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South Camden Theatre Company Opens SHADOWS OF WAR a Oneact Play Festival
Celebrating American Veterans
(1888 PressRelease) Oneact play festival showcases stories of American veterans from several different wars.
Philadelphia, PANJ South Camden Theatre Company, a nonprofit professional theatre organization
located in Camden, New Jersey continues its eleventh season and second decade of theatre in the city with
a oneact play festival titled SHADOWS OF WAR. Comprised of four different plays, these stories portray
American veterans from World War II through Afghanistan. The festival opens March 18, 2016 at 8p.m.
with four performances through Sunday March 20.
The plays selected for the festival are AND SO IT GOES written by Sheila McDonald and directed by Ruth
Brown which portrays a young Afghanistan veteran who is visited by his girlfriend who has been avoiding
him. UNFORTUNATE SONS written by Tom Tunnington and directed by Dan Hickey shows a difficult
decision made by a soldier in Vietnam. DDAY AGAIN written by Martin Lentz and directed by Scott R.
Grumbling shows two World War II veterans now living in a nursing home and their decision to join their
fellow DDay soldiers. Finally PURPLE HEARTS an award winning play written by Joseph M. Paprzycki and
directed by Nicole Lerario portrays a Korean veteran in a VA hospital who comes to a realization that a "vet
is a vet" after meeting his male orderly. PURPLE HEARTS previously won the Wordsmith Competition
award from the VSA arts of New Jersey and the Unlimited Potential Theater Company.
South Camden Theatre Company is partnering with Backpacks for Life a 501(c)3 New Jersey based
nonprofit that provides homeless veterans with backpacks containing toiletries and other life essentials.
Founder and Afghanistan veteran Sgt. Brett D'Alessandro, USMC will be in the lobby at Waterfront South
Theatre collecting donations and socks for the backpacks during the Saturday March 20 performances at ...