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New York, NY

Chester Bailey Tickets

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Chester Bailey Tickets

About Chester Bailey

In a stateside hospital at the close of World War II, a young man recovers from catastrophic injuries. Or so the doctors have told him. But Chester Bailey denies what’s happened to him has actually happened, which is how he comes under the care of Dr. Philip Cotton. Older, wounded in his own ways, Cotton is charged with leading Chester back to reality. The journey is not what either man expected. Chester Bailey stars real-life father and son, Tony Award winner Reed Birney (The Humans, “House of Cards”) and Ephraim Birney (“Gotham,” “The Americans”), as doctor and patient, and is directed by Ron Lagomarsino (Driving Miss Daisy, “Picket Fences”).

Chester Bailey was selected as a New York Times Critic’s Pick in 2021, which called the play “as striking as a sucker punch…highly effective.” The Washington Post hailed Chester Bailey as “a keenly observed, beautifully written tale about guilt and psychological resilience in World War II-era America, and a luminous showcase for father-son actors Reed Birney and Ephraim Birney.”

Chester Bailey had its first reading in 2012 at American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco and a subsequent reading in 2015 at Irish Rep. The piece was workshopped and received its 2016 world premiere at ACT (where it won Theatre Bay Area Awards including Outstanding World Premiere Play and Outstanding Production of a Play). Since then, Reed Birney and Ephraim Birney have starred in productions at the Contemporary American Theatre Festival in West Virginia and in 2021 at Barrington Stage Company in Massachusetts. Irish Rep is proud to present the New York premiere.

Run time

90 mins (no intermission)

Start date

October 12th, 2022

End date

November 13th, 2022

Categories

Age

14+

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Reviews

Audiences Say
Absorbing, Great acting, Thought-provoking, Intelligent, Great writing
85
Excellent

107 reviews on Show-Score

Positive
Mixed
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Phil 9070
Intelligent, Great writing, Great staging, Great acting, Absorbing
90 / 100
Elisa 9119
Thought-provoking, Intense, Great writing, Great staging, Great acting
85 / 100
DOUG Rob NYC
Intelligent, Great writing, Great staging, Great acting, Absorbing
93 / 100
Wish I Could See Them All
Great acting, Thought-provoking, Indulgent, Resonant, Clever
83 / 100

Venue

Irish Repertory Theatre

132 West 22nd Street, New York, NY, United States, 10011

Tickets

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