Review: Priests, Paternity, and a Pub Preoccupy "Herself"
Herself Written by Tim McGillicuddy Directed by Hamilton Clancy Presented by The Drilling Company at A.R.T./New York Theatres 502 West 53rd St., Manhattan, NYC March 29-April 20, 2024 Kathleen Simmonds, Drew Valins. Photo by Lee Wexler/Images for Innovation Herself , making its world premiere as the 25th anniversary production from The Drilling Company, is bookended by song, in each case sung a capella by cast member Patrick Hart on a darkened stage, moments that might fairly be called haunting. Their plaintiveness appropriately characterizes a play in which the characters are haunted as much by recent tragedy as by decades of history that remains an unquiet presence, all of which is deeply rooted in place. From native New Yorker Tim McGillicuddy and directed by Drilling Company founder and artistic director Hamilton Clancy, Herself is part of the 2024 Origin 1st Irish Festival , running through April 28th at multiple venues around the city. Hamilton Clancy, Kathleen Simmonds. Photo b...