Boston's storied Poets' Theatre travels to Belfast, Ireland to remount its acclaimed production of "Ceremonies of Departure: Fours Plays for Women by Samuel Beckett," which had its US premiere in September 2015 in Cambridge as a Guest Artist Company in residence at Harvard University.

Lecturer in Theater David R. Gammons travels with the production to re-create his visual design for the show. The show runs from November 2-12.

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