Zocorro arrived in Ireland to pursue a career as a Rose of Tralee.  Four years later, she found herself, on a sunny August morning, urinating into a tupperware in her hotel suite, in front of the panel of judges of the International Rose of Tralee Festival.  The judges consisted of Gay Byrne, Marty Whelan, the wife of Daniel O’Donnell, the daughter of Chris de Burgh, the Lord Mayor of Tralee, and Paddy McGillicuddy, Chairman of Tralee Motor Cars.   She never in her wildest dreams imagined that the Roses would be subjected to a surprise random urine test.

Hear her full, unabridged story:

The Pop Up Show Zocorro Rose of Tralee is available for hire in Restaurants and Private Parties (in English or in Spanish).  Contact me for further information: leo.beth@gmail.com

BEST SHOW nominee Dublin Fringe 2009.  Irish Finalist and Edinburgh Semi-Finalist in the 2007 “So You Think You’re Funny?” Channel 4 competition. Best Actress Nominee Dublin Fringe 2002: “her tempestuous mamasita is a riot” Irish Theatre Magazine

Version en Castellano: Zocorro es una chica inocente y muy natural, cualidades ideales para presentarse al prestigioso concurso Irlandés “La Rosa de Tralee”. Pero sus sueños se ven arrastrados por la verde hierba Irlandesa en esta divertidísima comedia presentada en castellano en Dublin.

About the Rose of Tralee: www.roseoftralee.ie

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