The Body of an American

First Preview: Dec 18, 2015

Opening Date: Dec 18, 2015

Closing Date: Mar 20, 2016

Running Time: 01:35

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Cherry Lane Theatre

38 Commerce Street, New York City, NY 10014

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“If you do this, I will own you forever.”

Canadian photojournalist Paul Watson is haunted by the words he heard a dead soldier say as he took the photo that would win him the Pulitzer Prize and reshape American foreign policy.

Playwright Dan O’Brien, struggling with ghosts of his own, reaches out to Watson, and the two forge a friendship as they reckon with the traumas that have shaped their lives. The Body of an American is a bold, radically theatrical and poetic true story that ranges from Afghanistan and Iraq to the Canadian High Arctic. The Winner of the inaugural Edward Kennedy Prize, the Horton Foote Prize for Outstanding New American Play, and the PEN Award for Drama

By Dan O'Brien
Directed by Jo Bonney

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
TUESDAY thru SATURDAY @ 8 PM
SATURDAY @ 2 PM
SUNDAY @ 3 PM

Off Broadway Play - Drama

Show Notes: No Intermission

Age Guidance: 16

Audience Advisory: Strong language and images of war photography. No performances: Feb 24, Mar 2 & 17 Added performance Wed Mar 9 @ 2 pm (no 8 pm)

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