New Jersey Stage Issue 44 | Page 59

On Stage: Theatre A Soldier’s Play Algonquin Arts Theatre, 60 Abe Voorhees Drive,Manasquan Set in 1944 at the United States Military’s Fort Neal in Louisiana, this play looks at the racial ten- sion and consequent unrest pres- ent in the ranks of African Ameri- can soldiers during World War II. Capt. Taylor, the white com- manding officer on a segregated Army training base, has a prob- NJ STAGE - ISSUE 44 lem. He commands a black com- pany whose sergeant has been murdered. He is worried the mur- derer may be a white officer or the local Klan. A black captain, Richard Davenport, is assigned to investigate. A Soldier’s Play is presented from February 24 - March 4th. INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 59