His two friends and protectors are rich kid Hoke and his easygoing pal Frayn. With Jude’s reluctant agreement the three boys decide to use the basement as a meeting place where they can seal their friendship by sacrificing something they love in imitation of a frat house initiation. Being poor, Acton’s choices are limited and
Naomi Wallace’s The Breach is the first in a trilogy of plays about different communities in Kentucky. Receiving its UK premiere at the Hampstead Theatre, Wallace’s play focuses on four teenagers who live in Louisville, Kentucky – siblings Jude (Shannon Tarbet) and Acton (Stanley Morgan) and Acton’s friends Hoke (Alfie Jones) and Frayne (Charlie Beck).