The Weir

100A Productions brings Conor McPherson's The Weir to the Carlos Alvarez Studio Theater at The Tobin Center on Monday, October 26. It's a staged reading, which means the actors will be working from their scripts and the stage directions will be read aloud—so you'll hear the text as it's written, not as a fully blocked production. It's presented as an Industry Night reading, part of 100A's 2026-2027 season.

The play itself is set on a stormy night in a rural Irish pub, where strangers gather and trade stories, each one a bit more unsettling than the last. It's a play about storytelling in a dark room with strangers, and the reading format leans into that: it's described as a masterclass in atmosphere and listening, with the actors bringing the text to life while still holding their scripts. If you've ever enjoyed the feeling of a long night of conversation that goes on way past its welcome, this is that.

The Weir is part of 100A's broader season, which they've built around listening, memory, belief, and one another. The company describes this particular production as a perfect fit for the Halloween season, and given the stormy Irish pub setting and the way the stories start to lean into the unsettling, that makes sense. It's the kind of thing that works best when you're sitting in a room with other people, listening to the stories unfold in real time.

It all happens at the Carlos Alvarez Studio Theater, inside The Tobin Center in San Antonio, on Monday, October 26. If you're into theater that lets the writing take center stage, this is a good one to have on your radar.