THE FATWĀ OF CORPSMAN JOHNNY JONES

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...
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

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

Awards