Theatre & Pints with the Associate Director of Brian Friel's Translations
Value: $300
Donated By:
Conor Bagley
Description:
Two Tickets, Two Pints. Spend an evening at Irish Repertory Theatre attending Translations—Brian Friel's acclaimed play—with the production's Associate Director Conor Bagley. Afterwards, Conor will take you for a round of pints at a nearby bar of your choice, where you can discuss the play, the process behind bringing it to the stage, and anything else! The two tickets and evening is valid for any performance date of Irish Rep's production of Translations through Dec 3, 2023.
Conor Bagley is a director based in New York City who was inspired by a Brian Friel play on this very stage to make a career in the theatre. He is thrilled to introduce this Friel play to that same stage. Directing: Off-Broadway: Two by Friel by Brian Friel (50th Anniversary Production & NY Premiere); The Smuggler by Ronán Noone (Irish Rep; Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse). Regional: Not Ready for Prime Time by Erik J. Rodriguez & Charles A. Sothers (winner, BroadwayWorld Regional Award for “Best Direction of a Play”; Westchester Cultural Arts Center, Miami); The Adult in the Room (Victory Gardens, Chicago; Jeff Recommended); An Iliad(Atlas, DC; DCMTA's "Outstanding Performance”); Shining City, Dancing at Lughnasa (Yale). Assistant Directing: Juno and the Paycock, dir. Neil Pepe; The Home Place, dir. Charlotte Moore (Irish Rep; NY Premiere); Donegal by Frank McGuinness, dir. Conall Morrison (Abbey Theatre, Dublin); Other Desert Cities, dir. Dan Foster (Theatre Workshop of Nantucket). He has directed developmental readings and workshops with numerous playwrights including: Marina Carr, Larry Kirwan, Vanessa Garcia, Jake Cline, Christopher Demos-Brown, Deirdre Kinahan, Stephen Jones, Turlough McConnell, and Shirley-Anne Bonner. Producing: Broadway: The Inheritance by Matthew Lopez (Tony Award for Best Play); Once on This Island (Tony Award for Best Musical Revival). Bagley was a Manhattan Theatre Club 2019-2020 Directing Fellow, a directing alum of the 24 Hour Plays: Nationals, and sits on the Board of Directors of the Irish American Writers & Artists. Recipient of the Irish Echo's 40 Under 40 Award, the V. Browne Irish Award for “artistic excellence” from Silliman College at Yale University, and a BroadwayWorld Regional Award for “Best Direction of a Play.”
Conor Bagley is a director based in New York City who was inspired by a Brian Friel play on this very stage to make a career in the theatre. He is thrilled to introduce this Friel play to that same stage. Directing: Off-Broadway: Two by Friel by Brian Friel (50th Anniversary Production & NY Premiere); The Smuggler by Ronán Noone (Irish Rep; Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse). Regional: Not Ready for Prime Time by Erik J. Rodriguez & Charles A. Sothers (winner, BroadwayWorld Regional Award for “Best Direction of a Play”; Westchester Cultural Arts Center, Miami); The Adult in the Room (Victory Gardens, Chicago; Jeff Recommended); An Iliad(Atlas, DC; DCMTA's "Outstanding Performance”); Shining City, Dancing at Lughnasa (Yale). Assistant Directing: Juno and the Paycock, dir. Neil Pepe; The Home Place, dir. Charlotte Moore (Irish Rep; NY Premiere); Donegal by Frank McGuinness, dir. Conall Morrison (Abbey Theatre, Dublin); Other Desert Cities, dir. Dan Foster (Theatre Workshop of Nantucket). He has directed developmental readings and workshops with numerous playwrights including: Marina Carr, Larry Kirwan, Vanessa Garcia, Jake Cline, Christopher Demos-Brown, Deirdre Kinahan, Stephen Jones, Turlough McConnell, and Shirley-Anne Bonner. Producing: Broadway: The Inheritance by Matthew Lopez (Tony Award for Best Play); Once on This Island (Tony Award for Best Musical Revival). Bagley was a Manhattan Theatre Club 2019-2020 Directing Fellow, a directing alum of the 24 Hour Plays: Nationals, and sits on the Board of Directors of the Irish American Writers & Artists. Recipient of the Irish Echo's 40 Under 40 Award, the V. Browne Irish Award for “artistic excellence” from Silliman College at Yale University, and a BroadwayWorld Regional Award for “Best Direction of a Play.”
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