As a National Committee Reader for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, I was introduced to this play about
Yudy, who joins the army when she becomes a survivor of sexual abuse, when her older brother in the army, A.B., does not believe her. The betrayal leads her to take on a journey alone to ultimately make the choice to tell her story. The concept of soldiers acting as a Greek chorus is hauntingly beautiful. This play does the work to keep the conversation going.

Accounts of sexual abuse in the military are distressingly common; Ortiz takes on the subject with bravery and a commitment to making one of these stories specific and real while at the same time expanding the focus to take in the general culture of misogyny. Yudy's journey is powerfully rendered both through dialogue and stage directions. I also appreciate how the faceless soldiers are a constant threatening presence that shadow every scene. Compelling work.