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  • Somewhere in the Pacific
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    Somewhere in the Pacific

    Neal Bell
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    Play Description

    SOMEWHERE IN THE PACIFIC takes place on a troop ship at the end of World War II. The ship's captain is haunted by the death of his son in battle, and the young marines under his command are terrified and restless as they are stalked by an invisible enemy.

    Production Info

    Cast: 9 total (9 male)
    Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
    Minimal Set Requirements
    Period Costumes
    Categories: The Plays Tags: LGBT, War, 1940s
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    “Neal Bell’s ambitious chronicle of a ship on its way to Okinawa rubs the nerves raw.” —Washington Theatre Review

    Author(s)

    • Neal Bell

      Neal Bell's plays, including SPATTER PATTERN (Edgar Award), MONSTER, TWO SMALL BODIES, RAW YOUTH, COLD SWEAT, READY FOR THE RIVER, SLEEPING DOGS, RAGGED DICK, ON THE BUM, and SOMEWHERE IN THE PACIFIC, have appeared at Playwrights Horizons and Classic Stage Company in New York, and at regional theaters including Berkeley Repertory, Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, and Actors Theater of Louisville, where his ten-minute play OUT THE WINDOW was a co-winner of the 1990 Heideman Award. Mr. Bell has been a playwright-in-residence at the Yale School of Drama, and has taught playwriting at New York University, Playwrights Horizons Theater School, and the 42nd Street Collective. He is currently a member of the Theater Department faculty at Duke University. A recipient of fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment and the Guggenheim Foundation, Mr. Bell was awarded an Obie Award in 1992 for sustained achievement in playwriting.

    Book Information

    Publisher BPPI
    Publication Date 6/23/2016
    Pages 68
    ISBN 9780881456660

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