This play was first produced in New York on May 23, 1922 by the author
Anne Nichols. It was a great hit with audiences and ran for more than
2,300 performances. The play deals with two families, one Jewish
and one Irish. Solomon Levi lives in New York with his son Abie;
together they run a successful business. Patrick Murphy is a successful
contractor living in California with his daughter Rose Mary.
The young couple met in Europe during the war where Abie was
serving in the army and Rose Mary was an entertainer.
They planned to be married when they returned to the US.

When the play opens you meet Levi's neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Cohen,
you won't forget them. You also meet Dr. Jacob Samuels who is
Mr. Levi's rabbi. We learn that Abie and Rose Mary were secretly
married by a Methodist minister over a week ago now and Abie
has a plan to get his father to like Rose Mary so he presents her to his
father as a young, charming, orthodox Jewish girl and not the Irish Catholic
girl that she is. The plan works and his father becomes entranced by the
girl so much that he starts preparations for a Jewish wedding.
He is determined that Abie will marry this Jewish girl that he calls "Rosie"
In the meantime Patrick Murphy gets a call in California to say his daughter
is to be married in New York to an Irish Catholic. With his priest
Father Whalen, who is to perform the wedding ceremony, Patrick arrives
late at the Levi house just as Dr. Samuels is completing the wedding
ceremony and then Patrick Murphy and Solomon Levi realize the truth.
Both fathers are furious at the deception, and vow to annul the marriage.
Just to be sure Father Whalen celebrates the marriage for the third time.
The wedding feast consists of ham and kosher trimmings.

It's now Christmas Eve and more than one year later and each grandfather
knows that Abie and Rose Mary have a baby (their grandchild).
Since they have had no contact with their kids since the wedding they don't
know if the baby is a boy or a girl; Solomon arrives bearing gifts for a boy
while Patrick arrives with gifts for a girl. See some slapstick shenanigans
going on between the two grandparents and find out who choose
correctly or did Abie and Rose Mary have a surprise for both of 'em?

Performance Dates for

"ABIE'S   IRISH   ROSE"

are as follows:

November 3, 4, 5, ~ 10, 11, 12, ~ 17, 18, and 19   2006

EVENING PERFORMANCES FRIDAY and SATURDAY are at 8:00 p.m.
AFTERNOON PERFORMANCES on SUNDAY are at 3:00 p.m.
Tickets are $10.00 for Theatre Performances only.
Tickets are $20.00 for Dinner/Theatre Combination. (Sundays only)
Reservations are a must for Dinner/Theatre.
For tickets and reservations please call Gaelic Park at 708-687-9323

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