 The show was an adaptation of James Joyce's "The Dead", adapted by novelist Jean Hanff Korelitz and her husband, Irish poet, Paul Muldoon.For "The Dead, 1904", the building had 57 guests at a time, who for part of the performance joined the cast for a holiday feast drawn from the original novella.The American Irish Historical Society annually awards the AIHS Gold Medal to an Irish-American or Irish national of significant accomplishment.