Tony Walton Design/Directs 'Devil's Disciple' at Irish Rep

Charlotte Moore and Ciaran O'Reilly continue The Irish Repertory Theatre's twentieth season with George Bernard Shaw's The Devil's Disciple, directed by Tony Walton.  Performances begin Wednesday, December 5, 2007 and will perform through January 27, 2008. The official opening will be on Thursday, December 13, 2007. The Irish Repertory Theatre is located at 132 West 22nd St.

"The Devil's Disciple, Shaw's crackling comedy set in the middle of the American War of Independence, is the story of the rascal, Dick Dudgeon, a young revolutionary brought up in a harshly puritan home, who finds himself starved for a true religion. His passionate belief in the right to human happiness lands him smack in the middle of a masquerade which could result in dangerous, indeed, life-threatening consequences. Shaw's superb wit and wisdom send us reeling toward a series of delicious revelations in this timely play which could well have been ripped from tomorrow's newscast," explain press notes.

The cast includes Jenny Fellner, Curzon Dobell, Sean Gormley, Cristin Milioti, Craig Pattison, Lorenzo Pisoni, Darcy Pulliam, Robert Sedgwick, John Windsor-Cunningham, and Richard B. Watson.

Tony Walton (Director/Designer) For the Irish Rep he has directed and designed The Importance of Being Earnest, Major Barbara and the U.S. premiere of Noël Coward's After the Ball. His Broadway productions include the recent Well and revivals of Our Town, I'm Not Rappaport, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Uncle Vanya, Annie Get Your Gun, 1776, A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum, She Loves Me, Guys and Dolls and Anything Goes, Bob Fosse's original productions of Chicago and Pippin; Pinter's Moonlight and Ashes to Ashes; Grand Hotel, The Real Thing, The Will Rogers Follies and The House of Blue Leaves, Madison Square Garden's A Christmas Carol and Julie Andrews' recent triumphant revival of The Boy Friend.   He has also directed and designed the smash hit revival of Where's Charlie? for the Goodspeed Opera House, and other distinguished regional theatres.  For the past 50 years he has been designing settings and costumes for film as well. He has designed for films such as Mary Poppins, Murder on the Orient Express, Fahrenheit 451, The Wiz, The Boy Friend, All That Jazz , Death of a Salesman, The Glass Menagerie, Regarding Henry, and Deathtrap. His many awards include the Oscar, the Emmy and Three Tonys (16 nominations). He was elected to the Theatre Hall of Fame in 1991.

Associate Set Designer is Heather Wolensky, Co-costume Designer is Rebecca Lustig, lighting design is by Brian Nason, sound design by Zach Williamson, wig and hair design by Robert-Charles Vallance, properties by Dierdre Brennan, Fight Direction Rick Sordelet, dialects Stephen Gabis, casting by Deborah Brown. Christine Lemme Stage Manager, Jonathan Donahue Assistant Stage Manager. Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director, Ciarán O'Reilly, Producing Director, Patrick A. Kelsey, Managing Director.

Performances of The Devil's Disciple are Wednesday - Saturday at 8 PM. Matinees are Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday at 3 PM.

Tickets are $60 and $55 and can be purchased by calling The Irish Repertory Theatre Box Office at (212) 727-2737.  (For group discounts of 20 or more contact Jen Nelson at (212) 255-0270 x22.) For more information, call (212) 727-2737 or visit www.irishrep.org.