Irish Repertory Theatre announces THE INDOMITABLE IRISHRY - A 2021 Online Gala Celebration

Irish Repertory Theatre have announced that this season’s Gala benefit production will be The Indomitable Irishry: An Online Celebration on 14 June 2021, honouring longstanding members of the company, Tony Award winner Bill Irwin and Mary Lou & Joe Quinlan.

The one-night-only event, directed by Artistic Director Charlotte Moore, will feature music and songs celebrating their thirty-two years of bringing the best Irish and Irish American stories to the stage. With the title inspired by W.B. Yeats’s poem ‘Under Ben Bulben’, the evening will celebrate their “indomitable Irishry” and the artistic accomplishments of the acclaimed master clown, Tony Award-winning actor Bill Irwin and present the Champions of the Arts Award to best-selling author and marketing powerhouse, Mary Lou Quinlan, and Joe Quinlan, former president of Time Inc. Television and senior producer of the “MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour.

Charlotte Moore and Producing Director Ciaran O’Reilly said: “We are beyond thrilled to honor our dear friends Mary Lou and Joe Quinlan and the great Bill Irwin at our virtual gala this year. Mary Lou and Joe have been steadfast supporters of our theatre for as long as anybody can remember, and their genuine passion for our productions and for all things Ireland is inspiring. Bill has not only brought his wisdom and humor to Irish Rep audiences with his award-winning On Beckett both on stage and screen, he has also helped raise the profile of our company. We are proud to be able to salute our friends, Bill Irwin and Mary Lou and Joe Quinlan.”

Proceeds from the event will support Irish Repertory Theatre and will allow them to continue to employ actors and theatre artists, while producing vital new works by Irish and Irish American playwrights.

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