One story is And So It Goes
by Sheila McDonald, directed
by Ruth Brown, about a veteran
injured in Afghanistan who is
in rehab back in the states. His
girlfriend, who has been avoiding him, visits him in his house
so they can discuss whether or
not they have a future together.
Unfortunate Sons by Tom Tunnington, directed by Dan Hickey,
is set in Vietnam during the time
a soldier has to make a difficult
decision. He was drafted and
sent to war, but now his tour is
over and he’s got a choice to
make: return home or re-enlist
for another round of duty.
Purple Hearts by Paprzycki, directed by Nicole Lerario, is set
in a V.A. hospital where a Korean vet has come for his annual
checkup. The vet is complaining about the Vietnam vets who
he says only bitch, whine, and
moan. He’s being taken care of
by a male orderly in his forties
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who just might change his mind.
D Day Again by Martin Lentz,
directed by Scott R. Grumbling,
is set in a nursing home where
two older veterans decide
they’re going to jump out of an
airplane to be with their buddies
at D Day.
“Shadows of War” will have a
heavy Jersey flavor as five of the
directors and writers are from
throughout the Garden State.
“This festival is going to be
special,” said Paprzycki. “And,
for me, it’s personal. It’s dedicated to my father. The Korean vet in Purple Hearts is very
closely based upon my father.
We hadn’t done a one-act festival since we were in the Church
basement, so it had been a
while. I wanted to do the play
about my dad. This play has
been done in New York and a
reading in Princeton when it won
a VSA Arts NJ Award, but it had
never been done in Camden.”
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