Time:

Late March 1921

Place:

Doagh, County Donegal

History: 

St. Patrick, known in Irish as Pádraig, was a fifth-century Roman-Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. According to his autobiographical Confessio, when he was about sixteen, he was captured by Irish pirates from his home in Britain and taken as a slave to Ireland. He writes that he lived there for six years as an animal herder before escaping and returning to his family. He returned to spread Christianity in northern and western Ireland. He is known for driving the pagans out of the island with his missionary work. In later life, he served as a bishop, but little is known about where he worked or how he died.

In April 1916, the Irish Republican Brotherhood proclaimed an Irish Republic and initiated a revolt in Dublin against the British Empire known as the Easter Rising. The Rising was suppressed by the British Army and the Royal Irish Constabulary. Ireland remained under martial law even after the Rising. 

The period between 1916 and 1921 was marked by political violence and upheaval. Most notable in this period was 21st November 1920, known as Bloody Sunday. Early in the morning, Michael Collins’ Irish Republican Army assassinated fifteen members of British intelligence. In response, British forces raided a Gaelic football match in Croke Park and opened fire on the field and into the crowd, killing fourteen civilians and wounding sixty others. That night, two IRA men were tortured and killed in Dublin Castle. Two other IRA members were later convicted and hanged in March 1921 for their part in the assassinations. The period after the war of independence resulted in a self-governing Irish Free State whose government had pledged loyalty to the British crown, known as Home Rule. 

British imperial rule continues in six counties in the north of Ireland to this day.

Cast

Creative Team

Meet the Company

Taegan Chirinos

Riley Corrain

Taegan Chirinos is so excited to perform in her first show in NYC with the guidance of Francis Pàce-Nuñez and the wonderful world created by Liam Gibbons. She’s had such an amazing time working with this cast of talented and amazing people! She would like to thank her family and friends for their endless support and hopes everyone enjoys the shenanigans of Home Rule! Find her on Instagram @taegan___

TATIANA G. GRAVES-KOCHUTHARA

Cara Corrain

Born and raised in Queens, NY, received her BFA in Acting from the Conservatory of Theater at SUNY Purchase. Recently, she was part of the 2024 summer season of Shakespeare in the Woods (Viola in Twelfth Night; Lennox/Witch #3 in Macbeth) and was part of the 14th Season of the OBIE Award-winning, “The Fire This Time Festival” off-Broadway. Along with acting, she is a self-taught visual artist, dancer, and teaching artist. She is so, so grateful to be working with such lovely and talented people.

Nate Entz

Father Mark

Nate Entz is an NYC based artist and is delighted to be returning to the stage! Professional Theatre credits include: Home Rule, Scranton Fringe (Father Mark), Ripcord (Scotty) and Mitchelville (Union Soldier/Minister Douglas/Mark). Purchase Repertory credits include: Henry IV, Pt. 1 (Poins/Douglas), Sweat (Stan), The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Judge Littlefield/Butch Honeywell). Nate is so grateful to be a part of this show yet again in this wonderful festival. He’d like to thank his friends and family for everything.

Adriel Jovian

Finn O'Brien

I’m so excited to be a part of this terrific show! Some of my recent roles include: The Scarecrow, among others, in El Otro Oz (Off-Broadway), Usnavi in In the Heights, Leaf Coneybear in Spelling Bee, Jeff in [Title of Show], and Link Larkin in Hairspray. I want to thank my friends and family for always supporting me on my journey, especially Mami, Abuelo y Abuela! Instagram: @adrieljr8100

Leonidus Gonzalez

Private Callahan

Leonidus Gonzalez is a trans playwright and actor dedicated on displaying queer story without bigotry. With his off-Broadway debut at the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance in the holiday show 'Los Nutcrackers: A Christmas Carajo' (Richie, Dancer #1, Manny) he's quickly expanded his journey since December with the Working Theatre in 'Theaterworks!' (Marshal, Leo) as well as the 'F*cked up Play Festival' at The Caveat (Bobbi). He will be staring in a drunk rendition of Romeo and Juliet and hopes to showcase his writing publicly in the near future. He'd like to thank his Unit 52 family and roommates for supporting his journey and all of the friendly faces he has the privilege of meeting one day. Till next time.

Francis Pace-Nunez

Director

Francis Pàce-Nuñez is so elated to be making his Directorial Debut with Home Rule at the 2025 NYC Fringe Festival! He trained as an Actor at SUNY Purchase College and can be most recently seen in CBS’ Blue Bloods as well as in the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. He is looking forward to bringing his knowledge of theatre-making to this fantastic show and is honored to work with this amazing cast and team. Enjoy the show!

Liam Gibbons

Writer

Liam Gibbons was born and raised Catholic in Philadelphia, PA before moving to the Bronx to attend Fordham University, where they earned a BA/MA in English Literature. They are a playwright, poet, and author with love and passion for comedy, queer rights, TTRPGs. They'd like to thank their family and friends for all their love and support and the cast and team for all their hard work. They live in New York with their spouse and cats, and can be found online at @murphgibbons on instagram, lgibstr.bsky.social, and in the Dragon Events NYC discord.