True Blue (play)
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True Blue is a one-act play by Benjamin T. George. It premiered Off-Broadway
at the Riant Theatre's Strawberry One-Act Festival in New York
in August 2005 at the Producer's Club II Theatre. It ran for four weekends and was subsequently published in The Best Plays From The Strawberry One-Act Festival - Volume 3. It is currently being produced in Los Angeles
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. Their lives converge along similar paths towards ultimate destruction. Who is to blame for their suffering: their choices or their circumstances?
True Blue follows Will, an American, as he fights in Iraq
and is eventually captured by the father of the Iraqi family. Meanwhile at home in America, Susan, Will’s sister, is having problems adjusting to her brother’s absence. The two stories are seen simultaneously and converge in a tragic ending.
Iraqi Family
Others
Off-Broadway
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at the Riant Theatre's Strawberry One-Act Festival in New York
New York
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in August 2005 at the Producer's Club II Theatre. It ran for four weekends and was subsequently published in The Best Plays From The Strawberry One-Act Festival - Volume 3. It is currently being produced in Los Angeles
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Synopsis
Two families, one American, one Iraqi, must deal with the horrors of warWar
War is a state of organized, armed, and often prolonged conflict carried on between states, nations, or other parties typified by extreme aggression, social disruption, and usually high mortality. War should be understood as an actual, intentional and widespread armed conflict between political...
. Their lives converge along similar paths towards ultimate destruction. Who is to blame for their suffering: their choices or their circumstances?
True Blue follows Will, an American, as he fights in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
and is eventually captured by the father of the Iraqi family. Meanwhile at home in America, Susan, Will’s sister, is having problems adjusting to her brother’s absence. The two stories are seen simultaneously and converge in a tragic ending.
Original cast/characters
American Family- Susan Chandler (14)- Erel Pilo
- Will Chandler/Soldier 1 (19) Scott Fernstrum
- Dad (51)- Jason Grossman
- Mom (49)- Catherine Hennessey
Iraqi Family
- Sharif (26)- Rodney Hakim
- Neda/Vietnamese woman (22)- Jahnavi Rennison
Others
- John/Soldier (2-20, African AmericanAfrican AmericanAfrican Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
)- Thierry Saintine - Yassid (26,Iraqi)- Ivon Velon
- Brent (15,Caucasian)- Jake Kreeger
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and Iraq. - Time: The present.