Afghanistasia

by Ciara Ni Chuirc

Afghanistasia is the story of Marine / drag queen Walker's life - from his childhood through his time in the Marine Corps right up to the present day, as he does his damnedest to create a happy ending for himself out of some not-so-great stuff. But as he tells his story, the wife of his fellow veteran Ethan Wentworth keeps interrupting with her own. The play is about masculinity, the toxic culture of the...

Afghanistasia is the story of Marine / drag queen Walker's life - from his childhood through his time in the Marine Corps right up to the present day, as he does his damnedest to create a happy ending for himself out of some not-so-great stuff. But as he tells his story, the wife of his fellow veteran Ethan Wentworth keeps interrupting with her own. The play is about masculinity, the toxic culture of the American military, and forgiveness. 

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  • Merit Glover: Afghanistasia by Ciara Ni Chuirc
    “

    This is a really beautiful personal history play that successfully juggles a drag show, a war, and the different forms forgiveness takes. There's humor and brutality, and the characters and playwright alike have strong voices without prescribing potential productions. I highly recommend it.

    This is a really beautiful personal history play that successfully juggles a drag show, a war, and the different forms forgiveness takes. There's humor and brutality, and the characters and playwright alike have strong voices without prescribing potential productions. I highly recommend it.

    ”
  • Michael Pisaturo: Afghanistasia by Ciara Ni Chuirc
    “

    I have not been this excited about a new play (nor its inevitable future) in a long time. Afghanistasia brings us a host of thrillingly complex, multi-faceted characters whose voices are so wonderfully distinct that, as a reader, I hung onto every word they said. The willingness with which Chuirc thrusts them into the silent hurricane of unchecked, toxic masculinity and allows them to organically respond to it - either succumbing to its power or emerging on the other side - truly makes me want to be a better writer. Be on the lookout for this play...because it's unstoppable.

    I have not been this excited about a new play (nor its inevitable future) in a long time. Afghanistasia brings us a host of thrillingly complex, multi-faceted characters whose voices are so wonderfully distinct that, as a reader, I hung onto every word they said. The willingness with which Chuirc thrusts them into the silent hurricane of unchecked, toxic masculinity and allows them to organically respond to it - either succumbing to its power or emerging on the other side - truly makes me want to be a better writer. Be on the lookout for this play...because it's unstoppable.

    ”