Experience hosted by Irish Repertory Theatre
James Joyce’s novella, The Dead, describes a holiday gathering on January 6, 1904, the Feast of the Epiphany, in the Dublin home of two elderly sisters, Kate and Julia Morkan, and their niece, Mary Jane. At the party are students, friends, a celebrated tenor, a lost alcoholic, and the couple, Gabriel and Gretta Conroy. Over the course of an evening, there are conversations, music, dancing, and dining. There are speeches and disagreements – polite and impolite – and when it is all over Gabriel learns something about his wife that changes his sense of who she is and who they ... Show More
Audience Role
The Dead, 1904 is “immersive” in that audience members are invited guests at the Misses Morkans’ Feast of the Epiphany party, and the play will take place all around them ... Show More
Content Advisories
No content advisories
13 +
Interaction Advisories
No physical contact with performers
Mobility Advisories
Contact us for accessibility needs
Extended standing
Stairs
Walking
Event is wheelchair accessible.
Location
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Irish Repertory Theatre
Hosting immersive events on EI since November, 2024
The mission of Irish Repertory Theatre is to provide a context for understanding the contemporary Irish-American experience through evocative works of theater, music, and dance. This mission is accomplished by staging the works of Irish and Irish-American classic and contemporary playwrights, encouraging the development of new works focused on the Irish and Irish-American experience, and producing the works of other cultures interpreted through the lens of an Irish sensibility. “New York’s finest Off-Broadway theatre” – Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal, 2019 Founded by Charlotte Moore and Ciarán O’Reilly in 1988, Irish Repertory Theatre opened its doors with Sean O’Casey’s The Plough ... Show More