Details
$25–71 (inclusive of fees) 90 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
From Once Off Productions
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.
Performance photo credits: Patricio Cassinoni
★★★★
"A deliciously 1930s radio-serial framework...staged with verve [and] entertainingly and skillfully brought to life"—THE IRISH TIMES
Presented with generous support from Culture Ireland and Tourism Ireland.
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