A SKULL IN CONNEMARA

By MARTIN McDONAGH

February 13 – March 1, 2026

Irish Gothic gallows humor from BAFTA, Oscar, Academy Award and Drama Desk winner Martin McDonagh.

Nothing stays buried forever.

For one week each autumn, Mick Dowd is hired to disinter the bones in certain sections of his local cemetery to make way for the new arrivals. As the time approaches for him to dig up those of his own late wife, strange rumours regarding his involvement in her sudden death seven years ago gradually begin to resurface. Hailed by The Guardian as “a superior play that redefined the concept of graveyard humour,” this piece completes ICTC’s productions of McDonagh’s The Leenane Trilogy, following The Beauty Queen of Leenane and The Lonesome West, by the director and author of the Golden Globe Award-winning Banshees of Inisherin.

Additional Programming:

Open Rehearsal (for Subscribers Only): Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Community Matinee Preview ($12/Ticket): Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 10:00 AM

Opening Night Reception: Friday, February 13, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Pay-What-You-Will Performances*: 
Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 7:30 PM
*Purchase in-person at the Box Office on the day of the performance. Seating subject to availability.

Speaker Series: Sunday, February 15, 2026 at 1:30 PM

Talk Back Thursdays: Engage with the Creators! After every Thursday performance, stay for a free Talk Back where members of the creative team discuss their roles and answer your questions about their creative journey.
Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 7:30 PM

About the Playwright:

Martin McDonagh is a British-Irish playwright and filmmaker whose work blends vibrant dialogue with exceptionally dark humor. He has won numerous accolades including an Academy Award, six BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and three Olivier Awards in addition to nominations for five Tony Awards. His notable plays include The Beauty Queen of Leenane (1996), The Cripple of Inishmaan (1996), The Lonesome West (1997), The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2001), The Pillowman (2003), A Behanding in Spokane (2010), and Hangmen (2015). McDonagh won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for Six Shooter and has received nominations for six other Academy Awards for his work on In Bruges (2007), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), and The Banshees of Inisherin (2022). He directed the black comedy film Seven Psychopaths (2012) and was executive producer on The Second Death (2000) and The Guard (2011).

About the Cast:

Robert Creighton (Mick Dowd) Robert is a recent transplant to the Buffalo area, where he lives with his Amherst-born wife and their two children. He is thrilled to make his Buffalo theatre debut with ICTC. Originally from Ontario, Robert earned his Vocal Performance degree at Wilfrid Laurier University before moving to New York City to study at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. His favorite play credits include Angelo in Comedy of Errors (Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park), Ananias in The Alchemist (Shakespeare Theatre Company of DC), and Dennis McCarthy in S.N. Behrman’s End of Summer (Phoenix Theatre Company, NY). Robert is a veteran of eight Broadway shows. He also co-authored and starred in the hit Off-Broadway musical Cagney, which ran for over 500 performances. His portrayal of James Cagney earned him the Fred Astaire Award for Outstanding Male Dancer, as well as Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for Best Lead Actor in a Musical. On screen, Robert was a recurring guest star on CBS’s The Good Fight as Clarence Kolb, with additional guest appearances on Elementary (CBS), Law & Order (NBC), The Family (ABC), and Life on Mars (ABC). His cabaret Ain’t We Got Fun! won New York City’s prestigious Bistro Award for “Outstanding Entertainer.” RobertCreightonNYC.com | @rcreightonnyc

Brendan Didio (Thomas Hanlon) Brendan is thrilled to be returning to the ICTC stage — last seen in Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors.  Brendan hails from Central New York, but for several years now, Buffalo has been his home. He is a graduate of the MFA Acting program at D’Youville University in partnership with The Kavinoky Theatre, and he holds a BFA in Theatre Performance from Niagara University. He also serves as an adjunct instructor at SUNY Niagara and Niagara University.  Brendan has had the privilege of studying and training with professionals from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, Shakespeare & Company, and Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. Here in Buffalo, Brendan has had the opportunity to play onstage and off with several companies including Shakespeare in Delaware Park, ICTC, MusicalFare, Road Less Traveled, and The Kavinoky Theatre. He is also a proud member of Kenan Center’s Repertory Company.

 Phineas Goodman (Mairtin Hanlon) Phineas is a senior BFA Acting major at SUNY Fredonia, and he is beyond thrilled to be making his professional debut in ICTC’s production of A Skull in Connemara, in the company of this world class cast and crew! In the spring, he will be closing out his final semester at SUNY Fredonia playing the role of Charles in the Walter Gloor MainStage production of Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward in April! @ph1ineas

Pamela Rose Mangus (Maryjohnny Rafferty)  Pamela feels very at home working with ICTC where she’s been featured in King Lear, James Joyce’s The Dead, Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime, A Little Night Music, Outside Mullingar, The Winslow Boy, and The Mai. She’s also had the pleasure of working with the Alleyway Theatre, Brazen Faced Varlets, Buffalo United Artists, Drunk Theatre Buffalo, Jewish Repertory Theatre, Kavinoky Theatre, Lancaster Opera House, MusicalFare, O’Connell & Company, Red Thread Theatre, Road Less Traveled Productions, Second Generation Theatre, Shakespeare in Delaware Park, Subversive Theatre Collective and Theatre of Youth.  Her film credits include Givers of Death, Bad Cupid, A Christmas Spark (with Mario Lopez) and There’s No Place Like Christmas. After a dream vacation to Italy and Switzerland in the spring, Pamela will be back with Shakespeare in Delaware Park in Pericles, Prince of Tyre.