Faith Healer July 10, 2011

Lyrical, haunting and quietly suspenseful, in Brian Friel's classic 'Faith Healer' we meet "the Fantastic Francis Hardy," a traveling faith healer whose gift is genuine if capricious, as well as Grace and Teddy, who complete the traveling band. A mystery, these three individually tell us stories of their shared history, and, while the events they relate are essentially the same, the details are widely discrepant in each version. Which tale is true ultimately becomes less important than the increasing understanding that each person creates their own version as a balm, when the challenges become too great.