In The name of the father
by andrew martini
Directed by Daniel Armando
Showtimes
Wednesday, February 12
7:30pm
Thursday, February 13
7:30pm
Synopsis
The Vatican has decided to defrock a prominent cardinal for the sexual abuse of children over many years, including during his time as bishop of the church Gabriel grew up attending. As his father, Patrick, prepares to be ordained a deacon, the family must come to terms with what could be Patrick's complicity in the cover-up of these heinous crimes. Meanwhile, Gabriel desires most to come out and be his authentic self along with the significant other he's kept hidden from his family.
BIOS
Andrew Martini is a Brooklyn-based playwright originally from New Jersey. Excerpts from In the Name of the Father have been heard at Naked Angels’ Tuesdays@9 program. Andrew has taken playwriting workshops at The New Group and the Einhorn School of Performing Arts at Primary Stages. He has worked as a director for the Equity Library Theater and has assistant directed in Brooklyn.
Daniel Armando is an award-winning filmmaker and producer raised in California now residing in New York City. He has produced five micro-budget indie films, including Daddy’s Boy (Official Selection Cinequest Film Festival), What it Was (Official Selection HBO Urbanworld, Outfest, NewFest, and Frameline film festivals), The Breeding (Winner, Best Feature, Harlem Int’l Film Festival), and BWOY (starring Rent & Star Trek: Discovery’s Anthony Rapp). His first project, the short Boys Like You, won him “Best Short” at the 2011 North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. He was also the co-Executive Producer of the award-winning stageplay Reflections in a Ditch (winner, Best Play, New York Theatre Festival). He is graduate of the American Musical & Dramatic Academy and as a performer starred in the international tour of Fame: The Musical.