Backwards Forwards Back

When a soldier returns from war carrying the ghosts of his* tour, he’s faced with a sobering decision: address his alarming PTSD with Virtual Reality therapy, or risk losing his family forever. This electric, vivid drama explores the power of healing with heart, humor, and hope. *This play can be produced with a male, female, or nonbinary performer. Winner of the 2023 Susan Glaspell Prize. Five-minute video...
When a soldier returns from war carrying the ghosts of his* tour, he’s faced with a sobering decision: address his alarming PTSD with Virtual Reality therapy, or risk losing his family forever. This electric, vivid drama explores the power of healing with heart, humor, and hope. *This play can be produced with a male, female, or nonbinary performer. Winner of the 2023 Susan Glaspell Prize. Five-minute video preview: https://youtu.be/zUNojoO7Y-0?si=tw0weswz_as1P9fi
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  • Alexa Rowe:
    24 Nov. 2022
    I love any plays that so thoughtfully and craftily depict post-traumatic stress disorder. This tightly woven docudrama is absolutely soul wrenching. There were moments my heart lurched as I read through the pages. brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.
  • Nick Malakhow:
    31 Jul. 2022
    Such tightly written and fully realized storytelling and characterization! Goldfinger manages to deeply honor and explore the trauma and healing and recovery this veteran is working through and they treat this character with care and tenderness while not avoiding moments that illuminate the deep and gutting horrors of that process. Perhaps it is trite to say I laughed and cried when I read it, but it's true! Most importantly, I saw a brave person struggling against incomprehensible challenges and achieve some seismic shifts by the end that were potent and moving.
  • Rachel Lynett:
    14 Mar. 2022
    I had been putting off writing a recommendation for this play until I found the right words and I'm still not sure I have them. This incredibly moving play haunts you in the best possible way. It stays with you days after you've read it. I really hope to see it staged one day.

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Susan Glaspell Prize
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2023