EnrichMINT Events Series Concludes With I HATE LEPRECHAUNS 10/3

Mint Theater Company will conclude its EnrichMINT Events, an exciting series of post and pre-show discussions throughout the Mint's current acclaimed revival of Lennox Robinson's Is Life Worth Living? starring JorDan Baker and Kevin Kilner.

The final entry in the EnrichMINT Events series will be:

Saturday, October 3rd at noon prior to the matinee
"I Hate Leprechauns"
Amy Stoller, dialect designer and coach
Join Amy Stoller and director Jonathan Bank at The Irish Rogue (356 W. 44th St.) for a delicious Irish breakfast and an enlightening discussion on the use of Irish dialect in the Mint's production of Is Life Worth Living? Call 212-315-0231 for more information.

Performances of the Mint Theater's rare revival of Is Life Worth Living? began August 19th and the opening night was September 14th. The limited engagement has been extended an additional week through October 18th to accommodate demand.
Time Out NY said "This sweet and witty revival of Lennox Robinson's 1933 comedy Is Life Worth Living? again earns Jonathan Bank and the Mint Theater Company hosannas for bringing a lesser-known work to our attention. It's a smart, wry example of art irritating life." John Simon adds "Charm, most lacking in today's theater, abounds in Lennox Robinson's 1933 play, Is Life Worth Living? now joyously revived by New York's dependable Mint Theater. Jonathan Bank's deft directing and his cherishable cast render Is Life Worth Living? as the modest masterpiece it is."

"Legit repertory troupe comes to a small village in Ireland and, after a week or so of Ibsen, Chekhov and Strindberg, the town is off its nut." That's how Variety described Lennox Robinson's comedy when it played London in 1933 and that, in a nutshell, is the story of Is Life Worth Living? -- a gloriously goofy comedy that imagines the impact a steady diet of serious drama might have on the amiable residents of the seaside town of Inish. "I suppose you would call it farce," Robinson told The New York Times in 1933, "But I'd rather not call it that because well - you know what people think you mean when you call a play farce." Is Life Worth Living? played on Broadway three times in the 1930's but has not been seen in New York since. Brooks Atkinson wrote, "You are permitted to respect the theme of Mr. Robinson's play and to like every character who is in it. If that is not pure comedy, what is?"

Also featured in the cast are Leah Curney, Margaret Daly, Bairbre Dowling, John Keating, Jeremy Lawrence, Erin Moon, Grant Neale, Paul O'Brien, John O'Creagh and Graham Outerbridge.

Performances for Is Life Worth Living? are Tuesday through Thursday at 7 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. & 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $55. The Mint Theater is at 311 W. 43 St., Third Floor, between Eighth & Ninth Ave. To purchase tickets, or for more information, call 212-315-0231 or visit www.minttheater.org.