Plays

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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Wall: New Drama in Amarillo

August 24, 2010

Wall, an original drama written by Vietnam veteran Joseph Mischler, who served with the 25th Infantry Division in 1967, is the latest production of Avenue 10, a theatrical production company in Amarillo, Texas. The play's…

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War & Therapy: The Play

July 13, 2010

Paula J. Caplan---the Harvard University clinical and research psychologist, author, playwright, actor, and director---has in recent years taken an interest in the psychological repercussions of combat among veterans. That interest's latest manifestation is her new…

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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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Missing Pages at D.C. Fringe Festival

June 15, 2009

Susan Austin Roth’s play, Missing Pages , which we've written about in these web pages, is a taut drama that zeroes in on the relationship between a World War II veteran with Alzheimer’s disease and…

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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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