JANUARY 21        JANUARY 28       FEBRUARY 4

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... 

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

Collaged by
Erica Gould and Audrey Rosenberg
with Jessica Blank

Written by
Jessica Blank & Erik Jensen, Damon DiMarco, Cory Hinkle
Rajiv Joseph, Ryan Kelly, Peter Maloney, Jose Rivera
Lynn Rosen, Jonathan Schaefer

 THE THEATRICAL MATERIAL WILL BE THE SAME EACH NIGHT
and will feature a rotating repertory of featured performers including
Jennifer Albano, Jessica Blank, Bobby Cannavale‡
Adam Feingold, Janeane Garofalo*†, Josh Hamilton*
Judith Hawking, Sarah Hayon*†, Korey Jackson, Erik Jensen
Rock Kohli†‡, Amanda Marikar*, Bebe Neuwirth‡
Denis O'Hare†‡, Derek Phillips*†, Steven Rattazzi
Gloria Reuben†, Jake Robards, Audrey Rosenberg
Jonathan Schaefer, Jeremy Schwartz, David Strathairn*
Daniel Sunjata*†, Alok Tewari†‡
Michael Warner, Jeremy Webb

Produced by
Audrey Rosenberg

Directed by
Erica Gould

Guest Speakers:
Writer, Activist, and Iraq War Veteran Paul Rieckhoff
and Iraqi Poet, Novelist, and Translator Sinan Antoon

The Bleecker Street Theatre
45 Bleecker Street
(corner of Bleecker and Lafayette)

All performances begin at 7:30 pm

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

Date-specific casting as of January 17--more info to come.
Performers will appear in all three presentations unless otherwise noted.