About HOME IS SWEET SORROW
CONTENT WARNING - this play deals with PTSD.
Set against the backdrop of the 1968 Vietnam War, Home is Sweet Sorrow is a powerful drama exploring the ruinous impact of war on American families. Following the stories of PFC Willie Taylor, who loses his soul to the violence of the Vietnam jungle, and PFC Jamie Lofton, who is destroyed by the secret war he fights within himself, the play uncovers the devastating consequences of silence and prejudice. Their mothers fight desperate, personal battles to save the "honor" of their sons.
This play is the third installment of Thomspon-Scretching's ‘The Blood Trilogy’ which follows a Black American family from the 1940's Georgia, up-South to Brooklyn in the 1960's.
Presented as part of the African American Playwrights Initiative at the ATA.
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CAST - in all performances: Rommell, Kevin, Elly-Anne, and Carrie Johnson.
SWING ROTATION SCHEDULE:
WEEK 1
Friday March 13 - Joy, Gina, LaQuan
Saturday March 14 - Joy, Gina, Layton
Sunday March 15 - Joy, Gina, Layton
WEEK 2
Wednesday March 18 - Sania, Patricia, LaQuan
Thursday March 19 - Sania, LaQuan, Patricia,
Friday March 20 - Sania, Patricia, LaQuan
Saturday March 21 - Sania, Patricia, Layton
Sunday 22 - Sania, Patricia, Layton
WEEK 3
Wednesday March 25 - Joy, Gina, LaQuan
Thursday March 26 - Sania, Gina, LaQuan
Friday March 27 - Sania, Patricia, Layton
Saturday March 28 - Sania, Patricia, Layton
Sunday 29 Joy, Patricia, Layton
American Theatre of Actors, Inc.
American Theatre of Actors, Inc. (ATA) was founded in 1976 by James Jennings to promote the development of new playwrights, directors and actors, and to provide them a creative atmosphere in which to work. The plays are dramas, comedies, and hybrids, dealing with the social and ethical problems of contemporary society.
12,000 actors have worked at ATA including Dennis Quaid, Bruce Willis, Dan Lauria, Chazz Palminteri, Danny Aielo, David Morse, Edie Falco and Kathryn Hahn. Our productions are sometimes grouped as 'festivals,' such as a Playwrights Festival or a Directors Festival. In 2016 we began an initiative to feature women in theatre as directors and playwrights, today this is our WIT! (Women in Theatre) program.
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