Defender Of The Faith
Aug. 15 – Sept. 6
By Stuart Carolan
Directed by Stephen Skiles
Set in 1986 in County Armagh, Ireland, historically one of Ireland’s most IRA-friendly regions, the play uses the era’s violence to mirror the collapse of a community. A dairy farmer leads the local fight against the British. He is angry because someone has been diffusing the bombs planted by the resistance. As he hunts the rat, he drives his friends and his son to drastic, paranoid action.