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-
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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.
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