Dana Ivey to Headline Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession at Irish Rep

Dana Ivey will headline the Irish Repertory Theatre production of George Bernard Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession. The show will begin off-Broadway performances on December 9. The cast will also include Laura Odeh who was in the company of The Rivals at Lincoln Center with Ivey, David Staller, Sam Tsoutsouvas, Kevin Collins and Kenneth Garner.

Set at the turn of the century, Mrs. Warren's Profession centers on Vivie Warren Odeh, a Cambridge educated and well brought-up young woman, who learns that her mother, Mrs. Kitty Warren Ivey, has risen from abject poverty to enormous wealth through her investments in brothels throughout Europe. While Miss Warren acknowledges her mothers courage and respects her overcoming her past, she fails to agree with her mothers continuing in her line of work.

Ivey is a four-time Tony Award nominee, having earned nods for her performances in Heartbreak House, Sunday in the Park with George, The Last Night of Ballyhoo and The Rivals. Ivey's long list of Broadway credits also includes Present Laughter, Indiscretions, Sex and Longing, Waiting in the Wings, Major Barbara, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg and Henry IV.

Mrs. Warren's Profession, directed Irish Rep Artistic Director Charlotte Moore, is scheduled to officially open on December 18, 2005 and continue through January 29, 2006.