Honor Molloy

Honor Molloy (born May 22, 1961) also known as Honour Kane, is an Irish-American playwright and novelist. Her plays include The New York Times Critic’s Pick, Crackskull Row (Irish Repertory Theatre), In Pigeon House (Irish Theatre of Chicago), Madame Killer (Clubbed Thumb Summerworks), Monument (Actors Theatre of Louisville, Humana Festival), Rehearsing the Granda (The Public Theater), Sticky n Juicy on da Senate Floor (The Public Theater), and Maiden Voyages (New Georges).
Molloy's novel, Smarty Girl: Dublin Savage, was published by Simon & Schuster Audio in 2012, and received international distribution through Audible. Throughout her career, she has been in receipt of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.
==Biography==
===Early life===
Molloy was born in Dublin, Ireland, where she developed an early love for theatre. Her father, John Molloy, was an actor and playwright at the Abbey Theatre, and her mother Yvonne Molloy was a writer and director for RTÉ and BBC Radio. In a 2017 interview with the Irish Repertory Theatre, Molloy recalled that,
As a child Molloy appeared as Noeleen Feeney, the daughter of her father's character Oliver Feeney, on the RTÉ drama serial Tolka Row. Set in a fictional housing estate on the northside of Dublin, the drama ran for five series from 1964-1968.
Molloy later immigrated to Pennsylvania with her mother.
===Education===
Molloy attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where she obtained a BFA in Drama. She later attended Brown University, where she studied under the playwright Paula Vogel and received an MFA in Creative Writing.
==Career==
===Susan Hefner & Company===
From 1990 to 1994, Molloy authored original text for experimental dance pieces by Susan Hefner & Company, including "Attempted Flight" at Judson Memorial Church, "Marrow Clamor" at One Dream Theater TriBeCa, "Eve of Consumption" at Theatre Row, and "Unruly Graces" at Dia Chelsea. In reviewing the latter piece for The New York Times, Jennifer Dunning noted 
Susan Hefner & Company have continued to perform versions of these pieces and others around the world.
===Maiden Voyages===
Maiden Voyages was first developed at London's Royal Court Theatre in 1990 via 
a New York Foundation for the Arts Playwriting Fellowship. Subsequently, the play was selected for further development by the Boston Women in Theatre Festival. Maiden Voyages was later produced by New Georges at Theatre Row in 1993. The production, which was initially directed by Jessica Bauman, depicts an Irish midwife working in a Dublin maternity ward. In a 2011 interview with The New York Foundation for the Arts, Molloy said
Maiden Voyages was subsequently staged at the Liberty Hall Theatre in Dublin, Ireland.
===Rehearsing the Granda===
Rehearsing the Granda premiered at The Public Theater as part of JoAnne Akalaitis' "Special Projects Series," running February 4th-19th, 1992. The production was directed by Julie Nichols. Rehearsing the Granda was subsequently included in The Best Plays Theater Yearbook of 1991-1992.
===Sticky and Juicy on da Senate Floor===
Sticky and Juicy on da Senate Floor premiered at The Public Theater as part of JoAnne Akalaitis' "Special Projects Series," running June 2nd - 17th, 1992. The production was directed by Jimbo Flynn, and featured Molloy and Donna Villella in the titular roles. Sticky and Juicy on da Senate Floor was subsequently included in The Best Plays Theater Yearbook of 1991-1992.
===Monument===
Monument premiered at the Actors Theatre of Louisville as part of the 26th annual Humana Festival of New American Plays, which ran from March 3rd - April 13th, 2002. The one-act tells the story of two emergency telephone operators as they navigate a terrifying series of calls on Tuesday morning, September 11, 2001. In a review from Booklist, Jack Helbig noted 
Monument was subsequently published by PlayScripts, Inc. and has been performed regionally across the United States.
===Madame Killer===
Madame Killer was first developed in 2002 by Lincoln Center Theatre and The Royal Court Theatre as part of the Audrey Skirball-Kenis Playwright Exchange. Subsequently, the play was selected for further development by The American Place Theatre, New Dramatists, and the 92nd Street Y|92nd Street Y's Makor Theater Project, featuring Marsha Mason in the titular role. Madame Killer later had its world premiere at Clubbed Thumbs' Summerworks, in 2005. The production was directed by Wier Harman, and featured an ensemble of Marsha Stephanie Blake, Aedin Moloney, Maria Porter, Jonathan Rose, Mark Shanahan, and Melinda Wade. The play is a "gothic noir" about Ann Lohman, a British-born American abortion provider and midwife who practiced in New York City. For Molloy, 
Madame Killer was included in The Best Plays Theater Yearbook of 2004-2005, and was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Playwright Award. The play had it's international premiere at the Belvoir Street Theatre in Sydney, Australia as part of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival.
===In Pigeon House===
In Pigeon House was first developed at The Irish Repertory Theatre in 2002, via a New York State Council on the Arts Fellowship. The play later premiered at The Irish Theatre of Chicago in 2012. The production was directed by Brian Shaw, and featured an ensemble of Ira Amyx, Katherine Schwartz, Barbara Figgins, and John Mossman. According to a press release from BroadwayWorld, 
The production had a five week engagement, from October 14 - November 18th. In a review from The Chicago Reader, Tony Adler noted:
===Crackskull Row===
Crackskull Row was first developed at the Inishbofin Arts Festival in 2000. More than a decade later, the play was included on the 2015 edition of The Kilroys' List, a gender parity initiative designed to end the "systematic underrepresentation of female and trans playwrights" in the American theater industry. Crackskull Row premiered the following year at The Workshop Theatre, produced by Nancy Manocherian's the cell and directed by Kira Simring. Set in 1999, "Rasher Moorigan is finally released from prison after serving time for a monstrous crime he committed more than 30 years earlier. After reuniting with his mother, an old woman haunted by a vanished Dublin, they confront the ghosts of the past and an uncertain future." The New York Times deemed the play a "Critic's Pick" writing, 
Crackskull Row subsequently transferred to the Irish Repertory Theatre for an additional eight week engagement in 2017.
===Smarty Girl: Dublin Savage===
Molloy's novel and accompanying audiobook, Smarty Girl: Dublin Savage was published by Simon & Schuster Audio in 2012, and is distributed internationally through Audible. The voice cast includes Molloy, Kevin Holohan, Aedin Moloney, and Susan McKeown. According to the books' press release, it is set in 1960s Ireland and "depicts the turbulent life of the O'Feeney family, seen through the eyes of youngest daughter, Noleen".
In a review for The Irish Voice, Cahir O'Doherty said 
While on her book tour, Molloy performed excerpts of Smarty Girl at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the New York Public Library, the Boston Public Library, the Dublin City Library & Archive, Barnes & Noble on the Upper East Side, and The Irish Arts Center.
==Personal life==
From 1983 to 1984, Molloy was married to House of Lies creator Matthew Carnahan.
Molloy publicly identifies as queer and serves on the organizing committee of St. Pat's for All.
In addition to her work as a writer, Molloy is also a prolific editor. She spent ten years as an Acquisitions Editor at Simon and Schuster. Currently she serves as Editorial Director of GeistM, an subsidiary of the international tech and media incubator Gramercy Labs, with offices in New York, London, and Dublin.
She has taught courses in english and creative writing at Columbia University, the City University of New York, and Brown University.
Molloy lives in Jackson Heights, Queens.
==Awards and Honors==
* National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
* Radcliffe Fellowship
* Pew Fellowship
* New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Playwriting/Screenwriting
* New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Playwriting
* New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Nonfiction
* New York Foundation for the Arts, City Artists Corps Grant
* New York State Council on the Arts Fellowship
* Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship
* New Dramatists, 7 Year Residency
* 2 Residencies at MacDowell
* 2 Residencies at Yaddo
* 2 Residencies at Annaghmakerrig
* Residency at Millay Arts
* Residency at Hedgebrook
* Residency at the Edward F. Albee Foundation
* The Berrilla Kerr Award for Playwriting
* The Frederick Loewe Award for Dramatic Composition
* Kaufman & Hart Prize for New American Comedy (Finalist)
* Origin 1st Irish Theatre Festival, Best Playwright Award
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