The Solid Sand Below

by Martín Zimmerman

Julian Flores narrowly escapes a prison sentence and lands in Iraq where he’s anything but a model soldier. But when an I.E.D. blast nearly costs him his life, something changes for Flores. Soon the adrenaline, clarity, and intimacy of battle become something he can’t live without—even after he returns home.

Julian Flores narrowly escapes a prison sentence and lands in Iraq where he’s anything but a model soldier. But when an I.E.D. blast nearly costs him his life, something changes for Flores. Soon the adrenaline, clarity, and intimacy of battle become something he can’t live without—even after he returns home.

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The Solid Sand Below

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  • Cheryl Bear: The Solid Sand Below by Martín Zimmerman
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    An incredibly powerful and heart-wrenching story of war. The loss, the sacrifice and the community where friendship is beyond anything a civilian could understand. When the world is collapsing and nothing is certain, only faith in each other is. Beautiful work!

    An incredibly powerful and heart-wrenching story of war. The loss, the sacrifice and the community where friendship is beyond anything a civilian could understand. When the world is collapsing and nothing is certain, only faith in each other is. Beautiful work!

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  • Premiere Stages at Kean University: The Solid Sand Below by Martín Zimmerman
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    Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize “The Solid Sand Below” by Martín Zimmerman as a semifinalist for the 2018 Premiere Play Festival. “The Solid Sand Below” rose through a competitive selection process conducted by Premiere staff and a panel of outside theatre professionals to become one of 22 semifinalists out of 572 submissions. The panel was particularly impressed by its dynamic and enticing staging possibilities, the lyricism of its language, and the complexity and nuance of the relationships forged in Flores’s squad...

    Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize “The Solid Sand Below” by Martín Zimmerman as a semifinalist for the 2018 Premiere Play Festival. “The Solid Sand Below” rose through a competitive selection process conducted by Premiere staff and a panel of outside theatre professionals to become one of 22 semifinalists out of 572 submissions. The panel was particularly impressed by its dynamic and enticing staging possibilities, the lyricism of its language, and the complexity and nuance of the relationships forged in Flores’s squad. Our congratulations and thanks to Martín.

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Development History

  • Workshop, Atlantic Theater Company, 2013
  • Workshop, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Playwrights Conference, 2013
  • Reading, Chicago Dramatists, 2012
  • Reading, Goodman Theatre, 2012
  • Commission, Goodman Theatre, 2011

Production History

  • Workshop, Goodman Theatre, 2013