Review: St. Patrick Returns for the Spirited Comedy of "Home Rule"
Home Rule Written by Liam Gibbons Directed by Francis Pacae-Nunez Presented by Dragon Events LLC and FRIGID New York at UNDER St. Marks 94 St Marks Place, Manhattan, NYC April 2-11, 2025 As a setting, wartime highlights divisions, and Liam Gibbons's dark comedy Home Rule , which takes place in 1920s Ireland during the War for Independence, uses its politically divided setting to examine divisions of sexuality, gender, religion, and family. With ghosts real and figurative, Home Rule takes a comedic look at identity and the disjunctions among internal experience, external self-presentation, and expectations around both. Home Rule 's humorous story of possession is one of 63 shows at the 2025 New York City Fringe Festival , which runs through April 20th across four venues in Manhattan and one in Brooklyn. Home Rule begins with Finn (Adriel Jovian) and Riley (Taegan Chirinos), a young couple from the small coastal town of Doagh, deciding to finally have sex with each other, lea...