G. R. Point is a play about the Vietnam War

Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...

, by American playwright

Playwright

A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...

 and Vietnam war veteran David Berry

David Berry (writer)

David Berry is a, screenwriter and playwright. His most famous work is the screen play for the film The Whales of August . The feature film, The Whales of August, starred Lillian Gish, Bette Davis, Vincent Price, Ann Sothern and Harry Carey, Jr...

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The G.R. in title stands for "Graves Registration", with the play focusing on soldiers who task it is to package the dead in black plastic bags for shipment back to the States.

His first play, G. R. Point won an Obie Award

Obie Award

The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given by The Village Voice newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City...

 for Distinguished Playwriting and a Drama Desk Nomination

Drama Desk Award

The Drama Desk Awards, which are given annually in a number of categories, are the only major New York theater honors for which productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway compete against each other in the same category...

for Best New American Play in 1977.