St. Ann’s Warehouse will stage the U.S. premiere of Enda Walsh's Safe House later this year.

Written and directed by Walsh, with music by electronic-acoustic composer Anna Mullarkey, the play comes to St. Ann's via the Abbey Theatre, Ireland’s national theatre. Safe House, which made its world premiere at the Abbey in October 2024 at the Dublin Theatre Festival, will play the Brooklyn venue February 15-March 2.

Safe House is described as follows: "'When the world doesn’t want us or isn’t enough, we make our own worlds.' That’s what Grace, a young Irish woman living alone on an outdoor, debris-addled handball court, creates onstage, in Walsh and Mullarkey’s visceral blend of gig theatre, song cycle, and smashed-up memory play."

Starring Kate Gilmore as Grace, the world of the piece is crafted by videographer Jack Phelan, set and costume designer Katie Davenport, lighting designer Adam Silverman, and sound designer Helen Atkinson. The creative team will also include assistant director Eoghan Carrick and voice director Andrea Ainsworth.

St. Ann’s Warehouse Artistic Director Susan Feldman said in a statement, “It is always an honor and a joy to join in whatever Enda Walsh is up to in his vast, eclectic career. We have presented nearly all his major plays at St. Ann’s. So when he described this ‘distinctly Enda’ musical exploration of a young girl at sea, we were in. I have been personally blown away by his imagination so many times since we first presented The Walworth Farce. Whether comedic or tragic, his empathy for us humans is both unique and profound.”

Safe House will mark the Abbey’s first international transfer to the U.S. under its current leadership, including Artistic Director Caitríona McLaughlin and Executive Director Mark O’Brien.

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