The Here Comes Everybody Players have been bringing Irish Literature to life for over 10 years. Below, see highlights of some of our recent performances.
- Fireworks, April 30, 2023, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
- Bloomsday at the Irish Cultural Centre, June 19, 2022, Canton, Massachusetts
- Lit Crawl Boston 2022, June 09, 2022, Cambridge, Massachuestts
- Dead of Winter Arts Series, March 5, 2022, Hingham, Massachuestts
- Four Characters from Ulysses, February 2, 2022, Online Performance
- Bloomsday Celebration at the Irish Cultural Center, June 20, 2021, Canton, Massachusetts
- Omniscientific Joyce, the 27th international James Joyce Symposium, June 18, 2021, Boston, Massachusetts
- Bloomsday Readings from Ulysses, June 15, 2021, Online Performance
- Lit Crawl Boston 2021, June 10, 2021, Cambridge, Massachusetts
During the Covid-19 Global Pandemic, when live performances were impossible, we adapted to the circumstances by performing on Zoom, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Ireland in Boston and with the James Joyce Centre in Dublin.
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Below, see highlights of some of the HCE Players' older performances, with links to more information:
- The Art of James Joyce - 26th Annual James Joyce Symposium - The Art of James Joyce University of Antwerp, Belgium, June 11 - 16, 2018 - The Here Comes Everybody Players was represented by Cahal Stephens who performed a solo piece, Parodies and Lists in of James Joyce in Cyclops and elsewhere in Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. He also performed in the concluding "Happening" of the Symposium, So Prettly Pratttly Pollylogue, as part of the 8-person Waywords and Meansigns ensemble, performing an improv multi-media piece based on Finnegans Wake. The Here Comes Everybody Players participation in this conference was supported by the Toronto 2017 Diasporic Joyce Travel Grant to Artists. uahost.uantwerpen.be/joyce2018/ -
- Murder, Marriage and Mammamuscles Most Mouseterious, featuring vignettes from Ulysses, Finnegans Wake and Joyce's writing in Il Piccollo della Sera. the HCE Players appearance was part of a full-day academic conference at Boston College entitled James Joyce and Journalism. April 21, 2018; http://events.bc.edu/event/joyce_and_journalism_conference#.WtJ6tq3Mwcg
- St. Parick's Day Weekend 2018 - a lighthearted interpretation of selections from James Joyce's work, complete with music by the Here Comes Everybody Trio and audience participation.Sunday, March 18, 2018; The Aeronaut Brewing Company, Somerville, MA
- Of Thyme and Rosemary - a conversation between James Joyce and Marcel Proust. Written and directed by Debra Weiss, the one-act play was presented as a staged reading, March 13, 2018; at The Boston Atheneum, 10 1/2 Beacon St Boston and Mar. 20, 2018; at The Boston Playwrights Theatre, 949 Comm. Ave., Boston
- Complete Works of James Joyce in under 60 minutes - with music, Featuring excerpts from all of Joyce's books including Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as A Young Man, Ulysses, Exiles and Finnegans Wake. In association with The Thirsty Scholars (a Finnegans Wake Reading Group) celebrating the completion of the group's eight-year long reading of the book. February 21, 2018; Shahe Hall, Holy Trinity Armenian Church Campus, Cambridge MA
- Lit Crawl Boston 2017, The Complete Works of James Joyce in 44 minutes, with music, Excerpts from Dubliners, Finnegans Wake, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Exiles and Ulysses, produced as part of Lit Crawl Boston, October 26, 2017
- Diasporic Joyce - North American Joyce Conference - The Here Comes Everybody Players were the "resident players" at this conference at Victoria College, University of Toronto. Performances included:
- Of Thyme and Rosemary - a conversation between James Joyce and Marcel Proust, staged reading of a new play, written and directed by Debra Weiss.
- An Evening of Words and Songs, with Michelle Widden, Soprano, Sebastian Knowles, pianist and The Here Comes Everybody Players
- Several informal performances and reading of the works of Joyce at various times throughout the conference.
https://diasporicjoyce.wordpress.com - Waywords and Meansigns recreating Finnegans Wake [in its Whole Wholume] - The Here Comes Everybody Players music and spoken word contribution encompasses the first eight pages of the book. Launched on-line: May 4, 2017 www.waywardsandmeansigns.com
- Joycespring - an introduction, through drama, to the works of James Joyce. Sponsored by the Amherst Irish Association as part of the Association's Event Series for 2016 -17. Sunday April 23, 2017, Amherst MA www.amhertirish.org
- St. Patrick's Day Music and Poetry from Ireland, including poetry by classic and modern Irish poets. Presented as part of the Democracy Centre's Aperitif Series of short monthly musical events; March 17, 2017; Democracy Center, Cambridge MA 02138
- Joycespeed - the Energy of Modernity - a stage adaptation of Ithaca, the penultimate chapter of Ulysses, as part of this conference sponsored by the Irish Studies Program at Boston College, November 12, 2016
- Lit Crawl Boston 2016, James Joyce Performed - excerpts from Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, with music produced as part of Lit Crawl Boston, October 13, 2016
- Bloomsday en Madrid, James Joyce en Palabras y Canciones, CentroCentro de Cultura Cibeles, Madrid, June 23, 2016, sponsored by Culture Ireland, Embassy of Ireland, Madrid and James Joyce Centre, Dublin.
- Bloomsday in Barcelona, Ateneu Barcelones, June 21, 2016, sponsored by Culture Ireland, Embassy of Ireland, Madrid and The James Joyce Centre, Dublin.
- Bloomsday Street Theatre, Plaza Okendo, San Sebastian, Spain, June 19, 2016. Presented as part of the San Sebastian European City of Culture Festival and arranged by The James Joyce Centre, Dublin.
- Dublin Bloomsday Festival, June 12 & 16, 2016
- James Joyce and the Easter Rising, a brief dramatic literary collage created collaboratively by the actors using material from Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. Boston College, April 9, 2016. Repeated in a private performance, Cambridge MA, May 7, 2016.
- Music, Poetry and Prose from Ireland, including work by Yeats, Joyce and Heaney. The Democracy Centre Cambridge, Aperitif Series, March 18, 2016; 6 PM - 7 PM. Repeated in a private performance, Dorchester MA, April 29, 2016
- Passages from Finnegans Wake, a free adaptation for the Theater, by Mary Manning. a staged reading at the Modernist Studies Association Conference, MSA 17, Boston November, 21 2015
- Dublin Bloomsday Festival, June 14 & 16, 2015
- Fundementially Theosophagusted - A Joyce Symposium, Boston College, April 11, 2015
- Out of Bounds - an Evening of Irish Theatre and Music, Irish International Immigrant Center, Dec 12 & 13, 2014
- Terminus, by Mark O'Rowe, Davis Square Theater, Sept 19 & 21, 2014
- Dublin Bloomsday Festival, June 14, 15 & 16, 2014
- Crossroads - an Evening of Irish Theatre and Music, Irish International Immigrant Center, Boston, October 18 & 19, 2014
- Dublin Bloomsday Festival, June 16, 2013, North Great George's Street, Dublin, Ireland
- Democracy Center, Cambridge MA, Passages from Finnegans Wake, a Free adaptation for the Theater, by Mary Manning, from James Joyce book, Finnegans Wake, May 17 & 18, 2013
- Framingham State University, Irish Literature Class, November 2012
- Bloomsday 2012, Irish International Immigrant Center, Boston, June 15 and 16, 2012
- Boston College, Joyce and Religions Conference, April 21 2012
- Mary of Dungloe Festival, Co. Donegal, Ireland, Cultural Evening, July 25, 2011
- Boston Bloomsday Celebration, Kitty O'Shea's, State Street, Boston, June 14, 2011
- Boston College, Bloomsday in April, April, 17, 2011
- Boston College, Joyce, Gender and History Conference, April 16, 2011
- Kaji Aso Studio, Boston, A Christmas Dinner, December 10 & 11, 2010
- Boston College, Bloomsday in April, April 18, 2010