[NEohioPAL] Dobama Theatre's GYMreads - Semper Fi: Ghosts of War by Christopher Johnston

[Charlotta Enflo]

Dobama Theatre presents GYMreads


Staged readings from the Playwrights' GYM

Semper Fi: Ghosts of War 

 By Christopher Johnston

 

Wednesday, March 7
 7:00 p.m.

 

Synopsis: Based on interviews with Jim Kyle, a retired Marine officer who
served in Vietnam, the play tells the story of Kyle's 40-year search to
learn what happened to his friend, Danny Nicklow, who was killed at Khe Sanh
on March 16, 1967. He was a member of the First Battalion, Ninth Marines,
who later became better known as The Walking Dead. Ultimately, the play is
an exploration of three men full of promise who went to war: One dies and
never gets to fulfill that promise; one is severely wounded and is haunted
by war the rest of his life; one comes home to fulfill his promise, then
loses his family and career in an act of angry self-destruction, but finds
redemption when he uncovers the truth about his friend's heroic death.

 

Featuring Charles Kartali*
* Member of Actors' Equity Association


Tickets: $5


**Please note: there will be a talkback immediately following the reading.

Dobama Theatre
at the Heights Library
2340 Lee Road
Cleveland Heights, OH
(216) 932-3396
www.dobama.org

Dobama Theatre is generously supported by many individual donors, and the
following foundations and government agencies:  The Cleveland Foundation,
Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, The Cyrus Eaton Foundation, The George Gund
Foundation, The Milton and Tamar Maltz Foundation, the Ohio Arts Council,
and Roe Green Foundation. Dobama Theatre is generously funded by Cuyahoga
County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.  The Ohio Arts Council
helped fund this organization with state tax dollars to encourage economic
growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.

Dobama Theatre's mission is to premiere the best contemporary plays by
established and emerging playwrights. Through educational and outreach
programming, Dobama Theatre nurtures the development of theatre artists and
builds new audiences for the arts while provoking an examination of our
contemporary world.

 

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