Date of Award

1-1-2015

Language

English

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

College/School/Department

Department of English

Content Description

1 online resource (iv, 162 pages)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Edward Schwarzschild

Keywords

Fiction, Military, Monologues, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Theater, War, Iraq War, 2003-2011, War stories, American, Veteran reintegration

Subject Categories

American Literature | Theatre and Performance Studies

Abstract

Ten Klicks South of Whiskey is a stage performance in three acts, consisting mostly of monologues from soldiers of various backgrounds. It follows the trials of 4th platoon, Delta Troop, 463rd Cavalry Squadron, a fictional unit that achieves a near-mythic reputation of heroism and invulnerability in Iraq. As the monologues begin to reveal, however, not every tale about the 463rd can be substantiated. The audience is first challenged to search for truth and then to understand that truth is not the ultimate--or even the desired--goal of war stories.

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