| | Abstract: | The Cleveland Pioneer Players, later the Cleveland Irish Players, are an Irish American theatre ensemble that formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1960, performing their first play ("Professor Tim" by George Shiels) in 1961. Since then, the group has performed the works of major Irish playwrights including Sean O'Casey ("Juno and the Paycock" and "The Plough and the Stars"), Brian Friel ("Philadelphia Here I Come!" and "Dancing at Lughnasa"), and Hugh Leonard ("Da"), as well as lesser known Irish and Irish-American authors. The group has performed in Pittsburgh, Detroit, Dayton and Marietta, Ohio, and traveled to Ireland in 1976, 1978, and 1980. The collection consists of playbills and newsletters. | |
