Take a moment to review some samples of our past productions 

Turning Point

Grzegorz Wroblewski, Translated by Adam Zdrodowski

Past Work

Monday 20th May



Time:

7pm

Mondays in May reading series from Polish playwright Grzegorz Wroblewski Read More

Location:

NYU Glucksman Ireland House 
1 Washington House 
between Washington Sq North & 8th St 
(nearest subway A/C/E to 4th St)

Sherlock, The Barman & The Hero's Wife

Stefano Benni, Translated by Jack D. Street

Past Work

Monday 13th May



Time:

7pm

Mondays in May reading series from Italian playwright Stefano Benni

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Location:

NYU Glucksman Ireland House 
1 Washington House 
between Washington Sq North & 8th St 

(nearest subway A/C/E to 4th St)

Is That How it Was?

Jean Bouchaud, Translated by Phyllis Zatlin

Past Work

Monday 6th May, 2013



Time:

7pm 

Mondays in May reading series from French playwright Jean Bouchaud Read More

Location:

NYU Glucksman Ireland House 
1 Washington House 
between Washington Sq North & 8th St 

(nearest subway A/C/E to 4th St)

The Ghost at the Door

Rebecca Nesvet

Past Work

Sunday April 28th



Time:

7.00pm

The first public reading of Origin's latest commissioned play. Read More

Location:

ART New York,
520 Eighth Avenue, Third Floor,
Bruce Mitchell Room

Faith: A Public Reading

Paul Meade

Past Work

Saturday 26th January



Time:

3pm

A work-in-progress reading of a new play 'Faith' by Gúna Nua Artistic Director Paul Meade. At times darkly comic and at other times deeply unsettling 'Faith' sets out to explore one man's psychological trauma and confusion in post-recession Ireland. Read More

Location:

NYU Glucksman Ireland House
1 Washington House
between Washington Sq North & 8th St
(nearest subway A/C/E to 4th St)

1st Irish 2012, New York's annual festival of Irish theatre

Past Work

September 3rd to October 1st 2012


In 2012 Origin Theatre will present the fifth edition of 1st Irish. This month long, city wide festival has played host to numerous theatre companies from home and abroad. 1st Irish has become a corner stone on the New York City cultural calendar and has received praise from across the world for its risk taking and support of new work. Join thousands of New Yorker’s as they sample for the fifth year an extravaganza of plays from Ireland. For a full list of festival shows vist www.1stIrish.org

Location:

vist www.1stIrish.org

Tiny Dynamite

By ABI MORGAN
Directed by MATT TORNEY

Past Work

June 7th  - July 1st 2012



Time:

Tue, Wed & Thu 7:30,  Fri 8:30, Sat 2:30 & 8:30, Sun 3:30 & 7:30

Origin Theatre Company presents TINY DYNAMITE
'AN ELECTRIFYING LOVE STORY!' The Guardian

Childhood friends Lucien and Anthony escape for a summer in the country. When the dazzling Madeline explodes into their lives, she tears open old wounds, awakening bittersweet secrets of friendship and love. Read More

Location:

59E59 Theatres. 59 East 59th Street, NY, NY 10022

Outlying Islands

By David Greig
Directed by David Sullivan

Past Work

Monday, May 21st 2012



Time:

7:00 pm

Greig deftly splices dry comedy and poetic observation together to portray Robert and John, two Cambridge scientists, who venture out to a remote island inhabited by an old man and his niece just before the Second World War. There they discover that a request from the Government for them to survey the wildlife masks a project for anthrax tests. Read More

Location:

NYU Glucksman Ireland House
One Washington Mews (Bet Washington Square North & 8th St)

Origin Theatre's Spring Benefit
An Invitation to celebrate our 10th Anniversary

Hosted by Mutual of America

Past Work

Monday, May 21st 2012



Time:

6:30 pm

Honouring Geraldine Hughes and Tim Kennon
Festive Attire
6:30 pm Cocktails • 7:30 pm Origin Showcase
8:15 pm Buffet Dinners • Followed by Entertainment

10 years of Launching
European Playwrights in America Read More

Location:

320 Park Avenue, 35th Floor, Between 50th & 51st Streets

Short Cuts

Arts Ed Films

Past Work

Tuesday 4th December 2012



Time:

8pm

Acting Graduates 2012 New York Premiere

SOLD OUT Read More

Location:

SOHO House New York, 29-35 Ninth Avenue, New York, NY 10014

Misterman Irish Tour

Directed by David DeBeck

Past Work

Rundown

World Premiere By Mark O Rowe
Directed by George C Heslin

Past Work

Misterman

American Premiere Off Broadway By Enda Walsh
Directed by David DeBeck

Past Work

Communion

American Premiere by Aidan Mathews
Directed by M Burke Walker

Past Work

Crestfall

American Premiere by Mark O'Rowe
Directed by George C Heslin

Past Work

Clock and Whistles

American Premiere By Samuel Adamson
Directed by Talya Klein

Past Work

Trousers

American Premiere By Paul Meade and David Parnell
Directed by Paul Meade

Past Work

The Shape of Metal

American Premiere By Thomas Kilroy
Directed by Brian Murray

Past Work

End of Lines

World Premiere By Gary Duggan, Pat Kinevane, Morna Regan, Ursula Rani Sarma & Abbie Spallen
Directed by Julia Gibson, Portia Kreiger, Alyse Rothman, David Sullivan & Fiana Toibin

Past Work

Leaves of Glass

By Philip Ridley
Directed by Ludovica Villar-Hauser
American Premiere

Past Work

Spinning The Times

World premiere by Geraldine Aron, Lucy Caldwell, Rosalind Haslett,Rosemary Jenkinson, Belinda McKeon
Directed by M Burke Walker

Past Work

Exit/Entrance

By Aidan Mathews
Directed by M Burke Walker
American premiere

Past Work

Ivan and The Dogs

American premiere By Hattie Naylor
Directed by David Sullivan

Past Work

The 2011 winner of The Stewart Parker Award, Ireland's leading playwrighting award.

Past Work

Monday, May 28th 2012



Time:

7:00 pm

Origin Theatre will present the 2011 Stewart Parker Award winning play fresh from the Irish awards. The winning play will be announced on Wednesday, April 25th 2012 at a reception in The New Lyric Theatre Belfast. As in past years we look forward to welcoming the winning playwright to New York and sharing their work for the first time with American audiences.

 

Location:

NYU Glucksman Ireland House
One Washington Mews (Bet Washington Square North & 8th St)