Powerful New Drama Body Politic from Echo Theater Company
Zephyr Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
Rated 3.8 by 19 members who went.
The Echo Theater Company presents Body Politic, a new play by acclaimed playwright Jessica Goldberg. It's the story of a screenwriter trying to access Ward 57 of Walter Reed Hospital, where soldiers who have suffered cataclysmic injuries in Iraq recover, but she is refused by an Army captain. What occurs between them is the surprising and poignant story of what can happen when people with deep commitments and beliefs come to recognize each other's humanity.
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<p>Wendy Hoffman is a screenwriter determined to gain access to Ward 57 of Walter Reed Hospital, the ward where soldiers who have suffered cataclysmic injuries in Iraq recover. Captain Gray Whitlock is the Army captain in charge who denies her access. Private Small is a patient on the ward who wants to die. And the studio executive, Eric, just wants a screenplay. What occurs between all of them, in Jessica Goldberg’s Body Politic, is the surprising and poignant story of what can happen when people with deep commitments and beliefs come to recognize each other’s humanity.</p>
The Echo Theater Company
The Echo Theater Company is a group of actors, writers, directors, and producers dedicated to developing and presenting the work of playwrights on all levels. The company has produced award-winning premiere productions of Bedfellows by Herman Daniel Farrell lll, The Median Strip by Richard Strand, Home Grown by Rick Cleveland, A Devil Inside by David Lindsay-Abaire, Bryan Davidson's War Music (which won 2003 Ovation Awards for Best World Premiere Play and Best Ensemble, as well as being chosen by the Geffen Theatre to open its 2004 season), and Paul Zimmerman's Pigs and Bugs.
