Donna Lynne Champlin, Maryann Plunkett to Star in Irish Rep's The Loved Ones

Irish Repertory Theatre has announced casting for the New York City premiere of The Loved Ones by Erica Murray, directed by Nicola Murphy Dubey. Previews will begin June 13, 2026, ahead of a June 23 opening night, for a limited engagement through August 2.

The cast will feature Alana Raquel Bowers, Donna Lynne Champlin, Clare O’Malley, and Maryann Plunkett.

In a remote farmhouse in West Clare, Nell is preparing to scatter her late son’s ashes with his grieving wife. Meanwhile, an American tourist settles in for what she expects to be a peaceful countryside retreat. But when a young woman arrives at the cottage unexpectedly, the weekend takes a surprising and darkly comic turn. As tensions rise and secrets are revealed, these four strangers are forced into an uneasy reckoning with the past—and each other.

The creative team will include set designer Tatiana Kahvegian, costume designer Orla Long, lighting designer Kat C. Zhou, and sound designer Caroline Eng, with dialect coaching by Barbara Rubin and fight choreography by Rick Sordelet.