Theatre

Riders to the Sea and Macbeth

A Druid double bill directed by Garry Hynes

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Details

$25/$71/$81 (inclusive of fees)
Date(s)

Thu, Feb 18 - Sun, Mar 21, 2027

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Location

The JL Greene Theatre
Irish Arts Center
726 11th Avenue
Hell's Kitchen, NYC

Overview

RIDERS TO THE SEA
by J. M. Synge

and

MACBETH
by William Shakespeare

Running time: 3 hours and 35 minutes, including two intervals

Riders to the Sea
by J. M. Synge

They’re all gone now, and there isn’t anything more the sea can do to me.

On the Aran Islands, off the coast of Galway, a woman contends with God and the sea for the survival of her family.

20 years on from the formative DruidSynge (2005), Tony Award winners Garry Hynes and Marie Mullen return to the work of one of Ireland’s greatest playwrights for this new production of J. M. Synge’s one-act masterpiece.

★★★★★
“Extraordinarily accomplished...riveting”—THE IRISH TIMES

Macbeth
by William Shakespeare

Featuring Marty Rea as Macbeth and Marie Mullen as Lady Macbeth

The Scottish Play as you’ve never seen it before. Druid brings its visceral and uniquely Irish perspective to one of Shakespeare’s fiercest and bloodiest tragedies.

In medieval Scotland, the ambitious army general Macbeth is visited by three witches who foretell his ascension to the throne. In pursuit of this prophecy, and emboldened by his wife, Lady Macbeth, he sets out on a murderous path that threatens to sever the ties that bind their minds, their marriage, and the nation itself.

Tony Award winner Garry Hynes directs a cast of 11 of Ireland’s finest actors, led by Marty Rea as Macbeth and fellow Tony winner Marie Mullen as Lady Macbeth. This production follows Druid’s internationally acclaimed DruidShakespeare (2015) and Richard III (2018), and marks the company’s second appearance at IAC after its sold-out presentation of Beckett’s Endgame in 2025.

★★★★★
“Electrifying…the pace is unflagging, the menace unrelenting”—THE GUARDIAN

CAST
Emma Dargan-Reid 
Emmet Farrell 
Liam Heslin  
Seán Kearns  
Darragh Feehely 
Pattie Maguire 
Marie Mullen 
Rory Nolan 
Rachel O’Byrne  
Marty Rea 
Cathal Ryan  

CREATIVES
Director: Garry Hynes  
Set and co-costume design: Francis O'Connor  
Co-costume design: Clíodhna Hallissey 
Lighting design: Colin Grenfell  
Sound design: Gregory Clarke  

Movement director: David Bolger  
Composer: Conor Linehan  
Casting director: Amy Rowan  
Hair design: Siobhán Patterson  
Make-up design: Michelle Ruane  
Associate director: Sarah Baxter 
Assistant director: Lianne O’Shea 

Presented in association with the Jerome L. Greene Foundation.

Additional generous support provided by Culture Ireland, the Brandt Jackson Foundation, the Howard Gilman Foundation, Tourism Ireland, the Shubert Foundation, and Jim & Lori Steinberg.

The Druid production of Riders to the Sea and Macbeth was supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, Smurfit Westrock, McDonogh Capital Investments, the University of Galway, and Galway City Council.


Bios

Garry Hynes (director)
Emma Dargan-Reid (cast)
Emmet Farrell (cast)
Liam Heslin (cast)
Seán Kearns (cast)
Darragh Feehely (cast)
Pattie Maguire (cast)
Marie Mullen (cast)
Rory Nolan (cast)
Rachel O’Byrne (cast)
Marty Rea (cast)
Cathal Ryan (cast)
Francis O'Connor (set and co-costume design)
Clíodhna Hallissey (set and co-costume design)
Colin Grenfell (lighting design)
Gregory Clarke (sound design)
David Bolger (movement director)
Conor Linehan (composer)
Amy Rowan (casting director)
Siobhán Patterson (hair design)
Michelle Ruane (make-up design)
Sarah Baxter (associate director)
Lianne O’Shea (assistant director)

Featured Media

"Electrifying"

The Guardian
"A fitting production to mark Druid’s movement into its fifth decade"

No More Workhorse
"A magnificent horror unbalancing nature"

Irish Times
"Theatrical brilliance and forensic complexity"

The Stage

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