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In the Heart of America, Tiger at the Gates, Bury the Dead

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Statement

VETERANS FOR PEACE
TWIN CITIES FRIENDS MEETING
PEACE AND SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF TCFM

This project will initially consist of rehearsed readings of three plays from the history of war. The actors, professional and non- professional, will meet on the first Monday of a month and read and discuss the text. Simple stage directions will be given. All actors will be given fliers to share and announcements will be sent to peace and religious institutions and other interested groups.

On the second Monday of the month we will meet, run over the rough spots, and perform before an audience at 7:30 pm.

We will have a few funds from the groups listed above and a few private donations. These funds will go for xeroxing the scripts for programs and for fliers. We hope to obtain free or very inexpensive space and will pass the hat at each performance. Any funds above the expenses of xeroxing scripts, programs and fliers will be divided between our sponsors.

For this project we are hoping to use spaces in religious or educational institutions free of charge. Because we will perform once with just one rehearsal and because there is no entrance fee charged there is no royalty due and we will be able to use union actors.


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BURY THE DEAD by Irwin Shaw was written in 1936 and reflects the experiences of WWI. Six soldiers killed in battle refuse to be buried. Despite a coverup by Generals and the press the news gets out.

Performed at Twin Cities Friends Meeting House on October 11th at 7 pm.


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TIGER AT THE GATES by Jean Giradoux was first produced in London in June 1955 and is a translation of La Guerre de Troie nĠaura pas lieu, a brilliant and bitter comedy set in Troy, a city doomed to betrayal and destruction. The story of Hector, a military man who knows the horror and degradation of war, struggling to preserve peace in the face of jingoistic sentiment and mob hysteria. (The Editors)

This will be performed on November 8th. We do not have a space for this piece yet.


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IN THE HEART OF AMERICA by Naomi Wallace. First produced in 1995 this play finds Lieutenant Caley in a motel room somewhere in middle America haunted by the events of the Vietnam and Persian Gulf wars.

This play will be performed on December 13th. We do not yet have a space for this performance.