Pre-Summer Performance of W. B. Yeats Plays At Coney Island and The Rockaways This Weekend

This weekend's performances of "On Baile's Strand," W.B. Yeats' 1903 play is about the mythological Irish warrior hero Cúchulainn, who unknowingly kills his son in the service of Conchobhar, King of Ulster. The performances are part of CualaNYC, an ongoing two-month festival of Irish culture that commemorates the centenary of the six-day 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, a pivotal moment in modern Irish history that led to Ireland's independence, and highlights the role of New Yorkers in the rebellion.

WHO: Blue Raincoat Theatre Company: John Carty, Barry Cullen, Brian Devaney, Joe Hunt, Simon Hunt, Robert Kelly, Ciarán McCauley, Sandra O'Malley. Director: Niall Henry

WHEN: Saturday, May 7, 3 p.m. in front of the Jacob Riis Park Beach Bazaar in the Rockaways Sunday, May 8, 3 p.m., Coney Island beach the end of West 10th Street, east of the Cyclone Roller Coaster

WHERE: Saturday, May 7: Riis Park Beach Bazaar, 144-3 Rockaway Beach Blvd., Queens Sunday, May 8: W. 10th St., east of the Cyclone Roller Coaster, Coney Island, Brooklyn