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John Keating (Babe Reilly) This past fall, John could be seen in Translations at the Irish Rep. Other recent favorites include Autumn Royal, Two by Synge, Lady G, Pigeon in the Taj Mahal, The Weir (three runs, including the virtual run in 2020), and The O'Casey Cycle (2020 Callaway Award) and he was very honored to share the Irish Rep Sustained Excellence Award with Terry Donnelly in 2019. A prominent New York stage actor, John has also performed with Theatre for a New Audience 6 times (most recently in Arin Arbus' The Winter's Tale and Trevor Nunn's Pericles), and many other NYC companies, including Atlantic, Roundabout, Mint, Irish Arts, Pond, La Mama, Coop, and Pearl, most leading American regional theatres. TV includes Boardwalk Empire (recurring), “The Blacklist”, “John Adams”, “The Following”, “Ray Donovan”, “SVU”, “Alpha House”, “High Maintenance”, “Nurse Jackie”, “Lipstick Jungle”. Film includes Kelly Reichardt's First Cow (Time Magazine film of the year 2020), Aaron Schimberg's A Different Man (winter 2023), The Lone Ranger, Emerald City, Misty Button, Freedom. John has narrated over 200 audio-books (Audie winner, SOVA nominee).
John Keating (Babe Reilly) This past fall, John could be seen in Translations at the Irish Rep. Other recent favorites include Autumn Royal, Two by Synge, Lady G, Pigeon in the Taj Mahal, The Weir (three runs, including the virtual run in 2020), and The O'Casey Cycle (2020 Callaway Award) and he was very honored to share the Irish Rep Sustained Excellence Award with Terry Donnelly in 2019. A prominent New York stage actor, John has also performed with Theatre for a New Audience 6 times (most recently in Arin Arbus' The Winter's Tale and Trevor Nunn's Pericles), and many other NYC companies, including Atlantic, Roundabout, Mint, Irish Arts, Pond, La Mama, Coop, and Pearl, most leading American regional theatres. TV includes Boardwalk Empire (recurring), “The Blacklist”, “John Adams”, “The Following”, “Ray Donovan”, “SVU”, “Alpha House”, “High Maintenance”, “Nurse Jackie”, “Lipstick Jungle”. Film includes Kelly Reichardt's First Cow (Time Magazine film of the year 2020), Aaron Schimberg's A Different Man (winter 2023), The Lone Ranger, Emerald City, Misty Button, Freedom. John has narrated over 200 audio-books (Audie winner, SOVA nominee).
Marianne Driscoll Playwright
Kira Simring Director
Nancy Manocherian Founding Artistic Director
Leah Abrams Co-General Manager
Ayla Rosen Co-General Manager
Hannah Ciesil Stage Manager
Chris Stackel Lighting Designer
Osaro Ogendengbe Sound Designer
Anita Sibony de Adelsberg Set Designer
Danielle Hartley Costume Designer
Marianne Driscoll is a longtime collaborator at the cell. Her most recent collaboration was The Biscuit Club in the spring of 2015 also directed by Kira Simring. Her first play, McGoldrick's Thread played to sold out performances at St. Mark's Theatre 80 in the East Village in 2013 as part of the 1st Irish Theatre Festival and won top honors including Best Production, Best Director (Kira Simring) and Best Choreography. Marianne has been creating images and stories her entire life, running her own portrait studio, as well as documenting numerous events on film, both in the U.S and abroad.
Kira Simring is the Director of Nancy Manocherian's the cell theatre in NYC, where she has developed and directed new works since 2006. Directing credits include the world premiers of The Women Who Rode Away by Natalia Zukerman (the cell and off the WALL), Yes! Reflections of Molly Bloom (Irish Rep), Crackskull Row by Honor Molloy (New York Times Critics’ Pick) and Hard Times: An American Musical by Larry Kirwan (New York Times Critics’ Pick). Kira is a three-time Origin Theatre 1st Irish Award Winner for Best Director.
Nancy Manocherian is a lyricist, playwright and producer. Writing credit include: Hey Jude, Urban Stages. Sin!; Rio, a Brazilian musical novella (Theatre for the New City); and Dinner and Delusion, an opera co-written with composer Michael Sahl (The Center for Contemporary Opera/New York city Opera’s VOX Festival) Her passion is for the arts and her dream is the cell, a 21st century salon.
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