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| | name = Solas Nua | | name = Solas Nua | ||
| | logo = | | logo = Solas_Nua_Logo.png | ||
| | type = Theatre, Film, Literature, Visual Arts, Dance, Music | | type = Theatre, Film, Literature, Visual Arts, Dance, Music | ||
| | founded = {{Start date and age|2005}} | | founded = {{Start date and age|2005}} | ||
| | founder = Linda Murray | | founder = Linda Murray | ||
| | hq_location_city = ] | | hq_location_city = ] | ||
| | website = www.solasnua.org | | website = http://www.solasnua.org | ||
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| '''Solas Nua''' ("new light" in ]) is a ]-based Irish contemporary arts organization, founded in 2005. Its first event was a production of the play ''Disco Pigs'' by ]. While it is best known for its theater offerings, Solas Nua also presents programming in areas including film, music, visual arts and literature. The organization puts special emphasis on promoting recent work by up-and-coming Irish artists.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Solas Nua - About|url=http://www.solasnua.org/about/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=solasnua.org}}</ref> | '''Solas Nua''' ("new light" in ]) is a ]-based Irish contemporary arts organization, founded in 2005. Its first event was a production of the play ''Disco Pigs''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Disco Pigs at The Keegan Theatre 2005|url=http://www.abouttheartists.com/productions/12317-disco-pigs-at-church-street-theater-june-26-july-27-2005|access-date=2020-07-07|website=www.abouttheartists.com}}</ref> by ]. While it is best known for its theater offerings, Solas Nua also presents programming in areas including film, music, visual arts and literature. The organization puts special emphasis on promoting recent work by up-and-coming Irish artists.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Solas Nua - About|url=http://www.solasnua.org/about/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=solasnua.org}}</ref> | ||
| ==Past theater productions== | ==Past theater productions== | ||
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| In Solas Nua's 2009–10 season they presented ]'s ''Everything Between Us'' in D.C., Buffalo and Philadelphia. They also produced ]'s ''Johnny Meister and the Stitch''. | In Solas Nua's 2009–10 season they presented ]'s ''Everything Between Us'' in D.C., Buffalo and Philadelphia. They also produced ]'s ''Johnny Meister and the Stitch''. | ||
| '''2010–11''' events included ''Swampoodle'' by Tom Swift. This place-based performance was created in collaboration with Ireland's ] at the U-Line Arena. Solas Nua also presented John Paul Murphy's ''The Prophet of Monto'', and ] and ]'s musical ''Improbable Frequency''. | '''''2010–11''''' events included ''Swampoodle'' by Tom Swift. This place-based performance was created in collaboration with Ireland's ] at the U-Line Arena. Solas Nua also presented John Paul Murphy's ''The Prophet of Monto'', and ] and ]'s musical ''Improbable Frequency''. | ||
| In '''2012–13''' Solas Nua commissioned and performed ''Bradley O’Gill and the Little People'' by Tom Swift. | In '''2012–13''' Solas Nua commissioned and performed ''Bradley O’Gill and the Little People'' by Tom Swift. | ||
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| In '''2015''', Solas Nua hired Rex Daugherty as the second artistic director of the company. He had previously appeared as an actor in Solas Nua productions, and became a company member in 2008. His theatre productions have earned Solas Nua their first Helen Hayes Award (Outstanding Ensemble - ''The Frederick Douglass Project''). | In '''2015''', Solas Nua hired Rex Daugherty as the second artistic director of the company. He had previously appeared as an actor in Solas Nua productions, and became a company member in 2008. His theatre productions have earned Solas Nua their first Helen Hayes Award (Outstanding Ensemble - ''The Frederick Douglass Project''). | ||
| '''2016''' - ''Wild Sky'' by Deirdre Kinahan and ''Little Thing Big Thing'' by Donal O'Kelly''.'' | '''''2016''''' - ''Wild Sky'' by Deirdre Kinahan and ''Little Thing Big Thing'' by Donal O'Kelly''.'' | ||
| '''''2017''' - Coolatully'' by Fiona Doyle and the updated ''Misterman'' by Enda Walsh. | '''''2017''' - Coolatully'' by Fiona Doyle and the updated ''Misterman'' by Enda Walsh. | ||
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| '''''2018''' - The Frederick Douglass Project'' by Psalmayene 24 and Deirdre Kinahan and ''How to Keep an Alien'' by Sonya Kelly. | '''''2018''' - The Frederick Douglass Project'' by Psalmayene 24 and Deirdre Kinahan and ''How to Keep an Alien'' by Sonya Kelly. | ||
| *''The Frederick Douglass Project''<ref>{{Cite web|last=critic|first=Nelson PressleycloseNelson PressleyTheater criticEmailEmailBioBioFollowFollowTheater|title=Review {{!}} Solas Nua stages ‘The Frederick Douglass Project’ on an Anacostia River pier|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/solas-nua-stages-the-frederick-douglass-project-on-an-anacostia-river-pier/2018/05/21/e2871f98-5c9c-11e8-a4a4-c070ef53f315_story.html|access-date=2020-07-07|website=Washington Post|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-05-13|title=Review: 'The Frederick Douglass Project' by Solas Nua|url=https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2018/05/13/review-the-frederick-douglass-project-by-solas-nua/|access-date=2020-07-07|website=DC Metro Theater Arts|language=en-US}}</ref> was a Solas Nua commission, staged on a floating pier on the ], overlooking Douglass' historic home in DC. The play earned 6 Helen Hayes nominations, was the recipient of The Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble, and was listed by The Washington Post as "one of the best theatre productions of the year." How to Keep an Alien was also nominated for Outstanding Sound Design. | |||
| *''The Frederick Douglass Project'' was a Solas Nua commission, staged on a floating pier on the Anacostia River, | |||
| ⚫ | '''''2019''''' ''- Silent'' written and performed by Pat Kinevan (from Fishamble: The New Play Company) and ''The Smuggler by Ronan Noone.'' | ||
| overlooking Douglass' historic home in DC. The play earned 6 Helen Hayes nominations, was the recipient of The Helen | |||
| Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble, and was listed by The Washington Post as "one of the best theatre productions | |||
| of the year." How to Keep an Alien was also nominated for Outstanding Sound Design. | |||
| ⚫ | '''2019''' ''- Silent'' written and performed by Pat Kinevan (from Fishamble: The New Play Company) and ''The Smuggler by Ronan Noone.'' | ||
| *''Silent'' was nominated for two Helen Hayes Awards, Outstanding Visiting Production and Outstanding Visiting Performer. ''The Smuggler,'' a one-man show starring artistic director Rex Daugherty, was listed by The New York Times Readers' Choice as one of the best theatre productions of the year, nation wide. | *''Silent'' was nominated for two Helen Hayes Awards, Outstanding Visiting Production and Outstanding Visiting Performer. ''The Smuggler,'' a one-man show starring artistic director Rex Daugherty, was listed by The New York Times Readers' Choice as one of the best theatre productions of the year, nation wide. | ||
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| ==Other Solas Nua activities== | ==Other Solas Nua activities== | ||
| Regular events include a film screening series called Irish Popcorn! Solas Nua also presents Irish films at their annual Capital Irish Film Festival<ref>{{Cite web|title=Capital Irish Film Festival|url=http://www.solasnua.org/ciff|access-date=2020-06-29|website=Solas Nua|language=en-US}}</ref>. Each year Solas Nua gives away thousands of Irish books on their Irish Book Day (March 17). In 2014 Solas Nua collaborated with Irish literary magazine '']'' to create an original Irish Book Day publication for the first time. ''What's the Story?'' included short stories and poems by authors including ].<ref>{{cite web|title=What's the Story, Declan Meade? |last=Meade |first=Declan |website=solasnua.org |url=http://www.solasnua.org/blog/2014/3/8/declan-meade |publisher=Solas Nua|accessdate=11 September 2014}}</ref> | Regular events include a film screening series called Irish Popcorn! Solas Nua also presents Irish films at their annual Capital Irish Film Festival<ref>{{Cite web|title=Capital Irish Film Festival at AFI Silver {{!}} Visit Maryland|url=https://www.visitmaryland.org/event/capital-irish-film-festival-afi-silver|access-date=2020-07-07|website=www.visitmaryland.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Capital Irish Film Festival|url=http://www.solasnua.org/ciff|access-date=2020-06-29|website=Solas Nua|language=en-US}}</ref>. Each year Solas Nua gives away thousands of Irish books on their Irish Book Day (March 17). In 2014 Solas Nua collaborated with Irish literary magazine '']'' to create an original Irish Book Day publication for the first time. ''What's the Story?'' included short stories and poems by authors including ].<ref>{{cite web|title=What's the Story, Declan Meade? |last=Meade |first=Declan |website=solasnua.org |url=http://www.solasnua.org/blog/2014/3/8/declan-meade |publisher=Solas Nua|accessdate=11 September 2014}}</ref> | ||
| Additional programming includes visual arts and video art exhibitions, multiple book clubs/groups, music and dance. | Additional programming includes visual arts and video art exhibitions, multiple book clubs/groups, music and dance. | ||
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| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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| Company type | Theatre, Film, Literature, Visual Arts, Dance, Music |
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| Founded | 2005; 20 years ago (2005) |
| Founder | Linda Murray |
| Headquarters | Washington D.C. |
| Website | http://www.solasnua.org |
Solas Nua ("new light" in Irish) is a Washington, D.C.-based Irish contemporary arts organization, founded in 2005. Its first event was a production of the play Disco Pigs by Enda Walsh. While it is best known for its theater offerings, Solas Nua also presents programming in areas including film, music, visual arts and literature. The organization puts special emphasis on promoting recent work by up-and-coming Irish artists.
Past theater productions
In its 2008–09 season Solas Nua performed Disco Pigs by Enda Walsh at 59E59 in New York City as part of the first Irish Theater Festival. Solas Nua produced this play again in D.C. in their 2009–10 season. In the 2008–09 season Linda Murray directed Gerald Murphy's Take Me Away and Des Kennedy directed the American premiere of Marina Carr's Woman and Scarecrow. Solas Nua also produced a series of readings of 11 plays commissioned by Belfast theater company Tinderbox.
In Solas Nua's 2009–10 season they presented David Ireland's Everything Between Us in D.C., Buffalo and Philadelphia. They also produced Rosemary Jenkinson's Johnny Meister and the Stitch.
2010–11 events included Swampoodle by Tom Swift. This place-based performance was created in collaboration with Ireland's Performance Corporation at the U-Line Arena. Solas Nua also presented John Paul Murphy's The Prophet of Monto, and Arthur Riordan and Bell Helicopter's musical Improbable Frequency.
In 2012–13 Solas Nua commissioned and performed Bradley O’Gill and the Little People by Tom Swift.
In 2014 Solas Nua began play-reading series in Washington, D.C. and in Boston.
In 2015, Solas Nua hired Rex Daugherty as the second artistic director of the company. He had previously appeared as an actor in Solas Nua productions, and became a company member in 2008. His theatre productions have earned Solas Nua their first Helen Hayes Award (Outstanding Ensemble - The Frederick Douglass Project).
2016 - Wild Sky by Deirdre Kinahan and Little Thing Big Thing by Donal O'Kelly.
2017 - Coolatully by Fiona Doyle and the updated Misterman by Enda Walsh.
*Misterman was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award in Outstanding Sound Design.
2018 - The Frederick Douglass Project by Psalmayene 24 and Deirdre Kinahan and How to Keep an Alien by Sonya Kelly.
*The Frederick Douglass Project was a Solas Nua commission, staged on a floating pier on the Anacostia River, overlooking Douglass' historic home in DC. The play earned 6 Helen Hayes nominations, was the recipient of The Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble, and was listed by The Washington Post as "one of the best theatre productions of the year." How to Keep an Alien was also nominated for Outstanding Sound Design.
2019 - Silent written and performed by Pat Kinevan (from Fishamble: The New Play Company) and The Smuggler by Ronan Noone.
*Silent was nominated for two Helen Hayes Awards, Outstanding Visiting Production and Outstanding Visiting Performer. The Smuggler, a one-man show starring artistic director Rex Daugherty, was listed by The New York Times Readers' Choice as one of the best theatre productions of the year, nation wide.
Other Solas Nua activities
Regular events include a film screening series called Irish Popcorn! Solas Nua also presents Irish films at their annual Capital Irish Film Festival. Each year Solas Nua gives away thousands of Irish books on their Irish Book Day (March 17). In 2014 Solas Nua collaborated with Irish literary magazine The Stinging Fly to create an original Irish Book Day publication for the first time. What's the Story? included short stories and poems by authors including Kevin Barry.
Additional programming includes visual arts and video art exhibitions, multiple book clubs/groups, music and dance.
References
- "Disco Pigs at The Keegan Theatre 2005". www.abouttheartists.com. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- "Solas Nua - About". solasnua.org.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - critic, Nelson PressleycloseNelson PressleyTheater criticEmailEmailBioBioFollowFollowTheater. "Review | Solas Nua stages 'The Frederick Douglass Project' on an Anacostia River pier". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- "Review: 'The Frederick Douglass Project' by Solas Nua". DC Metro Theater Arts. 2018-05-13. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- "Capital Irish Film Festival at AFI Silver | Visit Maryland". www.visitmaryland.org. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- "Capital Irish Film Festival". Solas Nua. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- Meade, Declan. "What's the Story, Declan Meade?". solasnua.org. Solas Nua. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
External links
- Solas Nua Official Website
- Solas Nua Facebook
- Solas Nua Twitter
- Solas Nua Instagram
- Solas Nua YouTube
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