Synopsis

Brimstone is set in 1998 Belfast where the bloody dance between the Irish and English, Catholic and Protestant, continues with fury. Eamon Dunne, is the “man who walked away.” A prestigious architectural scholarship from Princeton University had taken Eamon out of strife filled Northern Ireland eight years before. At the play’s start, Eamon has returned home to attend the funeral of his brother, an Irish Republican Army terrorist gunned down by the police. In an attempt to come to grips with his brother’s death, Eamon must confront his own pacifism in the face of increasing violence. He also must confront the wild spirited Miraid, the woman that he left behind convinced by a family determined to keep him safe in America, that she no longer loved him. Though the plot is complicated by the presence of spies and counter spies, Brimstone is a love story framed by betrayal, both political and emotional. Also produced at the Berkshire Theatre Festival and the Majestic Theatre.