Details
$25–76 (inclusive of fees) 85 minutesDate(s)
Apr 30, 2025 – Jun 1, 2025
Contact
boxoffice@irishartscenter.org
888-616-0274
Location
The JL Greene Theatre
Irish Arts Center
726 11th Avenue
Hell's Kitchen, NYC
Overview
Directed by Conall Morrison
From Once Off Productions
Presented in association with
The Brandt Jackson Foundation
It’s 1933, and James Joyce’s sexually explicit Ulysses has been banned in the U.S. for a decade. But now, a hungry young publisher and an ambitious lawyer have teamed up to take on the Puritans. Can they convince the judge that Ulysses is not obscene? And what will happen when Ulysses gets under their skin—and Molly Bloom gets into their heads?
The United States vs Ulysses is a bawdy courtroom drama telling the true story of the New York trial that liberated James Joyce’s seminal novel from American censorship and made Joyce a cultural icon.
★★★★
"A deliciously 1930s radio-serial framework...staged with verve [and] entertainingly and skillfully brought to life"—The Irish Times
One of the New York Times' "13 Off Broadway shows to tempt you" this spring
A talkback with writer Colin Murphy, Jonathan Goldman of the James Joyce Society, and Celia Marshik of Stony Brook University will follow the May 6 performance.
Cast: Clare Barrett, Ross Gaynor, Morgan C. Jones, Mark Lambert, Ali White, Jonathan White
Creative team: Liam Doona (set design), Catherine Fay (costume design), John Comiskey (lighting design), Simon Kenny (composition and sound design)
Irish production team: Cally Shine and Maura O’Keeffe (producers), Brendan McLoughlin (production manager), Mark Fennell (technical director), Zoë Reynolds (stage manager), Emily Rose Champion (assistant stage manager), Morgan Steele (company manager), Suzanne Sheehan (costume supervisor)
Production photos © Patricio Cassinoni
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Presented in association with Penny Brandt Jackson and Thomas Campbell Jackson of The Brandt Jackson Foundation.
Leading season-wide support provided by Culture Ireland, promoting Irish arts worldwide; season partner Tourism Ireland; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; the New York State Council on the Arts; and the Howard Gilman Foundation.
Additional support provided by the Shubert Foundation, Charina Endowment Fund, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc., and Alan Klein.
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