Join us for our free 2025-2026 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.
SAVE-THE-DATES:
A Skull in Connemara by Martin McDonagh: Sunday, February 15, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Islander by Amy Draper, Stewart Melton, and Finn Anderson: Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Girl on an Altar: Sunday, June 14, 2026 at 1:30 PM
UPCOMING EVENT:
Sunday, November 9, 2025 starting at 1:30pm
Thirst’s Speaker: Playwright, Ronán Noone
Join ICTC for an intimate conversation with playwright Ronán Noone, author of Thirst, as he shares the process and inspirations behind his acclaimed companion piece to Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night. In this special event, Noone offers an inside look at how the world below stairs – the unseen lives of servants, immigrants, and dreamers – became the heartbeat of a story that expands and reframes one of America’s greatest plays.
- 1:30pm – The Speaker will give a 15-minute presentation prior to the show.
- 2:00pm – Thirst matinee performance (approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes, 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.
WHO’S WHO:
Ronán Noone (Playwright) Ronán is the author of eleven plays, including The Lepers of Baile Baiste, Thirst, and The Smuggler, which have been produced in theaters across the United States, with four of his works presented Off-Broadway. His plays have also been staged internationally, with recent productions in the UK, Spain, Canada, India, the Philippines, and Ireland (The Smuggler 2025 Tour). He is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) Award for Excellence in Playwriting, the Elliot Norton Award for Best Play, an Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award, the Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) Award for Best New Play, a Kennedy Center Playwriting Award, and Best Playwright at the 1st Irish Festival in New York. Noone’s essays on theater have appeared in The Princeton University Library Chronicle, The Eugene O’Neill Review, and New Hibernia Review. His plays are published by Dramatists Play Service, TRW Plays, and Samuel French Ltd. Originally from Connemara, Ireland, he immigrated to the United States and is a graduate of Boston University’s MFA Playwriting Program, where he now serves as an adjunct assistant professor. More at ronannoone.com