Drama

Only A Ridgeline Away: New Vietnam War Drama

September 15, 2010

The play, Only a Ridgeline Away , was presented in late August and early September at the San Juan Community Theatre in Friday Harbor, Washington. Written and directed by playwright, Vietnam veteran, and Friday Harbor…

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Get Ready for HBO's The Pacific

March 4, 2010

You read it here first: if you have even the slightest interest in World War II, the U.S. Marine Corps, American history, or--even more importantly--top quality TV drama, you will be glued to your TV…

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Tracers in Severna Park, Maryland

October 14, 2009

Standing O Productions, a new theater company in Severna Park, Maryland, will be present its version of the Vietnam War play Tracers Nov. 13-22. The play, first put together by a group of Vietnam veterans…

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The Trial of the Catonsville Nine: The Play Again

September 4, 2009

On May 17, 1968, during the height of the Vietnam War--and of the antiwar movement--nine people, including two priests and a former nun, broke into a suburban Baltimore draft board (in Catonsville, Maryland), and burned…

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Timeless Greek Drama–for Veterans

June 18, 2009

Bryan Doerries founded The Philoctetes Project , an innovative form of psychodrama using ancient Greek plays, in New York City last year as a way to help emotionally troubled active-duty military personnel and veterans. In…

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One Red Flower

February 20, 2009

Tonight, Friday, February 20, is the first of ten performances at the Kensington Arts Theatre in Kensington, Maryland, of One Red Flower, new musical play inspired by the book, Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam…

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More on David Rabe

November 24, 2008

Photo by Tina Barney There's a terrific profile of the playwright David Rabe by John Lahr in the November 24 New Yorker . In the article, headlined "Land of Lost Souls: David Rabe's America, "…

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Rabe's Streamers: On Broadway Again

November 20, 2008

Sara Krulwich/The New York Times David Rabe, one of the nation’s most honored playwrights and screenwriters, is best known for Streamers , the last of his Vietnam War trilogy. Streamers , which Rabe wrote in…

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Frost/Nixon on Stage & On Film

November 9, 2008

The latest production of Frost/Nixon, the play written by Peter Morgan about the 1977 TV interviews between Brit journalist David Frost and the recently resigned U.S. President, opens November 11 and runs until November 30…

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Brian Delate's Soldier's Heart

November 5, 2008

Brian Delate (above) is among the handful of Vietnam veterans who have made a career in show biz---in his case, as an actor, and now a director. Delate, who served as a draftee infantry sergeant…

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