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Irish Arts Center presents
A Tribute to Brian Friel
Friday, May 01, 2009

Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Ireland’s Legendary Playwright

Length: 2 hrs 00 mins
Intermission: Yes
Seating: Assigned by SmartTix
Seat assignments are assigned by the SmartTix, based on the best seat at the time the order is completed.

Join Patrick Mason, Winner of the 1992 Tony Award for Dancing at Lughnasa, for an unforgettable evening with some of New York's top actors reading from Brian Friel's incredible body of work over five decades, including A Saucer of Larks (1962); Philadelphia, Here I Come (1964); Lovers (1967); The Freedom of the City (1973); Faith Healer (1979); Translations (1980); Dancing at Lughnasa (1990); and The Home Place (2007).

Featuring
JEREMY BOBB (Translations)
HANNAH CABELL (A Man for All Seasons, In the Next Room)
ORLAGH CASSIDY (Our Country’s Good, Present Laughter, Aristocrats)
DASHIELL EAVES (The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Coram Boy, Becky Shaw)
GERALDINE HUGHES (Translations, Belfast Blues, Gran Torino, Rocky Balboa)
JOHN KEATING (Aristocrats, Ladies and Gents, HBO’s John Adams)
PETER MALONEY (The Cripple of Inishmaan, Arcadia, To Be Or Not To Be)
JAN MAXWELL (Dancing at Lughnasa, Coram Boy, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)
CIARAN O’REILLY (A Touch of the Poet, Aristocrats, Philadelphia Here I Come)
PETER SCANAVINO (Shining City, subUrbia)
FIONA WALSH (The Shaughran, Da)

Special Guest
PATRICK MASON
1992 Tony Award Winner, Best Director, Dancing at Lughnasa

Directed by David Sullivan
Casting by Howard Cherpakov Casting


Presented in association with
Queens University, Belfast
NYU Glucksman Ireland House
Culture Ireland

Proceeds to support Irish Arts Center New Plays Partnership, which matches Irish playwrights with American directors in the development of new work.