O’Neill International Festival of Theatre in New Ross, Ireland

Please join us in Ireland this October for what promises to be another unforgettable trip filled with theatre, music, and local New Ross highlights. The International Festival of Theatre will feature The Eugene O’Neill Foundation’s production of The Hairy Ape, directed by Eric Fraisher Hayes, as well as The Memory Room by Sheila Forsey.

TICKETS and more info

Download the flier HERE and tour prices HERE

For questions please contact Sean Reidy  seanreidyirl@gmail.com or Tel + 353 87 2713776

Eugene O’Neill International Festival of Theatre

“One Festival, Two Countries”

The Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House and the O’Neill Ancestral Trust of Ireland partner every fall to produce “One Festival, Two Countries,” the Eugene O’Neill Festival in Danville, California in September and the Eugene O’Neill International Festival of Theatre in New Ross, Ireland, in October.

“One Festival, Two Countries” embodies a civic as well as a cultural partnership, celebrating the two Friendship Cities, Danville and New Ross.

Why an O’Neill festival in Ireland? Eugene O’Neill famously said, “The one thing that explains more than anything about me is the fact that I’m Irish.” Ireland early recognized O’Neill’s genius with celebrated productions of his plays.

Why in New Ross? James O’Neill, Eugene’s father, lived with his parents and seven siblings in nearby Tinneranny. In 1847, in the wake of the potato famine, the O’Neills emigrated from the Port of New Ross. James, then five years old, later became one of the most famous actors in America. The festival honors not only Eugene O’Neill but also James, a favorite son of New Ross.