Defiance

Written by John Patrick Shanley, Defiance is set on a U.S. Marine Corps base in North Carolina during 1971. Two officers, one black and one white, are on a collision course over race, women and the high cost of doing the right thing. This riveting, surprising new work is about power, love and responsibility – who has it, who wants it and who deserves it. Adam Fitzgerald directs.

“As thoughtful and probing as Doubt. An arresting, ambitious tale of race relations and the military mindset filled with the provocative questions and bristling with dialogue for which John Patrick Shanley, a fierce moral sage, is known.”
— The New York Times

“Spellbinding. I wouldn’t have thought it possible, but John Patrick Shanley has followed up Doubt, the best play of the 2004-05, with a play of identical quality”
— The Wall Street Journal