The Irish Players News

The Irish Players program of the Rochester Community Players' The Field Opens This Friday, March 20. RCP's Irish Players production examines community coverup of a terrible crime; Seven performances scheduled March 20 to 29.

The Alumnae Theatre Company presents its season finale Mainstage show of the 2013-2014 season: Rabbit Hole, by David Lindsay-Abaire. The current production is directed by Paul Hardy, who also directed Alumnae's critically acclaimed production of Oscar Wilde's A Woman of No Importance in the 2012-2013 season.

The Irish Players of Rochester, a program of the Rochester Community Players, will be presenting an Irish ghost story for today, Shining City by Conor McPherson. Seven performances will be staged at MuCCC Theater, 142 Atlantic Avenue, Rochester.

The Irish Players of Rochester, a program of the Rochester Community Players, will be presenting an Irish ghost story for today, Shining City by Conor McPherson. Seven performances will be staged at MuCCC Theater, 142 Atlantic Avenue, Rochester.

Stage and screen actress Helena Carroll passed away due to heart failure on March 31. She was 84.

Is Life Worth Living?, a comical farce by Lennox Robinson; directed by Jean Ryon will play tonight, March 15-30, 2013, at the MuCCC Theater, 142 Atlantic Avenue, Rochester, NY, presented by The Irish Players, a program of the Rochester Community Players.

Just in time for St. Patrick's Day 2013, RCP's Irish Players present: Is Life Worth Living?, a comical exaggeration by Lennox Robinson; directed by Jean Gordon Ryon. The production will run March 15-30, 2013 at MuCCC Theater, 142 Atlantic Avenue, Rochester NY.

Is Life Worth Living?, a comical farce by Lennox Robinson; directed by Jean Ryon will play March 15-30, 2013, at the MuCCC Theater, 142 Atlantic Avenue, Rochester, NY, presented by The Irish Players, a program of the Rochester Community Players.

Stephanie Roosa was awarded 'Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role' honors at the 2012 Acting Irish International Theatre Festival (AIITF) in Dublin, Ireland, May 20, 2012, for her performance as 'Josie' in the Rochester Community Players' Irish Players production of A Moon for the Misbegotten by Eugene O'Neill. The festival was held at the Axis Theatre, Ballymun, Dublin; six community theater companies from the United States, Canada and Ireland participated in this year's festival.

A Moon for the Misbegotten, the comic drama by Eugene O'Neill, opens April 13 for three weekends at the MuCCC Theater, before heading off to Ireland for the 2012 Acting Irish International Theatre Festival (AIITF).

The Irish Players, a program of the Rochester Community Players, will be opening a theatrical double-header next Friday April 1: a comedy by Sean O'Casey and a drama by Conor McPherson.

The Irish Players, a program of the Rochester Community Players, will be opening a theatrical double-header next Friday April 1: a comedy by Sean O'Casey and a drama by Conor McPherson.

Ireland mustn't be such a bad place, so - but it certainly isn't devoid of faults or wickedness. This is made entirely clear in The Cripple of Inishmaan, Martin McDonagh's darkly comic and touching work about a physically challenged young man's dreams of becoming a Hollywood star. The spritely production currently being mounted by the Irish Players of Rochester, a subset of Rochester Community Players, gives its audience just the right balance of sentimentality and harsh absurdity. Under Jean Gordon Ryon's direction, McDonagh's comical drama about the nature of lies, gossip, and identity makes for a night of quality entertainment.