1st Irish Festival to Feature THREE IRISH WIDOWS 9/7-17

"THREE IRISH WIDOWS versus THE REST OF THE WORLD" opens Tuesday, September 7th at the Stage Left Studio Theatre (438 West 37th Street - between 9th & 10th Avenues) where it will play through Friday, September 17th as a featured attraction in the 1st IRISH 2010 FESTIVAL.

Directed by Rob Welsh, Lighting and Sound have been designed by Mickey Solis while Mr. Malone is responsible for his own costuming. Mr. Soils also serves as Technical Director. Colm Mcauliffe is the show's Production Manager and Production Stage Manager.

ABOUT THE SHOW

"THREE IRISH WIDOWS versus THE REST OF THE WORLD" will never play in Cork City, County Cork, Ireland. NEVER. That's where Mrs. Malone, author/performer Ed Malone's mother lives. This is a play about Mrs. Malone, her sister and her sister-in-law, three Irish widows, the men that got them that way and what the widows did with their newfound freedom.

Of the thirty-four (34) characters Mr. Malone plays at hyper-space-break-neck speed, the three widows are the triangle of hypnotic focus throughout the evening.

Not that his Michael Jackson isn't stunning. He is. Or the tree he portrays isn't convincing. It is.

But it is the three widows declaration of independence that shakes the world and kidnaps an audience.

Their names are MAURA, BREDA and MARGARET. They live in Ireland because that is where they were born. During the 80's and the 90's they existed for their husbands. They cooked for their husbands. They cleaned, shopped, organized and entertained for their husbands. And sometime between the husbands beating them, ignoring them and taking them for granted; the husbands died; two of cancer and one driving drunk into the tree Ed Malone so convincingly plays at the top of the show.

The widows arranged the funerals then they arranged to go to Pat, the hairdresser, Tony, the travel agent and to America to find some real men.

What happened to the widows in America is the stuff of which great shows are spun.

THE PLAYING SCHEDULE
Singers Forum
49 West 24th Street - between Fifth & Sixth Avenues

JULY 8, 20, 27, 29
AUGUST 12, 19, 26

ALL TICKETS $15
646-384-0009

All shows at 8:00pm

The Theatre at Stage Left Studio
438 West 37th Street #5A
between 9th & 10th Avenues

SEPTEMBER 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17

ALL TICKETS $15
www.brownpapertickets.com 1-800-838-3006

All shows at 8:00pm

www.StageLeftStudio.net

ABOUT ED MALONE

Ed Malone, actor, writer and clown, was born in Cork City in southern Ireland. He obtained diplomas in theater performance and improvisation from the London College of School and Music. In 2005 he attended the prestigious Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris, France. the following year he trained for one year with the legendary french clown Philippe Gaulier, completing an intensive diploma in performance encompassing clowning, expressive masks, acrobatics, and mime. Gaulier is best know in America as the man who trained the English clown Sacha bara cohen (the creator of 'Bruno' and 'Borat') Ed's first solo show, The Self Obsessed Tragedy of Ed Malone, was a huge national success in Ireland, touring the country to great acclaim, The Irish Times described it as 'The theatrical highlight of 2006' This play was later performed along with its sequel The Self Obsessed Tragedy of Ed Malone Chapter 2 , to sell out runs in New York City at Stage Left Studios in March 2009. Ed's third solo piece The Three Irish Widows Versus the Rest of the World is currently receiving critical and cult acclaim (nytheatre.com: 'Do yourself a favor go see this play!') Ed is in the process right now of adapting the play for film.

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