Join us for our free 2024-2025 Speaker Series on select afternoon performances during our Season. With each session led by one of ICTC’s distinguished speakers, the afternoon will begin at 1:30 pm with a dramaturgical presentation and moderated discussion to introduce the world of the play, followed by the matinee performance. After the show, join the speaker and select members of the cast for an enlightening Talk Back.

Mark your calendars for these upcoming event dates:

  • The Loved Ones: March 2, 2025
  • Dorian: April 6, 2025
  • Crocodile Fever: June 8, 2025

NEXT EVENT:

Sunday, March 2, 2025 starting at 1:30pm

The Loved Ones’ Speaker: Erica Murray (Playwright)

Join us on March 2nd for a special Speaker Series event featuring acclaimed Irish playwright Erica Murray, in conversation with ICTC’s Artistic Director, Keelie A. Sheridan. Erica and Keelie will offer an in-depth look at the creative process behind The Loved Ones, tracing its journey from the Dublin Theatre Festival to its North American premiere at ICTC in this intimate Q&A. Stick around after the show for a post-performance Talk Back and a reception where you’ll have the chance to mingle with Erica and gain deeper insight into her work. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to engage with one of Ireland’s most exciting contemporary playwrights, brought to you in partnership with Canisius University’s Hassett Family Endowment and Creative Writing Program.

See the show early in the run, then return for this one-night-only conversation with the playwright herself!

  • 1:30pm – The Speakers will give a 15-minute Dramaturgy presentation prior to the show.
  • 2:00pm – The Loved Ones matinee performance (approximately 2 hours, including one 15-minute intermission).
  • Post-show – There will be a 15-minute Talk Back session between the Guest Speaker, select cast members, and the audience.
  • Post-Talk Back – Lite fare reception to mingle and celebrate with the creative team.

    WHO’S WHO:

    Erica is originally from County Limerick, Ireland. She holds a BA in Drama and Theatre Studies from Trinity College Dublin and an MFA in Playwriting from The Lir Academy. She is a previous member of the Soho Young Writers Group, Lyric New Playwright’s Programme and the Six in the Attic programme at Irish Theatre Institute. In 2018, her play; The Cat’s Mother, toured to London, Edinburgh and Dublin Fringe where it won the Fishamble Award for Best New Writing and was subsequently nominated for the Stewart Parker Award. In 2019, she was the Channel 4 Writer-in-Residence at The Lyric Theatre in Belfast where her second play All Mod Cons premiered. The Loved Ones premiered at the Dublin Theatre Festival 2023 in a co-production between Rough Magic and The Gate Theatre to critical acclaim and is going on an Irish tour in spring 2025. In 2023 she received the Sonia Friedman Award for her play The Magnificent which is currently in development. In 2024, The Abbey Theatre commissioned her to write a play for schools called In Real Life which will be touring to primary schools in Ireland in 2025. She is currently under commission for a new play for The Gate Theatre.

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