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The United States vs Ulysses

Opening Date: Apr 30, 2025
Closing Date: Jun 1, 2025
Running Time: 01:30
The United States vs Ulysses

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Playing @
Irish Arts Center
726 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10019
It’s 1933, and James Joyce’s sexually explicit Ulysses has been banned in the U.S. for a decade. But now a hungry young publisher and an ambitious lawyer have teamed up to take on the puritans. Can they convince the judge that Ulysses is not obscene? And what will happen when Ulysses gets under their skin—and Molly Bloom gets into their heads? 

The United States vs Ulysses is a bawdy courtroom drama telling the true story of the New York trial that liberated James Joyce’s seminal novel from American censorship and made Joyce a cultural icon.
Off BroadwayPlay - ComedyPlay - Drama

Performance Schedule

TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY @ 7:30 PM
THURSDAY & FRIDAY @ 8 PM
SATURDAY @ 2 PM & 8 PM
SUNDAY @ 2 PM

May 4 @ 5 PM only


Written By
  • Colin Murphy

Director
  • Conall Morrison

TDF Tickets Offers:

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Not currently available for this show

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Never

Full-price tickets:

$25.00 - $71.00

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair Info

    Two spaces for people using wheelchairs in 1st row.
  • Seating

    Seats 86.
  • Elevator/Escalator

    None.
  • Passenger Loading Zone

    None.
  • Parking

    SVI Permit. Valet parking garage: 51st St. between 10th & 11th Aves. Vertical clearance: 82". No vans or trucks.
  • Entrance

    Theatre has a street level entrance. Ground level. Double doors (each 33", 1" lip) to lobby. 2nd set of double doors (each 33") after box office. Twenty steps to 2nd floor. Eighteen steps to 3rd floor.
  • Box Office

    Lobby is same level as theatre
  • Restroom

    Restrooms are same level as theatre. Unisex: Ground floor. Entrance: 33". Sink: 28.5". Grab bars. Commode 18". Clear space 32" x 50".
  • Water Fountain

    None.
  • Telephone

    None.
  • Assisted Listening System

    None.
  • Visual Assistance

    None.

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