Travel to Ireland with Crowded Kitchen Players’ original production, “Pints, Pounds & Pilgrims,” in its world premiere, 8 p.m. Feb. 5, 6, 12, 13 and 2 p.m. Feb. 7, 14, Charles A. Brown IceHouse, 56 River St., Sand Island, Bethlehem, and 8 p.m. Feb. 19, 20 and 2 p.m. Feb. 21, Unicorn Theatre, 417 Front St., Catasauqua.

The play, the seventh written by Ara Barlieb, who is also directing for Crowded Kitchen Players, which he cofounded with Pamela Wallace, is based “Pints, Pounds & Pilgrims,” a 20-minute documentary he and Wallace made for their Barlieb Wallace Ltd. firm about a September 2000 10-day trip they made to Ireland for the world premiere of “Crackskull Row,” a play written by Honor Molloy and featuring Molloy’s mother, along with actors David Schappert, and Kate Scuffle and George B. Miller, the latter two among the founders of Theatre Outlet, co-founders of Selkie Theatre and hosts of “Lehigh Valley Arts Salon,” 6 p.m. Mondays, WDIY-FM, Lehigh Valley Community Public Radio.

The video, to be screened prior to and during intermission at performances, was shown on public television stations in the United States and on television stations in Ireland. Sydney Davis, was instrumental in helping with the video production. After the play’s one-time performance in Ireland, “Crackskull Row” was presented at Theatre Outlet, then located along Ninth Streeet, between Hamilton and Linden streeets.

“We [Barlieb and Wallace] were on Kate and George’s radio show for a play we did last spring. They were saying they had just watched the video [‘Pints, Pounds & Pilgrims’] and how much they enjoyed it. They said, ‘What do you [Crowded Kitchen Players] have coming up?’ And I said, ‘Oh, we’re going to do a comic adaptation of that trip,’” says Barlieb.

“That night, I wrote up an outline and a synopsis of a comedy based on that experience.” Barlieb sent a synopsis to Miller and Scuffle, then met with them to allay any concerns about the project.

“I respect Kate [Scuffle] and George [Miller] as much as any people I’ve known in theater. I want people to realize that this is inspired by them, but is in no way a sendup of any of the work they’ve done. They really were instrumental in our starting Crowded Kitchen Players. They supported it. They invited us to do our second production in their theater on Ninth Street.

“It [the play, ‘Pints, Pounds & Pilgrims’] really ended up not being anything to do with that particular voyage. That served as a springboard for what we are doing.”

According to a press release, “Pints, Pounds & Pilgrims” is about “A manic English stage director feverishly rehearses his long-suffering cast in an original Irish tragedy, ‘A Bad Year for Potatoes,’ intended as the headlining event of an arts festival on the remote island of Inishbofin. Meanwhile, a struggling American dinner theater mistakenly believes it has been invited to perform its original bedroom farce, ‘Undressed for Dinner,’ at the same festival.”

The Crowded Kitchen Players cast includes: Susan Burnett, Dan Ferry, Paula Klein, Brian McDermott, David Oswald, James Propst, Alexandra Racines, Steven Rosenbloom, Patti Squire, Michael Thew, Sarah Thomas, Scott VanNortwick, Pamela Wallace and Brian Wendt. Stage manager is Steven Rosenbloom.

“It sets up a tri-cultural showdown on this sleepy little island, whose inhabitants just wanted to have a little entertaining arts festival,” says Barlieb.

An Irish beer and wine reception follows opening night, Feb. 5, of “Pints, Pounds & Pilgrims” at the Ice House.

Tickets: at the door, ckplayers@rcn.com, ckplayers.com, 610-395-7176