A Soldiers Play

The first production of the new year at The Stagecrafters theater is the riveting mystery-thriller, 'A Soldiers Play' by Charles Fuller, which opens on Friday, February 5, 2010. The action deals with the investigation of the murder of a black sergeant at an army base in Louisiana in 1944 during World War II. As the inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the killing proceeds, the psychological complexities of the case come to the forefront, and easy stereotypical judgments become questionable and are, one-by-one, refuted. The play, which is flawlessly structured as a classic whodunit, provides a mesmerizing narrative and delivers at the same time a scorching commentary on ingrained bigotry, racism, and social injustice. Critic Frank Rich (N.Y. Times) noted that Fullers writing ... speaks to both blacks and whites without patronizing either [and embraces] volatile contradictions ... to arrive at the shattering truth.

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