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OOHRAH!

  • Bekah Brunstetter
  • Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy, Present Day
  • 4M, 3F
  • ISBN: 9780573697951

The young scribe's talent and potential are obvious in this Southern-basted dramatic comedy about the war mystique as it plays out on the American home front...

Variety

Poignancy and terrific humor in both the writing and performances...

Theatremania.com

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Dramatic Comedy
  • 105 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day
  • Target Audience: Adult, Senior
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, Dinner Theatre, College Theatre / Student
Ron is back from his third and final tour in Iraq, and his wife Sara is excited to restart their life together in their new home. When a young marine visits the family, life is turned upside down. Sara's sister is swept off her feet; her daughter Lacey trades her dresses for combat boots, and Ron gets hungry for real military action. In this disarmingly funny and candid drama, Bekah Brunstetter raises challenging questions about what it means when the military is woven into the fabric of a family, and service is far more than just a job.
REVIEWS:

The young scribe's talent and potential are obvious in this Southern-basted dramatic comedy about the war mystique as it plays out on the American home front... — Variety'...Poignancy and terrific humor in both the writing and performances...'

Theatremania.com

If there's anything that stands out about Oohrah! at the Atlantic Theater Company's Stage II, it's the off-Broadway introduction of playwright Bekah Brunstetter, whose play is a fascinating, original take on something we've come to see rather often nowadays: the war play.... Let's hope we hear her voice uptown again real soon.

nytheatre.com
Premiere Production: OOHRAH! premiered at the Atlantic Theatre Company in New York City in September 2009 under the direction of Evan Cabnet.

Characters

  • Casting: 4M, 3F

  • ABBY - Late 20's, a stewardess
    RON - Mid-30's, a captain in the US Army. At home: a lover and father and squash planter.
    SARA - Mid-30's, petite, pretty, Abby's sister, trophy wife of Ron, simple.
    LACEY - Ron and Sara's 14 year old daughter, a future US Marine.
    CHRISTOPHER - Mid-20s. Skinny, the modern young man, pale, technologically advanced. A security guard at the local airport, scared of most things.
    CHIP - Early 20s. Large forced muscles, a high and tight, a lifer.
    POP POP - Sara and Abby's aged grandfather, a veteran, suffers from dementia.

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    OOHRAH! Script Order Now

    Bekah Brunstetter makes her Off Broadway debut in September 2009 at the Atlantic Theatre Company! Ron is back from his third and final tour in Iraq, and his wife Sara is excited to restart their life together in their new home. When a young marine visits the family, life is turned upside down. Sara's sister is swept off her feet; her daughter Lacey trades her dresses for combat boots, and Ron gets hungry for real military action. In this disarmingly funny and candid drama, Bekah Brunstetter raises challenging questions about what it means when the military is woven into the fabric of a family, and service is far more than just a job.

    		$24.95

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