After Luke / When I Was God

Part of the 1st Irish Play Festival, After Luke and When I Was God, two colorful working-class dramas by Conal Creedon directed by Tim Ruddy, full of elemental conflict between brothers and between fathers and sons, is performed by three strong actors: Gary Gregg, Colin Lane and Michael Mellamphy. In the first, it's a Cain-and-Abel-style, powerful dynamic conflict, and in the second, it's sturm and drang between father and son revolving around sports. Basically, both are about miscommunication and the hope of parental love. Although there are no winners in Creedon's lexicon, the totality is an exciting, engaging double bill of elemental theater.