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From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Doubt, John Patrick Shanley’s luminous romantic comedy unfolds on neighboring farms in the Irish midlands, where pride, stubbornness, and long memory keep two lonely souls at a distance.​

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Anthony and Rosemary have lived side by side their entire lives. He is painfully shy, wounded by disappointment, and convinced that life has passed him by. She is fierce, funny, and carrying a love she has guarded since childhood. As family expectations tighten and time threatens to run out, these two middle-aged misfits are forced to confront what they have always known—and what they have always feared.

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With Shanley’s unmistakable blend of wit, lyricism, and emotional candor, Outside Mullingar is a play about inheritance—of land, of resentment, of longing—and about the terrifying courage it takes to claim happiness when it finally stands before you. Beneath its sparkling humor lies a deeply moving portrait of people who must decide whether to remain safely alone or risk the vulnerability that love demands.

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At The Schoolhouse Theater, this intimate production places you only feet away from Anthony and Rosemary’s reckoning, enriched throughout with evocative Irish music that deepens the play’s atmosphere and heart. Every silence matters. Every glance counts. In a world that moves too quickly and speaks too loudly, Outside Mullingar invites us to slow down and witness two guarded hearts learn, awkwardly and beautifully, how to open.

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Tender, sharp, and unexpectedly profound, this is a love story for grown-ups—about missed chances, second chances, and the stubborn miracle of connection.

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Join us for an evening that will make you laugh, lean forward, and perhaps recognize a piece of yourself in the courage it takes to say, at last: stay.