Written, composed and created by Eamon O’Tuama
THE PLAY
One drunken night down a blackberry lane in 1973 Dublin, two teenagers conceive a child but separate in shame.
“Peace and Love in Brooklyn,” a new Irish musical by Eamon O’Tuama, follows the lives of Jim, an anxiety ridden musician, raised by a single mother Theresa and his Father Kiero, a troubled and colorful rock n’ roll roadie. Father and son have never met until Theresa hums a melody she has carried for 30 years. A musical thread unravels and a reckoning begins.
A poignant, time bending rock n’ roll drama about learning to live with loss. “Peace and Love in Brooklyn” is a New York story about an Irish family that never was.
THE LATEST
Following several public readings and a sold out concert performance at New York’s Irish Arts Center, the play received its full debut in 2024 as part of Origin Theater’s “First Irish” festival.
The show was a resounding success selling out 5 of the 6 performances.
Nancy Manocherian’s THE CELL
April 3 - April 7, 2024.
LISTEN to a selection of tracks from the show featuring vocalists; Maria Deasy, Annalisa Chamberlin, Liam Forde, Gary Troy, Samantha Joy Pearlman and Max Chernin.
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Photography: Diego Quintanar
(c) Eamon O’Tuama 2022