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Solas Nua @solasnuadc.bsky.social · 10h

🎉🐤 Meet the Designers of Lie Low 🐤🎉

🎟️ GET TICKETS @ solasnua.org/events/lie-low
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Generously supported by Culture Ireland 🇮🇪

#LieLowPlay #SolasNua #NorthAmericanPremiere #IrishTheatre #ContemporaryIrishArts #CultureIreland #DCTheatre #WomenPlaywrights #DarkComedy

Solas Nua @solasnuadc.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 THE SHOW IN A BAG DEADLINE IS AROUND THE CORNER! 🚨

📅 Submissions close November 17, 2025.
👉 Learn more and apply at solasnua.org/news/show-bag-call-submissions

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#SolasNua #ShowInABag #Fishamble #DMVArtists #SoloPerformance #TheatreOpportunity #DCTheatre #IrishArts #NewPlays

Solas Nua @solasnuadc.bsky.social · 1d

Lie Low Starts NEXT WEEK! 🐤
After a home invasion, Faye hasn’t slept in twenty days. Living off Rice Krispies and adrenaline, she enlists her brother Naoise in an increasingly absurd attempt at exposure therapy. But Naoise has a hidden secret.

🎟️ solasnua.org/events/lie-low

Solas Nua @solasnuadc.bsky.social · 4d

🎭 WHAT ARE OUR ACTORS EXCITED ABOUT WHILE REHEARSING LIE LOW? 🎭
Our actors are digging deep into the chaos and tenderness at the heart of Lie Low.

🎟️ GET YOUR TICKETS NOW @ solasnua.org/events/lie-low
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Generously supported by Culture Ireland 🇮🇪

#LieLowPlay #SolasNua

Solas Nua @solasnuadc.bsky.social · 7d

🎭 WHAT IS LIE LOW ABOUT? 🎭
Our actors are exploring the laughter, fear, and honesty at the center of Lie Low.

🎟️ GET YOUR TICKETS NOW @ solasnua.org/events/lie-low
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Generously supported by Culture Ireland 🇮🇪

#LieLowPlay #SolasNua #NorthAmericanPremiere #IrishTheatre

Solas Nua @solasnuadc.bsky.social · 8d

✨ Pay What You Can Nights: November 6, 7, 13, 14 & 20 ✨

🎟️ Get tickets — solasnua.org/events/lie-low

Lie Low is a dark comedy about trauma, the lies we tell ourselves, and the outrageous ways our brains work. Or don’t.
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Generously supported by Culture Ireland 🇮🇪

Solas Nua @solasnuadc.bsky.social · 9d

SHOW IN A BAG — Solo Show Development Opportunity for Local Artists!

📅 Submissions close November 17, 2025.
👉 Learn more and apply at solasnua.org/news/show-bag-call-submissions
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#SolasNua #ShowInABag #Fishamble #DMVArtists #SoloPerformance #TheatreOpportunity #DCTheatre #IrishArts

Solas Nua @solasnuadc.bsky.social · 12d

🪶 📚 Join Us For The October Poetry Book Group 📚 🪶
Join us as we dive into Selected Poems by Patrick Kavanagh — a stunning new collection introduced by Paul Muldoon, showcasing 30 years of one of Ireland’s most important poetic voices.

Learn more @ www.solasnua.org/events/poetr...

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Solas Nua @solasnuadc.bsky.social · 13d

SHOW IN A BAG — Solo Show Development Opportunity for Local Artists!
Solas Nua is proud to partner with Fishamble: The New Play Company for a second year to bring their acclaimed Show in a Bag program to DC-area artists!

👉 Learn more and apply at solasnua.org/news/show-bag-call-submissions

Solas Nua @solasnuadc.bsky.social · 18d

✨ RSVP - Stronger: What Didn’t Kill Me, Made Me ✨
This powerful book club conversation offers an important look at resilience, survival, and voice.

🔗 Learn more about the event @ solasnua.org/events/author-discussion-stronger-what-didnt-kill-me-made-me-nicola-hanney

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Solas Nua @solasnuadc.bsky.social · 20d

✨ Thank you for celebrating 20 years of bold Irish arts with us! ✨
Your support helps us continue bringing contemporary Irish arts to Washington, D.C. and beyond.

☘️ Let's keep the celebration going! Join us for Lie Low this November @ solasnua.org/events/lie-low
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#SolasNua #IrishArts

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Solas Nua @solasnuadc.bsky.social · 21d

NYT bestseller @betsycornwell visited Solas Nua last week. We enjoyed our conversation about her memoir RING OF SALT.

Thanks also to @ndwashdc for hosting, as Cornwell and moderator Isabel Cabezas are both Notre Dame alums
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#IrishBooks #Selkie #RingOfSalt #BetsyCornwell

Solas Nua @solasnuadc.bsky.social · 21d

@betsycornwell @oldknittingfactory @avidreaderpress @simonandschuster on the book

Solas Nua @solasnuadc.bsky.social · 21d

Thanks also to @ndwashdc for co-hosting, as Cornwell and moderator Isabel Cabezas are alumni.

@guinnessus and @ndalumni on the pint glass (it’s the official drink of ND alumni and this is the official pint glass)
@greenislandbakery on the shortbread

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Solas Nua @solasnuadc.bsky.social · 21d

Solas Nua was grateful to partner with @greenislandbakery, an Irish-owned bakery in DC that employs women trauma survivors, to provide shortbread at the reception. RING OF SALT raises awareness of domestic violence and support services.
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#DVAM #RingOfSalt #BetsyCornwell

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Solas Nua @solasnuadc.bsky.social · 28d

REHEARSALS START NEXT WEEK: Have You Bought Your Tickets to Lie Low? 🐤

Join us for audience favorite Ciara Elizabeth Smyth’s North American debut in dark comedy about trauma and family.

🎟️ GET TICKETS @ solasnua.org/events/lie-low
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Generously supported by Culture Ireland 🇮🇪

Solas Nua @solasnuadc.bsky.social · 29d

This event is generously co-hosted by the Notre Dame Club of Washington, DC.

🎨 Illustration by Ruth Burrows

Solas Nua @solasnuadc.bsky.social · 29d

🚨TONIGHT: Join Solas Nua's Isabel Cabezas in conversation with NYT bestselling author Betsy Cornwell about her debut memoir, Ring of Salt.

✨ A free event — learn more and RSVP at solasnua.org/events/ring-salt-conversation-nyt-bestseller-betsy-cornwell

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Solas Nua @solasnuadc.bsky.social · Sep 29

Join Solas Nua's Isabel Cabezas in conversation with NYT bestselling author Betsy Cornwell about her debut memoir, Ring of Salt.

✨ A free event — learn more and RSVP at solasnua.org/events/ring-salt-conversation-nyt-bestseller-betsy-cornwell

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Solas Nua @solasnuadc.bsky.social · Sep 28

✨Join Global Irish Studies and Solas Nua for An Evening with novelist Sinéad Gleeson ✨

This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

🔗 RSVP @ globalirish.georgetown.edu/monday-septe...

Solas Nua @solasnuadc.bsky.social · Sep 27

✨ The Women Behind the Door: A Novel ✨
This series is a devastating and profound examination of domestic abuse and its lasting impact on the mother-daughter relationship.

Events @ findingourvoices.net/book-club
Join the book club @ bookclubs.com/finding-our-voices/join

Solas Nua @solasnuadc.bsky.social · Sep 26

✨ RSVP - Stronger: What Didn’t Kill Me, Made Me ✨
This powerful book club conversation offers an important look at resilience, survival, and voice.

Events @ findingourvoices.net/book-club
Join the book club @ bookclubs.com/finding-our-voices/join

Solas Nua @solasnuadc.bsky.social · Sep 26

We are thrilled to introduce you to Lie Low's playwright, Ciara Elizabeth Smyth. Originally from Dublin, her play Lie Low won the Zebbie Award for Best Theatre Script — and it is now making its North American premiere in D.C.

🎟️ GET TICKETS @ solasnua.org/events/lie-low

Solas Nua @solasnuadc.bsky.social · Sep 23

Join Solas Nua's Isabel Cabezas in conversation with NYT bestselling author Betsy Cornwell about her debut memoir, Ring of Salt.

✨ A free event — learn more and RSVP at www.solasnua.org/events/ring-...

This event is generously co-hosted by the Notre Dame Club of Washington, DC.

Solas Nua @solasnuadc.bsky.social · Sep 22

Congrats to Oisín Kearney - this year's recipient of Solas Nua's New Voices Award, in partnership with Dublin Fringe Festival!

We are delighted that your thrilling play, Good With Faces, will be part of our play reading series next season.
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#NewVoicesAward #SolasNua