Stephanie Roth Haberle, last seen on Broadway in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, will star in the Off-Broadway premiere of Marina Carr’s play Woman and Scarecrow at Irish Rep. Haberle will play a dying woman who, in her final hours, confronts her alter ego, Scarecrow.
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Irish Rep's producing artistic director Ciarán O’Reilly (The Seafarer) will direct a run May 9–June 24 in the W. Scott McLucas Studio Stage. The production will officially open May 20.
Completing the cast are Pamela Gray (The Sinner) as Scarecrow, Aidan Redmond (The Cripple of Inishmaan) as Him, and Jill Tanner (The Traveling Lady) as Aunty Ah.
Woman and Scarecrow premiered at London's Royal Court Theatre 2006. Carr is the author of more than 20 published plays, and has won numerous awards, including The Irish Times’ playwright award, the E.M. Forster Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the 2017 Windham Campbell prize
Woman and Scarecrow will feature set design by Charlie Corcoran (The Seafarer), costume design by Whitney Locher (The Emperor Jones), lighting design by Michael Gottlieb (Three Small Irish Masterpieces), and sound design and original music by Ryan Rumery (Admissions).
Tickets can be purchased through Irish Rep’s box office by calling (212) 727-2737, or online at Irishrep.org.