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 Speakers: 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. As former classmates at The Lir Academy, Erica and Keelie will bring a unique, personal perspective to this intimate Q&A, exploring the creative process behind The Loved Ones, its journey from Dublin Theatre Festival to its North American premiere at ICTC, and its upcoming tour of Ireland. Stick around after the show for a post-performance talkback 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, with 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 Murray is a playwright originally from County Limerick. She has 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 Six in the Attic scheme with the Irish Theatre Institute, the Soho Theatre New Writers course and the Lyric Theatre New Playwrights Programme. Her first play, The Cat’s Mother, toured to London, Edinburgh and the Dublin Fringe Festival in 2018 where it won the Fishamble Award for Best New Writing and was nominated for the Stewart Parker Award. In 2019 she was the Channel 4 writer-in-residence at The Lyric Theatre, Belfast where her play All Mod Cons premiered. She also received the Sonia Friedman Award for her new play The Magnificent.