Lonely Soldiers: Women at War in Iraq

By LIZ BYRON As a self-identified pacifist and feminist, I was interested in the prospect of hearing women soldier’s perspectives on the war in Iraq. And as I’ll admit that my knowledge of life in the US armed forces is very much limited to major news headlines and Hollywood blockbusters, I was hoping that History Theatre‘s…

The Veterans Play Project

by SOPHIE KERMAN At the beginning of The Veterans Play Project, two would-be filmmakers  and a community chorus are all asking the same question: “Where are all the vets?” In the fictional town of Smedley, MN – just like the Twin Cities –  veterans are everywhere, but for a variety of personal and political reasons,…