a 6000-year-old visitor from Mesopotamia, two soldiers lost in time,
an angel, and a manic vet with shrapnel lodged in his head that
picks up Al Jazeera...
JANUARY 21 JANUARY 28 FEBRUARY 4
an Expanded and Updated Version of THE FIRE DEPT's acclaimed
AT WAR: AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS RESPOND TO IRAQ
Excerpts from new plays by noted American playwrights, woven together to present a kaleidoscope of views on the war in Iraq
THE THEATRICAL MATERIAL WILL BE THE SAME EACH NIGHT
and will feature a rotating repertory of celebrity hosts
and featured performers including
Bebe Neuwirth, Bobby Cannavale, Josh Hamilton,
and Daniel Sunjata, and Fire Dept company members
Janeane Garofalo, Denis O’Hare, Gloria Reuben
and David Strathairn
Guest Speakers:
Writer, Activist, and Iraq War Veteran Paul Rieckhoff
and Iraqi Poet, Novelist, and Translator Sinan Antoon
A portion of the proceeds from this event will be donated to Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, www.iava.org, the nation's first and largest group dedicated to the Troops and Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
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