodies, the tangled sheets. Unpacked boxes stacked in the kitchen and the total obsession of new love. But eighteen months later, they face a reckoning for all that’s been left unspoken—emotions, secrets and ambitions. Tonight, if they are to find one another again, what must be said aloud?
The award-winning author of A Girl is a Half-formed Thing discusses her latest novel—as dark, transgressive, and stylistically exciting as anything she’s written—with author Megan Nolan.
William Keohane Boxing Day
Thursday, December 4
Following its 2022 debut at Belfast’s Ulster Museum and a 20-location UK and European tour, William Keohane’s Boxing Day, a series of 52 poems exploring transition, confinement, and time, comes to IAC as a satellite event to our 16th annual PoetryFest. The Boxing Day performance is a year of a life—condensed into an hour of time, a poem for each week—in which Keohane interrogates the relationship between the poet and audience and offers a fragmentary glimpse into the experience of gender transition.
“Does it matter who listens? If they hear at all? I could speak the words to a skull in the woods. They could nest in the idle bone where a mind should be. They could sleep in a small thing that once was alive.”
Rita Dove Alan Gillis Dorothea Lasky Scott McKendry Paul Muldoon
Pádraig Ó Tuama m.s. RedCherries Grace Wilentz Christian Wiman Jenny Xie
Francisco “Kiko” Dapena (Scott McKendry), Christine Harris (Paul Muldoon), David Pugh (Pádraig Ó Tuama), Barb Danielson (m.s. RedCherries), Cécile Gordon (Grace Wilentz), and Teresa Mathew (Jenny Xie). Portraits of Dorothea Lasky and Christian Wiman courtesy of the poets.
16th Annual
Irish Arts Center
PoetryFest
Curated by Vona Groarke
“Where Irish and U.S. poets meet for a shindig of words and a festival of living poetry”
VONA GROARKE
December 5–7
For more info: irishartscenter.org
Take part in the “literary revelry” (New Yorker) of our longstanding festival of verse! The venerated poet Vona Groarke gathers writers from Ireland, Northern Ireland, and North America for a weekend of readings and conversations, starting with Friday evening’s much-loved Favorite Irish Poems launch event celebrating Irish poetry across the ages.
Presented with generous support from
Alan Klein
VISUAL ARTS
“IAC’s uncompromising and ambitious exhibitions are a draw for NYC audiences every season.”
AOIFE RUANE CURATOR
Photo credit: Stephanie Powell
Paul Hughes’s My Giverny: The Hanging Garden
IMMA and IAC
Fall 2025 marks the start of a six-year partnership between Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Ireland’s leading visual arts institution, and Irish Arts Center. From now to 2031, IAC will present three exhibitions from IMMA’s permanent and special collections, beginning with Patricia Hurl’s Irish Gothic.
Photo credit: Tony Kinlan
Originally from Dublin and a former member of Temple Bar Galleries + Studios, Patricia Hurl is an awardwinning artist whose work has exhibited internationally and is represented in private and public collections, including IMMA, the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Drogheda Municipal Collection, Highlanes Gallery, and the Collection of University of Limerick.
Portrait of the artist: photo credit Malcolm McGettigan.
Patricia Hurl Irish Gothic
Curated by Johanne Mullan
In partnership with Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA)
“Hurl’s paintings are… a cry of rage” THE
IRISH TIMES
September 5–
December 12
September 5–28
Theatre installation
September 5–December 12
Building-wide exhibition
September 5
Opening reception with the artist
For more info: irishartscenter.org
Irish Gothic is a major retrospective spanning 40 years of painting from Patricia Hurl, one of Ireland’s most accomplished and respected artists. The show, whose works center around the experiences of Irish women and themes of loss, pain, frustration, loneliness and strength, debuted at IMMA in 2023 and comes to IAC as a limited-time theatre installation and full-season, building-wide exhibition.
Presented with generous support from
FAMILY & COMMUNITY
“It’s wonderful to see the great joy with which Irish Arts Center opens its doors and its heart to our dynamic global diaspora community, welcoming all generations, heritages, and affinities.”
HELENA NOLAN CONSUL GENERAL OF IRELAND IN NEW YORK |
2021–2025
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Oíche Shamhna / An Irish Halloween
Sunday, November 2
For more info: irishartscenter.org
Irish Arts Center’s Oíche Shamhna (EE-huh how-nah) is a banshee’s brew of spooky shows, creepy crafts and magical music, all served up with lashings of lore. Come celebrate the Celtic origins of the holiday at our annual Halloween fête!
Recommended for ages 4–8, but kids of all ages are welcome.
“At this Irish Halloween celebration, kids can learn about the spooky traditions indigenous to the Emerald Isle”
TIME OUT NEW YORK
RESIDENCIES & PARTNERSHIPS
“It’s
been a delight to harmonize at Irish Arts Center. To get this kind of space and support—all the artists are able to connect as human beings, which keeps the work human .”
TAYLOR MAC
developmental residency at IAC, 2023
Photo credit: Wilma Folman, courtesy of POM Arts
Taylor Mac and the Bark of Millions cast in a
Powerhouse: International presents Good Sex
By Dead Centre with Emilie Pine
November 5–8
For more info: powerhouseinternationalfestival.org
How do you have sex on stage? How do you even have sex?
To try and find an answer, each night, two brand new performers tell a story of desire, betrayal, and loneliness. They have never rehearsed together or read the script. They are strangers. But they are not alone—they are joined on stage by an intimacy director, trained in the art of teaching people how to touch. So you can rest assured that the sex will be safe. It will be consensual. And it will be good.
Acclaimed makers of innovative theatre Dead Centre returns to NYC after performances at BAM (Hamnet, 2019) and Irish Arts Center (Chekhov’s First Play, 2022) in collaboration with award-winning writer Emilie Pine to present a sublimely funny love story for a loveless age.
Presented in partnership with Irish Arts Center. First presented at Dublin Theatre Festival 2022.
Photo credit: Ste Murray
Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA) presents
Tommie Potts The Fireman Fiddler of the Coombe
Tuesday, October 7
For more info: irishartscenter.org
A film portrait of the enigmatic Dubliner Tommie Potts, one of the most significant musical artists of the twentieth century— his 1972 Claddagh Records album The Liffey Banks is still sought-after worldwide today—and a working firefighter for most of his life. The screening will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker and singer Macdara Yeates, author and uilleann piper Seán Potts, retired FDNY battalion chief Eddie Boles, and RTÉ broadcaster Aoife Nic Cormaic, the evening’s moderator.
This occasion marks the U.S. launch of Tommie Potts: The Sorrowful and the Great , a publication by ITMA charting the life and artistic process of the extraordinary musician.
EDUCATION
“Education has always been at the heart of our culture in the ‘land of saints and scholars.’”
DOIREANN NÍ GHLACÁIN MUSICIAN & PRESENTER
Classes at IAC
Join the growing ranks of Irish speakers, step dancers, session players, singers, and storytellers in the IAC community! Artists and practitioners at the top of their fields teach students of all levels at some of the most affordable prices in the city—visit irishartscenter.org for complete course listings and information about membership discounts and instrument rentals.
FALL 2025 TERM STARTS WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 22
Master Classes & Workshops
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15
Photo credit: Nir Arieli
Tommie Potts: Style, Technique, and Interpretation with Aoife Ní Bhriain
How to Play the Spoons with Niall O’Leary
The IAC education program is made possible by generous support from Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York
Course Listing
MUSIC
Bodhrán
Bodhrán I: Introduction
Bodhrán II: Advanced Beginners
Celtic Harp
Celtic Harp I: Beginners
Celtic Harp II: Advanced Beginners
Celtic Harp III: Mixed Level
Harp Circle: Intermediate
Concertina
Concertina I: Beginners
Concertina II: Advanced Beginners
Fiddle
Fiddle I: Absolute Beginners
Fiddle II: Beginners
Fiddle III: Advanced Beginners
Fiddle IV: Early Intermediate
Fiddle V: Advanced
Fiddle Ornamentation, Bowing, and Variations
Guitar
Guitar I: Introduction
Guitar II: Accompaniment for Traditional
Irish Music
Multi-Instrumental
Introduction to the Traditional Irish Session: Beginner
Introduction to the Traditional Irish Session: Intermediate
Learning Tunes by Ear
Theory
Introduction to Music Theory
Tin Whistle
Tin Whistle I: Beginners
Tin Whistle II: Advanced Beginners
Tin Whistle III: Intermediate
DANCE
Introduction to Irish Dance
Step Dance I: Beginners
Step Dance II: Advanced Beginners
Set Dance: Irish Old Style Social Dance
IRISH LANGUAGE
Irish Language I: Introduction
Irish Language II: Beginners
Irish Language III: Advanced Beginners
Irish Language IV: Early Intermediate
Tae agus Comhrá / Tea and Conversation
Ciorcal Comhrá / Conversation Circles
THEATRE ARTS
Storytelling I: Beginners
Storytelling II: Advanced Beginners
Devlin Café Teacht le Chéile
Join us before or after the show for food and beverage in the Devlin Café.
Photo credit: Ohad Kab
Learn something new! Get 20% off class registrations.
Enjoy a 10% discount on one ticket to every show.
Buy tickets before the general public with exclusive access to our members-only presale.
Mix and mingle with other IAC members at members-only happy hour events.
Let’s celebrate! You have access to purchase tickets to our annual member thank-you party.
Receive members-only communications featuring special announcements, invitations, and exclusive artist content.
Waived ticket exchange fees—you won’t be charged if your plans change!
Let us get the first round! Receive vouchers for two complimentary drinks in the Devlin Café at Irish Arts Center.
Enjoy a 15% discount on one ticket to every show.
Enjoy a 10% discount on food and beverages in the Devlin Café at Irish Arts Center.
Get recognition in our season brochure.
Be our guest! Complimentary invitation to the annual member thank-you party.
Enjoy a 20% discount on one ticket to every show.
Show your Irish Arts Center pride with an IAC tote bag.
Enjoy a 20% discount on two tickets to every show.
Get one pair of complimentary tickets to a regularly scheduled performance.
Watch from the best seats in the house! We’ll upgrade your seats the day of the performance when available.
Get two pairs of complimentary tickets to regularly scheduled performances.
You’re invited to an exclusive Claddagh Circle member cocktail party.
Experience our exclusive Claddagh Circle Lounge for select performances.
$50
The Claddagh Circle
CELEBRATING AND SUPPORTING ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE
The Claddagh Circle is a vital group of our most generous friends, who help us build and sustain the standard of excellence in our programming while ensuring its accessibility to all.
As a Claddagh Circle member, you’ll be able to see all Irish Arts Center programming from the best seats in the house, and have access to the Claddagh Circle Lounge.
You will also have the chance to join us for some of the most exciting nights of the season—our opening night performances. We’ll invite you to connect with other supporters at special Claddagh cocktail gatherings, and with our favorite artists during exclusive meet-and-greets.
Most importantly, you’ll experience the transformative impact of your support firsthand in our magnificent new home. Become a Claddagh Circle member today.
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“Great artists are not just born. They grow with the nurturing and support of institutions and patrons like Irish Arts Center and the members of our Claddagh Circle, who give them the opportunity to tell their stories and take us, the audience, on a journey that connects us ever deeper to our artistic heartbeat.”
LIAM NEESON, HONORARY CO-CHAIR
ANGEL
$25,000
All the base benefits, plus:
The opportunity to host your own private reception in our library or studio spaces for up to 40 guests, with the rental fee waived.
Informal post-show meet-and-greets with the artists whenever you come to a show.
Eight complimentary tickets to opening night performances and parties with the artists in the Devlin Café.
Invitations to exclusive Claddagh Circle pre-show gatherings throughout the year in our top floor library with great views, and special seating for the performance.
LAUREATE
$10,000
All the base benefits, plus:
Informal post-show meet-and-greets with the artists whenever you come to a show.
Six complimentary tickets to opening night performances and parties with the artists in the Devlin Café.
Invitations to exclusive Claddagh Circle pre-show gatherings throughout the year in our top floor library with great views, and special seating for the performance.
SCHOLAR
$5,000
All the base benefits, plus:
Four complimentary tickets to opening night performances and parties with the artists in the Devlin Café.
Invitations to exclusive Claddagh Circle pre-show gatherings throughout the year in our top floor library with great views, and special seating for the performance.
FRIEND
$2,500
All the base benefits, plus:
Two complimentary tickets to opening night performances and parties with the artists in the Devlin Café.
Invitations to exclusive Claddagh Circle parties and events.
BASE BENEFITS FOR ALL LEVELS
The best seats in the house every time you join us.
Dedicated concierge service for ticketing—we’ll take care of everything for you!
Access to the Claddagh Circle Lounge, including complimentary wine, soft drinks and snacks, and private restrooms.
Every semester, gift yourself or a friend one complimentary class in music, dance, theatre arts, or the Irish language.
Have your generosity recognized in black and white with your name printed in our season brochure.
Wear your Claddagh Circle support with pride with a limited-edition Irish Arts Center fleece.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, contact Gabe Lozada at gabe.lozada@irishartscenter.org.
GALA
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2025
Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers, New York City
7:00 PM Cocktails
8:00 PM Dinner, Awards, and Performance Festive Attire
Please contact Barry Ó Séanáin at barry@irishartscenter.org or 212-757-3318 x226 for more information.
The New 51st
With significant funds raised, we have begun design of the redevelopment of our 51st Street home. Once again, we are working with architects at Davis Brody Bond/A Page Company, who designed Phase One, to complete the vision we began together more than a decade ago.
You’ve probably noticed those double doors beckoning at the far end of the new facility—we can’t wait to recapture the intimacy we all remember with a venue on the scale of our historic home, with the flexibility and capability we have gained with the new. More live music, literature events, and larger classes await, along with artist residencies, community events, and a few surprises!
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We hope you will consider supporting our campaign, not only to complete the new IAC, but also to grow our endowment and reserves. Please see the next page to learn about great naming opportunities to commemorate your support, and stay tuned for more information as together we secure the future of Irish Arts Center for generations to come.
Recognition and Naming
There are many wonderful recognition opportunities available to commemorate your support for the new Irish Arts Center. Gifts may be pledged over multiple years. Please consider a donation at any level—we invite everyone to make history with us!
For more information, please contact Barry Ó Séanáin, director of development, at 212-757-3318 x226.
Naming Opportunities (SUGGESTED OFFERS)
Naming Opportunities
Founding Patrons
$250,000 and up
Our most generous supporters will be commemorated as Founding Patrons with a beautiful tribute embedded on the interior brick façade of our new building.
Centenary Circle
$100,000 and up
The Centenary Circle celebrates the history of Ireland and Irish America through a collage of moments curated by award-winning author Belinda McKeon, in a beautiful physical feature within the stairwell of the new building.
A Seat in Your Honor
$50,000 and up
By naming a seat in one of our performance venues, you will ensure that generations to come have access to exciting, high quality cultural experiences that tell our story and create memories to last a lifetime.
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS
Jeanne Achille
Admore Air Conditioning Corp.
Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry
Foundation
Aisling Charitable Fund
Carolyn and Andrew Albstein
Michael C. Alcamo
Deborah and John Alexander
Allran Electric of NY, LLC
Amalgamated Foundation
American Global
Anne Anderson and Franklin Lowe
Suzanne and Joseph Aquino
Aran Woollen Mills
Jody and John Arnhold
Kelly Arthur
Articulate Productions
Roberta Ashkin
Atlas Industries Co., Inc.
Ayco Charitable Foundation
Elizabeth Frawley Bagley
Margaret and James Baker
Banc Cafe
Bank of America
Barclays Investment Bank
Francis Barry
Mary and Dan Barry
Elizabeth Bass
BDO USA, LLP
Beacon Consulting Group, Inc.
Bear Glass Inc.
Rosemary Berkery and Robert Hausen
Michael Berube
Michelle and Nicholas Bishop
Marianne and Philip Bleser
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Ann and Patrick Boland
Mary Boland and Patrick Early
Candi and William Booker
Adele O’Grady Botticelli, in memory of James C. Botticelli, John P. O’Grady
Dympna Bowles and Donal Farley
Doreen Bowman
Gerry Boyle, Commodore Construction Corp.
Roberta Elanor Brangam
Elaine Brennan
Caroline and Andy Breslin
Maura Breslin
Moira Breslin and Norman Gallagher
Stephanie Breslow and Paul Watterson
Margaret and Michael Brewster
Kim Brizzolara
Matthew Brooks
Mary Brosnahan
Amy Baron Brourman and David Malone
Sue Bryan
Karen and Paul Bryce
Ann Burgmeyer
Lauren and Chip Burke
Patricia Burns
Ursula Burns
Bushmills Whiskey
William Cabin
John Caffrey
Gretchen and Patrick Callaghan
Kea Capel and Robert McCann
Mary Capella, in honor of Diane Marie Miele
Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg
Cardella Trucking Co., Inc.
Michael Cardella
Charlie Carey
Jeff Carey
Darrah Carr and David Byrne
Robert Carroll
Daniel L. Casey
Tom Cashin
Celtic Building Supplies
CFGI
Alexander Chapman
Kathleen Chopin and Colm Clancy
CIE Tours
David Clarke and Richard Sheehan
Sarah Clarke
Caroline Coburn
The Coca Cola Company
Mary and James Coleman
Orla Coleman
Billy Collins
Colony Hardware
Concord Music Group
Daniel Conley, II
Sharon and Ronan Conlon
Susan Connolly
Terrence Connolly
Stephanie Connor
Kate Conroy and Marty Correia
Consello Group
Dee and Kevin J. Conway
Katherine Conway
Matt Conway
Valerie Cooke
Rebecca and Christopher Corbett
Janet Corcoran
Suzanne Corcoran
Barbara Costello
Anne Cotter
Francis J. Coughlin
Kristine Covillo and Liam Lynch
Mary Cregan and James Shapiro
Margaret Crotty
Kathleen Bridges Cudahy
Culture Ireland
Kevin Curley
Daniel Curtin
John Curtin, II
Liam Curtin
John D’Alton
Norah and John S. Daly
Adrian Darcy
Colin Davidson
Patricia and George Davis
The Dead Rabbit
Catherine Deane
Dechert LLP
Linda Brannon Del Rio
Erin and Joseph Dell’Aquila
Aileen Denne-Bolton
Kate and Bob Devlin, The Devlin Foundation
Daniel DiPietro
Donna Dobbin
Dog and Pony Studios
Claire and Kevin Donaghy
Colleen and James Donaghy
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS
Daniel T. Donnelly
Mary A. Donovan
Catherine Dooley
Rosemary Dooley
Sara and John Doran
Barbara E. Doty, Doty Family Foundation
Catherine Dougherty
Kathleen and Michael Dowling
Roma Downey
Carletta and Ronan Downs
Noreen Dean Dresser
John G. Duffy
Margaret Duffy
Patricia Dugan
Aine Duggan
Timothy Dunne
Elkstone Private Advisors
The Ellington
Susan M. Elliott
Emerald Guild Society
Liza Engesser
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Eurostruct Inc.
Christy Evans
Sheri Evans
Sviatlana Fadzeeva and James Hunt
Courtney Fairbrother-Davies and Chris Davies
Lyndsey Falconer and Richard Chambers
The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.
Anne Farley
Janet Farrell
Maureen Farrell
Kevin J. Farrelly
Ellen Feehan
Fidelity Charitable
Linda Filardi, in honor of Margaret Crotty
Deirdre and Irial Finan
Wendy and Jack Finn
Fiserv
Jeanne Donovan Fisher
Larry Fitzgerald, Jr.
Romy and Devin Fitzgerald
Edwina and Aidan Fitzmaurice
Erin Fitzsimmons and Patrick Tully
Millie and Hugh Flannery
Megan and Lawrence Foley
Sarah Foote
The Frances Pope Memorial Foundation
Jill Franco
Candice and John Frawley
James Frawley
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York
FSG Books
Mario J. Gabelli
Tom Gallagher
Bebhinn and Paul Gallen
Trina and Bob Garrett
Chris George
Megan Gilligan
Brendan C. Gilmartin
Tony Girolami
Glasshouse Tavern
Glenwood Mason Supply Company, Inc.
Loretta Brennan Glucksman
Goldman Sachs Gives
Sinead M. Grant
Elizabeth Grayer and Aidan Synnott
Amy Greer
Leslie and Bart Grenier
Katherine Grimes and Brian McMahon
David Groarke
Edward Haber
Barbara Ann Hall and Patrick Mulvey
Katherine Hall and Gary Lynch
Lauren and Alan Halperin
Bryanne and Thomas Hamill
Catherine Harnett
Gregory Harrington
Rebecca Harrington
Billy Haugh
Healey Foundation
Meg and Thomas Healey
Georganne Aldrich Heller
Dianne Hennessy
Deborah and Brian Henry
Edward Herlihy
Anne Hess and Craig Kaplan
Kathleen Hill
Reggie Hill
Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP
Daniel Hoff
Michele Ann McMahon Holcomb
Robert Francis Hollmann
Dorothy Hottensen
House of Kerry
Paul Hughes
Sophie Charlotte Hughes
Laura and Brian Hull
Bernadette and Thomas Huvane
Hyde and Watson Foundation
Invest Northern Ireland
The Ireland Funds, America
Irish Echo Newspaper Corp.
The Irish Institute of New York, Inc.
Bill Irwin
J.P. Morgan
J.P. Morgan Charitable Giving Fund
J.T. Magen & Company Inc.
Penny Brandt Jackson and
Thomas Campbell Jackson,
The Brandt Jackson Foundation
Brian Jacobs
Peter W. Jaros
The Jerome L. Greene Foundation
Christina and Adrian Jones
Sven de Jong
Patricia and William Jordan
Ashley Kadakia
Kamco Supply Corp.
Melissa and Paul Keary
Maureen M. Keating
James Francis Keegan
Deirdre and Seán Kelly
Ellen O’Brien Kelly and Peter Kelly
Julia and Declan Kelly
Margaret W. Kelly
Mary and Shaun Kelly
Natalie Kelly
Rachel Kelly
Tara McCabe Kelly
Vanessa and Matthew Kelly
Eleanora Kennedy
John G. Kennedy
Whitney and Thomas Kennedy
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS
Kathleen and Timothy Kennon
Ed Kinney
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Emily-Jane Kirwan and Jay Grimm
Laurence T. Kirwan
Sheila Klehm, in honor of Mary Beth O’Connor
Alan M. Klein
KPMG US LLP
Miodrag D. Kukrika
Christopher Kunkel, in honor of Linda Lyons
Constance Lacy
Teresa Lamb
Jeffrey M. Landes
Sean Lane
Kathy Lavinder
Neal Lazar
The Leadership Institute
Kate Lear and Jonathan LaPook
Ann Leddy
Gina Maria Leonetti
Andrew Levander
Deirdre Lewis
Kimberly Lewis
Alice Liang and Noah Zinsmeister
Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages
Seth Lipton
Andrew Liveris
Eden Lopez-Robles
Lord Abbett & Co.
Lou Brennan Design
Deborah and Joseph Loughrey
Maureen P. Lydon
Anna Lynch and Brian Ruane
Jennifer Lynch and Edmond FitzGerald
Kathleen Lynch
Brendan MacBride
Philomena and Sean Mackin
MacMillan Family Foundation
Michael J. Madden
Adeline Malone
Dennis Manalo
Manhattan Mechanical Contractors
John Martin
Kumi Saito Martin and William Martin
Maebeth Fenton Martin
William J. Martin
Michael Mathis
Kathleen McCabe and Dana LaForge
Julie and David McCarthy
Keith J. McCarthy
Sheila and Gene McCarthy
Kate and David McCormack
McCormick & Dooley PLLC
Barbara McCormick
Ellen McCourt
Mickey McCreesh
Johnny McDaid
McElhone Family Charitable Fund
The McFadden Family Fund
Maureen McGetrick
Geraldine McGinty
Patricia McGivern
The McGovern Sisters
Richard McGuigan
Stuart McGuigan
Jarlath McGurran
Tom McInerney
Leslie McIntyre
Bridget McKenna and Enda Corr
McKinney Welding Supply Co.
Jean M. McLoughlin
Thomas McMahon
Regina McManus
Karen McMonagle
Peggy and Eugene McQuade
James F. McShane
Ailbhe Menton
Merrill Lynch, Inc.
Metro Interiors Distributors Corp.
Doris Meyer
The MGF Group
Thomas B. Miller
John Minihan
Miracle Mile Advisors, LLC
Joseph Moglia, Moglia Family Foundation
Jodie and Patrick Molamphy
Margaret Molloy and James O’Sullivan
Phil Mooney
LeConte Moore
Morgan Stanley
Dessie Moynihan
Patty and Jim Mulcahy
Roderick Mulcahy
Molly Muldoon
Kieran Mulhern
Adrienne and Paul Mulligan
Carly and John Murphy
Colleen A. Murphy
John Murphy
Lauren White Murphy
Rosa and Michael Murphy
Una and William Murphy
Niall Murray
Kate Myones
Mike Myones
Pat and John Nallen
National Endowment for the Arts
National Philanthropic Trust
Shane Naughton
NCheng LLP
NEAD Electric
Daniel Neeson
Alex Neubauer
NewEdge Capital Group
New Mountain Capital
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New York State Council on the Arts
David Sikes Newton
Northern Ireland Bureau
Northwell Health
Nora Obringer, in honor of Jane Reidy Obringer
Kerry McKillop O’Connell
Bernadette O’Connor and Donal O’Brien
Francis X. O’Connor
Mary Beth O’Connor and David Lohuis
Pete O’Dea
Patrick O’Donoghue
Marianna and Brian O’Dwyer
Michael O’Keeffe
Erin Sean O’Mara
Dennis O’Neill
Tracy O’Neill and Terry Begley
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS
William Orsburn
Sheila O’Shea
Rosemary Ostergren
Package Pavement Co., Inc.
Patricia and Michael Paliotta
Sharon Lee Patrick
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Charles M. Paulos
Penguin Air Conditioning
Thorne Perkin
The Pier Sixty Collection & Paul Gallen
Preferred Sprinkler & Mechanical Inc.
Ellen Preimesberger
Professional Paint Products
Les C. Quick
Thomas C. Quick
Rosemary Quigley and Jim Richards
Mary Lou and Joe Quinlan
Thomas J. Quinlan, III
Damien Quinn
Diane and James Quinn
John Philip Quinn
Kathy and Peter Quinn
Nerissa Radell and Russell Gioiella
Radio City Music Hall
Sue Rae
Rattner Family Foundation
RBC Wealth Management
Red Lion
Elise Redmond
Regan Family Foundation
Maurice Regan
Regency Global Transportation Group
Lorraine and Patrick Reidy
Brenda Reilly and Neil de Crescenzo
Renaissance Charitable Foundation
Linda Rice
Randall Rifelli
Risk Strategies
The River Café
Riverdance
Rockabill Consulting and Development
Kara Ross
Jennifer Rothwell
Paul J. Rowley
Sal Rusi
Erin and William Russell
Barbara A. Ryan
Geraldine and Francis Ryan
Vincent Ryan
Mike Sand
Anita M. Sands and John J. Brown
Lynne Sawyer and Peter O’Neill
SBW Advisory Services LLC
Kevin Scanlon
William Scanlon
Barbara Schierenbeck
Ellen Schleifer
Schwab Charitable Fund
Jennifer Scully and Richard Lerner
ServiceNow
Margaret M. Sharkey
Desmond Shaw
Paul Shields
Leslie Shipman
The Shubert Foundation
Sidney E. Frank Foundation
Doug Sieg
Peter Simon
Sleeping Giant NY, LLC
Smith & Wollensky
John Joseph Smith
Matthew Patrick Smyth
Aisling Spital
St. Patrick’s Day Foundation
Paula Steinberg
Kendra Stensven and Jeff
MacDonagh
STO Building Group
Stout NYC Hospitality Group
Mary Streep
Thomas Sullivan
Kristin Summers
Superior Acoustics, Inc.
Sweeney & Harkin
Talcott Resolution
Tara Rose
Patricia Tarkington
Sheila Tendy
Teneo Holdings
Catherine M. Terrell
Tourism Ireland
Deirdre Towers
Triona Design
Natasa and James Tuohy
Mary Turley
Pauline Turley and Charles Garland
Bonnie and Terrence Turner, in honor of Emily Jane Kirwin and Jay Grimm
United Irish Cultural Center, Inc.
United Iron
Vic Kessler Signs Ltd.
Esther and Mark Villamar
Lacy Villanueva
Nancy and Steven Vincent
Christine O’Donoghue de Vries
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Kathleen Wallace
Susan B. Wallace
Francis Joseph Walsh, III
Kathleen Walsh
Anne B. Waters
Bill Werner
Wesbuilt Construction Managers LLC
Martin Whelan
Maureen White and Steven Rattner
Cliadhna Whitely
Margaret Wiencko
Caroline Wilkins
William E. Simon Foundation
Maureen and Thomas Wipf
Sandi Wright
Lynn Yen
Claire Yenson
Faizan Younus
Paige Zeitz and Ryan Conway
David Ziff and Alan Bell
SUPPORTERS AND SPONSORS
INSTITUTIONAL
MacMillan Family Foundation
Society of the Friendly Sons of St.
CORPORATE
Supporting Season Partner Additional seasonwide and program support from
Irish Arts Center programming is supported by a growing community of individual, foundation, government, and corporate supporters and partners, including Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office and the New York City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; Howard Gilman Foundation; Tourism Ireland; the Jerome L. Greene Foundation; the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation; the Charina Endowment Fund; the Ireland Funds; the Shubert Foundation, Inc.; Bloomberg Philanthropies; Bushmills; the Arnhold Foundation; the Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; the Irish Institute of New York; the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York; Northern Ireland Bureau; Invest NI; CIE Tours; M&T Bank; the Dead Rabbit; the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate of Ireland in New York; and thousands of generous donors like you.
Charina Endowment Fund
Irish Institute of New York
Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
Patrick, New York
Group Experiences at IAC
Plan your next night out at Irish Arts Center! Our group packages include 20 or more premium seats to select shows and a pre-show reception in the Devlin Café, with an Irishinfluenced menu of hors d’oeuvres and wines and beers from local and Irish producers. The experience is turnkey and specially priced. Visit irishartscenter.org/event/grouppackages or email ciara@irishartscenter.org for more details.
Access
Our Access program offers a limited supply of $25-and-under seats for every performance. These tickets are made available when shows go on sale, and once they’re gone—they’re gone. Make your purchase early!
We also offer $50 discounted memberships for seniors, veterans, students, and people with disabilities, as well as scholarships for students in need.
Learn more at irishartscenter.org/access.
Our Commitment to Antiracism and Equity
Irish Arts Center stands with our BIPOC family, friends, and colleagues against racism, discrimination, and violence. We continue to work toward providing an environment in which the work of artists can help forge the common ground that brings us together, and where people of all backgrounds are welcome and equal. We seek to approach that mission with humility, and to listen and learn from those whose lived experience is different from our own.
About Irish Arts Center
Irish Arts Center, founded in 1972 and based in Hell’s Kitchen, New York City, is a home for artists and audiences of all backgrounds who share a passion or appreciation for the evolving arts and culture of contemporary Ireland and Irish America. We present, develop, and celebrate work from established and emerging artists and cultural practitioners, providing audiences with emotionally and intellectually engaging experiences in an environment of Irish hospitality. Steeped in grassroots traditions, we also provide community education programs and access to the arts for people of all ages and ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds. In 2021, through a historic partnership between the people of Ireland and New York, Irish Arts Center completed construction on a fully-funded $60MM state-of-the-art new facility to support this mission for the 21st century.
What fills my heart? lingering longer!
Sometimes the most meaningful journeys aren’t measured in miles, but in moments. Whether it’s sipping tea in a quiet village café, tracing ancient footsteps on a coastal trail, or spending an afternoon in easy conversation with a local - this is travel that lingers.
In Ireland’s unhurried corners, you’ll find beauty that asks nothing of you but presence. From Donegal’s open skies to the winding roads of West Cork. You’ll experience the serendipity of being exactly where you need to be.
