THE DEAD, 1904 is an adaptation of James Joyce’s novella. 57 audience members act as guests in attendance at James Joyce’s novella, The Dead, describes a holiday gathering on January 6, 1904, the Feast of the Epiphany, in the Dublin home of two elderly sisters, Kate and Julia Morkan, and their niece, Mary Jane.

At the party are students, friends, a celebrated tenor, a lost alcoholic, and the couple, Gabriel and Gretta Conroy. Over the course of an evening, there are conversations, music, dancing, and dining. There are speeches and disagreements – polite and impolite – and when it is all over Gabriel learns something about his wife that changes his sense of who she is and who they are to each other, of what it actually means to be alive, and to be dead.

THE DEAD, 1904 is an adaptation of James Joyce’s novella. 57 audience members act as guests in attendance at the Morkans’ holiday party; as they move from room to room, they observe character interactions, enjoy music and dance, and are served a meal inspired by the menu in the novella. The production takes place in an authentic Victorian mansion, perfectly evoking the atmosphere of the story. At each performance, premium ticket holders will be seated with the actors to truly experience the famous dinner scene from within.

Based on the novella by James Joyce
Adapted by Paul Muldoon & Jean Hanff Korelitz

Directed by Ciarán O’Reilly

Featuring Kate Baldwin and Christopher Innvar as Gretta and Gabriel Conroy

With Heather Bixler, Terry Donnelly, Karen Killeen, Michael Kuhn, Aedín Moloney, Michael Mellamphy, Jodie Sweeney, and Gary Troy

And Estelle Parsons and Mary Beth Peil as Aunt Kate and Aunt Julia