Irish Repertory Theatre

By Erica Murray Directed by Nicola Murphy Dubey Starring Alana Raquel Bowers, Donna Lynne Champlin, Clare O'Malley, and Maryann Plunkett In a remote farmhouse in West Clare, Nell (Maryann Plunkett) prepares to scatter the ashes of her late son alongside his grieving wife (Clare O'Malley). At the same time, an American tourist (Donna Lynne Champlin) arrives, expecting a peaceful countryside retreat. When a young woman (Alana Raquel Bowers) unexpectedly turns up at the cottage, the weekend takes a surprising and darkly comic turn. As tensions rise and secrets come to light, these four strangers are forced into an uneasy reckoning with the past and each other. Erica Murray’s The Loved Ones is a sharp, deeply moving, and wickedly funny new Irish play about motherhood, grief, and the families we find when life doesn’t go to plan.