KID SHAMROCK
2011
Produced by Faz In Ate Films
Kid Shamrock recreated the fight between Bobby Cassidy, aka Kid Shamrock, and Rodrigo Valdez at Madison Square Garden on St. Patrick’s’ Day in 1971, a fight that ultimately led to Bobby’s retirement from boxing and enlightenment as a human being, the play is an homage to the vibrant blue-collar tradition of Irish American boxing.
Performed at the Atlantic Theatre Company.
Featuring: John Duddy, Seamus McDonagh, Bobby Cassidy Sr., Patrick Joseph Connolly, Matt McDonagh, Nick Roman, Gary Francis Hope, Wayne Kelly.
Directed by Jimmy Smallhorne
Written by Bobby Cassidy Jr.
Original music by Joel Diamond
Still Photography by Guy Warren
PRESS
Duddy “A Winner,” in Kid Shamrock.
John Duddy makes U.S. debut in Kid Shamrock.
Kid Shamrock at Atlantic Theatre
John Duddy: From the ring to the stage.
Duddy leaves the ring to take centre stage.
I lost hunger for fight game: Duddy
John Duddy hits the stage.
“Done with humor, drama, and love, Kid Shamrock contains a bucket load of emotion and was more than a fight story; it was a picture of what goes through a fighters mind and body until the day he decides it is time to walk away.”
