SAVE THE DATE
MONDAY 12.12.22
An intimate reading of the award-winning play
Cast includes Úna Clancy [Heir to the Throne, Wu Tang: An American Saga], Ciara Van Buren [Finding Joy, The Shift], Phil Burke [Hell on Wheels, This is 40, Billy and Billie}, Damian O’Hare [Perry Mason, Pirates of the Caribbean], Brandon Flynn [13 Reasons Why, True Detective], Katherine O’Sullivan {Hungry Hearts, Six Degrees], Laurissa "Lala" Romain [Top Five, Son of the South], Gerard McNamee (Misty Button, White Collar], and Brenda Meaney [Love/Hate, FBI: Most Wanted].
The 8th is an Anti-Traditional Familial Irish Dramedy which deals with abortion rights in Ireland and what was the eventual repealing of the 8th Amendment, which finally, after decades, allowed women the right to choose. The piece is written by multiple award winner, Seanie Sugrue, who sets the scene in a small family home in rural Kerry, where discussion and debate on all subjects is found around the "cooker", destined to boil over and create what will undoubtedly be a cacophony of opinions due to clash and delight depending on what side you’re on.
LaMAMA Studios
47 Great Jones St
3:30 PM or 7:30 PM
BEST PRODUCTION
2020 1st Irish Theatre Festival
"The brave new Irish playwright with a modern voice..." Neil LaBute
"Deservedly, the most insightful play at this year's festival." Broadway.com
The 8th WINS “Best Production”
at the 2020 Origin 1st Irish Theatre Festival Awards at
Rosie O'Grady's in Times Square
THE 8TH CLOSED TO A SOLD OUT CROWD!
STAY TUNED AS LITA AIMS TO RE-OPEN OFF-BROADWAY
12th Annual Origin 1st Irish Theatre Festival Presents The 8th by Seanie Sugrue
Produced by Locked in the Attic and Five OHM Productions
A year after the death of their father, Saoirse and Tomas return home for his one-year anniversary mass. The family still deep in grief continue to argue over the suspicious manner in how Dennis died. While tensions rise inside the house, outside the people of Ireland are equally divided as they prepare to vote on whether to repeal the eighth amendment and legalize abortion in the most contentious social issue Ireland has seen since its independence.
Original Cast: Julia Nightingale*, Una Clancy*, Katherine O'Sullivan*, John Warren, Phil Burke*, Shane McNaughton, Laurissa "Lala" Romain* and Gerard McNamee
* Appearing through the courtesy of the Actors Equity Association
Photos by Reiko Yanagi