The first production photos are out for The Good Thief, the early Conor McPherson monologue that Christopher Fitzgerald is performing in Irish Repertory Theatre’s W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre through December 13.
McPherson wrote the play in 1994, three years before The Weir made his name, and it already has the form he kept returning to: one man, one room, and a story told straight to the people in front of him. The speaker here is a small-time Irish hood. A job that should have been simple goes wrong, turns into betrayal and then into violence, and the whole evening is his account of it, delivered as a confession by someone now asking whether a life away from all that was ever on offer.
Justin Waldman directs, and Irish Rep is presenting the production in association with Two River Theater of Red Bank, New Jersey. Fitzgerald, a three-time Tony nominee, carries the full 70 minutes alone, with no intermission.
The pictures, by Carol Rosegg, put Fitzgerald in a dark brick room lit by a single arched window, with a small café table, a chair, and a pint and a bottle within reach. Most catch the actor mid-story, arms out, talking to the house.
Performances began on November 7, and the official opening is Tuesday, November 17. The run ends Sunday, December 13, 2026. Tickets are $50–$60 from Irish Repertory Theatre or by phone on 212-727-2737. The company recommends it for ages 14 and up for strong language and talk of violence. The theater is at 132 West 22nd Street.
It is part of a crowded holiday stretch for the company, which also has Melissa Errico’s Christmas cabaret The Secret Diary of Mrs. Santa on its mainstage December 18–23 and its annual staging of The Dead, 1904 from November 21.
