1st Irish Fest And More Set For Fall Season At 59E59

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) announces the roster of shows for the Fall 2011 Season. All performances take place at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). Ticket prices and performance schedules vary. For tickets, call Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 or online at www.59e59.org.

New York's 1st IRISH FESTIVAL starts the Fall season off with a bang as two imaginative productions make their New York premieres at 59E59 Theaters. Dublin-based Company Cirque de Légume plays with their food to uproarious results, while Inis Nua Theatre Company remixes the events that shaped literary Ireland in 1904 with Commedia dell'Arte for the ground-breaking, critically acclaimed DUBLIN BY LAMPLIGHT.

In October, 59E59 kicks off the football season with the critically acclaimed comedy ANY GIVEN MONDAY. And THE BUS stops at 59E59 Theaters before it drives off to Topeka, Kansas to confront the Westboro Baptist Church.

The British once again storm New York when Brits Off Broadway returns for its eighth spectacular season in November and December. Details on this year's line-up will be announced soon.

Tuesday, September 6 - Sunday, October 2
CIRQUE DE LEGUME, directed by Pablo Ibarluzea
With Jaimie Carswell and Nancy Trotter
Produced by Cirque de Légume (Dublin, Ireland)
Part of 1ST IRISH at 59E59 Theaters
Tickets: $25 ($17.50 for 59E59 Members)
Tuesday - Thursday at 7:30 PM; Friday at 8:30 PM; Saturday at 2:30 PM & 8:30 PM; Sunday at 3:30 PM & 7:30 PM
Spend fifty minutes of pure mayhem with The Greatest Vegetable Circus on Earth! Marvel at the Veget-animal! Gape at the Magical Carrot! Fantasize over the Onion Strip Tease! The award-winning Cirque de Légume shows us how beautiful life can be if we only stop to play with it.

Thursday, September 8 - Sunday, October 2
DUBLIN BY LAMPLIGHT, written by Michael West, directed by Tom Reing
Produced by Inis Nua Theatre Company (Philadelphia, PA)
Part of 1st IRISH at 59E59 Theaters
Tickets: $35 ($24.50 for 59E59 Members)
Tuesday - Thursday at 7:15 PM; Friday - Saturday at 8:15 PM; Sunday at 3:15 PM
Amidst the filth and fury of Dublin 1904, the theatrical event of the century is about to explode. Will the "Irish National Theatre of Ireland" seize its chance for glory? Fading stars, rebels, whores and romantics create a brilliant mix of fact and fiction, poetry and politics. The BBC enthused, "beg, borrow or steal a ticket, but don't miss this play!"

Tuesday, October 4 - Sunday, October 30
THE BUS, written by James Lantz
Produced by Starry Night Theater (Burlington, VT)
Tickets: $25 ($17.50 for 59E59 Members)
Tuesday - Thursday at 7:30 PM; Friday at 8:30 PM; Saturday at 2:30 PM & 8:30 PM; Sunday at 3:30 PM
Two boys, late at night, regularly rendezvous in a parked church bus. When their secret meeting place is in danger of being discovered, the boys find themselves in the middle of a con?ict between a large church and a small-town gas station-and the clash proves explosive.

Thursday, October 6 - Sunday, November 6
ANY GIVEN MONDAY, written by Bruce Graham, directed by Bud Martin
Produced by Act II Playhouse (Philadelphia, PA)
Tickets $35 ($24.50 for 59E59 Members)
Tuesday - Thursday at 7:15 PM; Friday at 8:15 PM; Saturday at 2:15 PM & 8:15 PM; Sunday at 3:15 PM. Added performance on Sunday, October 9 at 7:15 PM
Lenny is not having a good Monday. His wife left him for a jerk who builds Wal-Marts, his least two favorite football teams are on TV, and his college-age daughter is having a crisis of faith. Then his best friend commits a heinous crime that could save his marriage. This Barrymore Award-winning play from Bruce Graham, former writer for the hit TV show "Roseanne," was called "funny, mesmerizing, delicious and morally reprehensible" by the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Tuesday, November 8 - Sunday, January 1, 2012
Brits Off Broadway
The Brits invade New York just in time for the festive season, when Brits Off Broadway returns for its eighth smash season! Programming details coming soon!