The Pride of Parnell Street at 59E59's Theater B

59E59 Theaters will present Fishamble: The New Play Company's production of The Pride Of Parnell Street, written by Sebastian Barry. The play opens at 59E59's Theater B on 8 Sep 2009, following previews from 1 Sep and running through to 4 Oct 2009.

The Pride Of Parnell Street: Italy 1-Ireland 0... The score that marked Ireland's demoralizing exit from the World Cup Italia 1990 took its toll. No more so than on Janet and Joe Brady of Parnell Street, who lost far more than the match that night. Some years on, they reveal the intimacies of their love and the rupture of their marriage as well as their enduring love affair with Dublin city itself.

Directed by Jim Culleton, The Pride Of Parnell Street features Aidan Kelly as 'Joe' and Mary Murray as 'Janet.'

Fishamble's world premiere of The Pride Of Parnell Street opened at the Tricycle Theatre in London and as part of the Dublin Festival at the Tivoli Theatre in 2007. The production makes its NYC premiere at 59E59 Theaters' 1st Irish festival, after successful tours through Ireland, France, Germany and at the Arts & Ideas Festival in New Haven, CT. The play was nominated for an Irish Times Irish Theatre Award for Best Play

Sebastian Barry (playwright) is an internationally-renowned playwright and novelist. He was born in Dublin in 1955 and educated at Trinity College Dublin, where he was a Writer Fellow 1996. His ten plays include 'Boss Grady�'s Boys' (Abbey 1988), 'The Steward of Christendom' (1995, which played London and New York and toured internationally with Out-of-Joint Theatre Company) and 'Our Lady of Sligo' (1998, London, Dublin and New York, Out-of-Joint). Berry has also published several works of poetry and fiction, including the novels 'The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty' (Picador 1998), 'Annie Dunne' (Faber and Faber 2002), A Long Long Way.' His new novel 'The Secret Scripture' was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It is translated into twenty-seven languages.

Jim Culleton (director) is the Artistic Director of Fishamble: The New Play Company, for which he most recently directed 'Forgotten' by Pat Kinevane (Irish tour, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Sibiu, Prague, Paris, Reykjavik), 'Handel's Crossing 'by Joseph O'Connor (Dublin Handel Festival), 'Rank' by Robert Massey (Dublin Theatre Festival and Tricycle, London), amongst others. His productions have won or been nominated for awards, including Irish Times Theatre Awards, Entertainment & Media Awards, In Dublin Theatre Awards, MAMCA Awards, TMA Awards and Allianz/Business to Arts Awards.