WAR WORDS to be presented in NYC, LA for Veterans Day Week

10/21/2021 11:39am


Honoring Veteran’s Day, The Atlantic Council, NewYorkRep, and The United States Veterans’ Artists Alliance present "War Words,"  the Pulitzer Prize-nominated docu-play by Michelle Kholos Brooks, in the words of the men and women who served in the US Military during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. A New York presentation will take place Tues Nov 9, 7:30 PM at The Intrepid (Pier 86, 12th Ave at 46th Street), with a talk-back to follow. A Los Angeles presentation will take place Thurs November 11th, 7:30 PM at The Actors’ Gang Theater (9070 Venice Blvd, Culver City) with a reception to follow. Both presentations are free and open to the public with online registrationWith casts of actors featuring US. Military veterans, the New York presentation features Joe Quintero, Cara Akselrad, Dave Powers, Maggie Bofill, Morgan Zipf-Meister, Sid Williams, Reynaldo Piniella, Alex Ferree, Peter Collier, Rudy Galvin, and Maribel Martinez. The L.A. presentation features Lucy Devito, Kim Estes, Brian Lescher, Cara Akselrad, Zach Grant, Satiar Pourvasei, Alice Rietveld, James Bane, Kate Miller, Jason Olazabal, Shaun Baker, Ian Castleberry, Steve Spiro, Ron Bottitta, Christopher Sweeney, and Drea Garcia. The LA presentation marks the launch of NewYorkRep West which was delayed due to COVID. In addition to the New York and Los Angeles presentations, "War Words" will also be presented in Forth Worth, TX;  Miami, FL; Philadelphia, PA; and Syracuse, NY. For more information, please visit newyorkrep.org. Press contact: Keith Sherman & Associates (212/764-7900)...