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About the Show

A young Irish boy escapes into a dream world in a musical adaptation of the modern literary classic.

The young Francie Brady struggles to find his place in an Irish village in the 1960’s. But his constant optimism and blithe air push him beyond his dysfunctional family and gossipy town, into a comic book dream world with his best friend, Joe.

This bizarre absurdist coming-of-age story is melded with an entrancing score, bold lyrics, and a whip smart book, to tell the story of Francie’s pain as he fights against the darkness he had been made to endure.

Asher Muldoon's The Butcher Boy is based on Patrick McCabe’s breakthrough 1992 novel of the same name.