Flags
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Opened Sep 15, 2007
Closed Sep 30, 2007
Opened Sep 15, 2007
Closed Sep 30, 2007
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Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Jane Martin's Flags uses the structure of a Greek tragedy to explore how the grief of a single American family must inevitably ripple through us all. During it's sold-out, critically acclaimed Los Angeles run, the Hollywood Reporter called Flags "a chilling account of one family's loss in the Iraq war...a first-rate portrayal of an American tragedy...no debate here and no lectures." Variety said it was "...an expertly crafted work that performs a keen dissection and analysis" with an "outstanding ensemble."
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Greek tragedies are filled with depictions of war's impact on the family. In Flags, which is receiving its New York premiere at 59E59 Theaters, Jane Martin (the pseudonym for a yet-to-be-revealed playwright) strives for a Middle American equivalent of Greek tragedy, but succeeds only in creating a haphazard, if timely, melodrama.
As the play opens, Em and Eddie Desmopoulis (Karen Landry and Chris Mulkey) are eagerly preparing to welcome their son Carter home from his extended tour of duty as a tank commander in Iraq. Their excitement, however, is curtailed when their neighbor Benny (Stephen Mendillo) arrives, telling them of a report he's just heard on the news: Carter's unit will be sta[...]