The Playboy of the Western World

The Pearl begins the 2009-2010 Season with J. M. Synge's eccentric, high-spirited comedy that celebrates the grand poetry and reckless abandon of the Irish imagination, taking us to a hardscrabble corner of the world where murderers speak in earthy music, the underdog rules on high, feisty damsels are eager to be won, and it's the tale well told (and a dash of derring-do) that win the day. Incoming Artistic Director J.R. Sullivan will direct.