Irene is an actress and writer who moved to New York City after graduating with a degree in drama from Catholic University in Washington, D.C. For ten years, she was a founding member of The Flock Theatre Company, becoming its artistic director, helping to develop and produce plays both Off and Off-Off Broadway. As an actor, she has performed in theatre both Off-Broadway and regionally. Favorite acting credits include: Fairouz in Naomi Wallace's In the Heart of America (directed by Tony Kushner), Joyce/Isabella Bird (Top Girls), Anna in Shauna Kanter's The Gift. Collette in Four Dogs and a Bone, Shirl the Pearl in Criminal Genius, Sally in A Lie of the Mind, Anna in Ron Elisha's Two (with Mark Hammer), Bo in Criminal Hearts, Antigone in Antigone, and Nana in her own play, The Crossing. Films include: Woody Allen's Celebrity, Deadly Obsessions, Mentor, Christmas Dinner, Skeleton Woman, and Y. She has also appeared on television series including Conviction, Trial by Jury, Sex and the City, Third Watch, Criminal Intent, Jonny Zero, and Law and Order. She has performed her solo work in New York City venues including Caroline's, Dixon Place, Stage Left Studios and the Kraine Theatre. Her solo show, Y, Marilyn Unstitched, was workshopped at the Sally Johnson Studio in autumn, 2007 and will be featured in the Frigid Festival in February, 2009. Y was also shot as a feature film in September, 2008 and is currently in post-production.