THE FATWĀ OF CORPSMAN JOHNNY JONES

by Greg Oliver Bodine

A wounded Navy Corpsman, home on leave, struggles to relate his war experience in Afghanistan to his Vietnam Vet father. An 18-minute, one-act play that explores PTSD, the suppression of education for Afghan girls, and the consequences of what happens when a good person naïvely does the wrong thing for the right reasons.

A Samuel French Short Play Festival Semi-Finalist and originally produced as part of the...

A wounded Navy Corpsman, home on leave, struggles to relate his war experience in Afghanistan to his Vietnam Vet father. An 18-minute, one-act play that explores PTSD, the suppression of education for Afghan girls, and the consequences of what happens when a good person naïvely does the wrong thing for the right reasons.

A Samuel French Short Play Festival Semi-Finalist and originally produced as part of the 2011 'They That Have Borne The Battle' Short Play Festival at The WorkShop Theater, NYC. Recently performed as part of FOUR-SHORTENED: an evening of Zoom readings at ShopTalk, June 2021.

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THE FATWĀ OF CORPSMAN JOHNNY JONES

Development History

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization ShopTalk, Year 2021
  • Type Professional, Organization 37th Samuel French Off-off Broadway Short Play Festival, Theatre Row, NYC, Year 2012

Awards

  • 'Final Forty'
    Semi-Finalist
    2012