Casella's The Irish Curse to Play Off-Broadway's Soho Playhouse

By Andrew Gans
12 Nov 2009

Martin Casella's The Irish Curse will begin previews at Off-Broadway's Soho Playhouse March 17, 2010, with an official opening scheduled for March 28.



Matt Lenz will direct the open-ended engagement. Casting will be announced at a later date.

In The Irish Curse, production notes state, "size matters to a small group of Irish-American men who meet every Wednesday night, in the basement hall of a Catholic church, at a self-help group for men with small penises (it is allegedly an Irish trait to be under-endowed). When a twenty-something blue-collar guy joins the group, he challenges everything the other men thought about 'the Irish curse'...tackling their obsession with body image and unmasking the comical and truthful questions of identity, masculinity, relationships, social status, sex and the ever important 'do I measure up to the next guy?'"

The production will feature set design by Lauren Helpern and lighting design by Traci Klainer.

Casella's other plays include Scituate (Best New Play, SCFTA); Mates (LA Weekly Award, Best New Play), Paydirt, Desert Fire, Beautiful Dreamer, Grand Junction, The Big Enchilada and George Bush Goes to Hell.

Show times will be Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8 PM, Sunday evenings at 7 PM, with matinees Saturday and Sunday at 3 PM. Tickets will be $59 for all seats/all performances.

The Soho Playhouse is located at 15 Vandam Street (between Avenue of the Americas and Varick Street). For tickets and more information visit www.TheIrishCurse.com.