| Irish Rep presents the Tir Na Theatre Company's production of JIMMY TITANIC | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 05:56 pm EST 12/21/17 | |
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| THE TÍR NA THEATRE COMPANY’S PRODUCTION OF JIMMY TITANIC WRITTEN BY BERNARD McMULLAN DIRECTED BY CARMEL O’REILLY PREVIEWS BEGIN JANUARY 24, 2018 OPENING NIGHT SET FOR JANUARY 30, 2018 LIMITED RUN THROUGH FEBRUARY 18, 2018 TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT WWW.IRISHREP.ORG Irish Repertory Theatre (Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director and Ciarán O’Reilly, Producing Director) is proud to present the Tír Na Theatre Company’s production of JIMMY TITANIC, by Bernard McMullan (The Return of the Winemaker). Directed by Carmel O’Reilly (Trojan Barbie), JIMMY TITANIC begins performances on January 24, 2018 at Irish Rep Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) on the W. Scott McLucas Studio Stage, with an opening night set for January 30, 2018, and will run through February 18, 2018. Tickets are on sale now through Irish Rep’s box office at 212-727-2737 or online at www.irishrep.org. An award-winning one-man show with actor Colin Hamell moving seamlessly between more than twenty different roles, JIMMY TITANIC is a wholly original Titanic story set between the great ship and heaven. God is a Dublin gangster. Angel Gabriel is the plucky keeper at the gates of heaven and Titanic’s legacy isn’t the first-class passengers, it is 700 crewmen enjoying newfound stardom in heaven. This is Titanic like you’ve never seen it before. Having gone down with the ship, Jimmy has rock star status and boy does he milk it. Flirting with angels, rewriting history with a direct line to an unlikely God – JIMMY TITANIC is a unique and hilarious take on the story of the most famous ship ever built. Originally conceived to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the great ship's sinking, the Irish comedy JIMMY TITANIC stars Colin Hamell (The Fighter) as a Belfast shipyard worker named Jimmy Boylan, as well as more than 20 other characters whose lives were connected to the doomed ocean liner. From his new home in a humorously rendered heaven, Boylan remembers and relives events surrounding the voyage every day, consumed by its legacy. Written by Bernard McMullan and directed by Carmel O'Reilly, this one-man show presents an amalgam of historical drama and wry humor. The creative team for JIMMY TITANIC will be announced at a later date. The performance schedule for JIMMY TITANIC is as follows: Wednesdays at 3pm and 8pm; Thursdays at 7pm; Fridays at 8pm; Saturdays at 3pm and 8pm; and Sundays at 3pm. Tickets to JIMMY TITANIC are available for $50. Tickets are on sale now through Irish Rep’s box office by calling 212-727-2737, or online at www.irishrep.org. For more information about Irish Repertory Theatre visit www.irishrep.org. # # # ABOUT IRISH REPERTORY THEATRE IRISH REPERTORY THEATRE, co-founded by Producing Director Ciarán O'Reilly and Artistic Director Charlotte Moore, opened its doors in September 1988 with Sean O'Casey's The Plough and the Stars. The Irish Rep is currently the only year-round theatre company in New York City devoted to bringing Irish and Irish American works to the stage. Recognized with the Jujamcyn Theatres Award, a special Drama Desk Award for “Excellence in Presenting Distinguished Irish Drama,” an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Achievement, and the Lucille Lortel Award for “Outstanding Body of Work,” the Irish Rep has celebrated the very best in Irish theatre for over twenty-five years, from the masters to the new generation of Irish and Irish American writers who are transforming the stage. Nearly 38,000 audience members annually attend productions at our theatre located in the heart of New York’s Off-Broadway community. Once here, they witness the Irish Rep’s engaging perspective on the Irish and their unique contributions to the world of drama. ABOUT TÍR NA PRODUCTIONS TÍR NA THEATRE Tír Na Productions, incorporating work for screen and theatre, was founded in 2007 by Colin Hamell and is based in Boston, MA. Its mission is to produce new and contemporary works, and to bring those productions to theatres and screens throughout Europe and the United States. BIOS COLIN HAMELL (Jimmy Boylan) is the Producing/Artistic Director of Tír Na Theatre Company. He has toured the award-winning one man show Jimmy Titanic by Bernard McMullan throughout Ireland and North America. Most recently he appeared as Paddy in The Return of the Winemaker, also written by Bernard McMullan, at Davis Square Theatre and Cork Arts Center, Ireland. Previous to that he was seen as Coleman Connor in their production of The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh at Davis Square Theatre (Somerville, MA); as Son in their production of Trad by Mark Doherty at the Boston Center for the Arts and Gloucester Stage Company; as Charlie in their production of Stones in His Pockets in Brussels, Belgium and at the Boston Center for the Arts; and Off-Broadway as Mickybo in Mojo Mickybo by Mark Doherty at 59E59. Regional credits include Eamonn in Ronan Noone’s The Blowin of Baile Gall at the Irish Arts Centre, Mickybo in Mojo Mickybo by by Mark Doherty, Ladeen in The Lepers of Baile Baiste by Ronan Noone, Coleman in The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh (Súgán Theatre Company), Ray Dooley in The Beauty Queen of Leenane starring Julie Harris by Martin McDonough, Stuart in the U.S. premiere of Cooking with Elvis by Lee Hall (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre), Padraig in The Lieutenant of Inishmore, and Brendan in the IRNE award-winning production of The Weir by Conor McPherson (New Repertory Theatre). BERNARD McMULLAN (Playwright) is a writer and journalist from Belfast and worked for eight years as a TV news reporter and presenter at RTÉ and TV3. He was twice nominated at Media Awards Ireland for his work for RTÉ’s Prime Time. He now lives in New York and is the author of screenplays The Hidden Wake and The Chicken House. CARMEL O’REILLY (Director) has directed numerous productions in the New England area over the past twenty-five years with many theatre companies, including the A.R.T, New Rep, Speakeasy Stage, Gloucester Stage, WHAT, Lyric Stage and others. She is founder and Artistic Director of the Súgán Theatre Company, for which she directed many Elliot Norton award-winning productions. She has directed at several area colleges including Harvard, Emerson, and Boston College, where she was the Monan Visiting Professor in Theatre Arts in 2010. Most recently she directed two new plays by Bernard McMullan for Tir Na Theatre Company: Jimmy Titanic, which has toured to NYC, Philadelphia, Santa Barbara, Dublin, Belfast and other venues, and the hit Christmas comedy, The Return of the Winemaker. |
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