Belfast, 1979. At the height of the Troubles, two off-duty British soldiers think they’ve hit it off with two local girls at a unionist pub on the city’s outskirts. But what begins as a night of flirtation and playful sparring soon turns dark. Decades later, as one of the soldiers recounts the events for an American oral history project, long-buried memories resurface, drawing him back to Belfast in search of answers and revenge. Joining the production will be Rebecca Ballinger (How the Sausage Gets Made), who will take over the role of Emily, previously played by Molly Ranson. The Honey Trap was first presented as a staged reading at Irish Rep in 2024 as part of the New Works Fall Festival. Its world premiere was in 2023 with Solas Nua in Washington, DC.

Making a Show of Myself is a modern twist on the essential act of storytelling. Deceptively funny, unexpectedly moving, and ultimately uplifting, Making a Show of Myself celebrates seanchas—the ancient Irish art of storytelling—carrying audiences from laughter through darkness and back into light. Acclaimed Irish storyteller Mary Kate O Flanagan brings six true, personal, life-affirming stories to the stage. In the spaces between her tales, she lets slip the secrets of why stories matter—how they settle the spirit and light a spark inside us. By making a show out of her own true life material, O Flanagan, the world’s only Grand Slam Champion Storyteller on public radio’s The Moth on two continents, demonstrates how reclaiming your narrative can be a revolutionary act, wrestling redemption from the silliest, and sometimes, most painful episodes of your life.

The American Irish Historical Society and www.IrishAmerica250.org invite you to celebrate our national holiday Presidents Day Monday, February 16, 2026 We seek to recognize the twenty-three American Presidents with Irish roots whose leadership gave us hope and courage throughout the last 250 years