Stockade

by Andrew Rosendorf

Five years after the end of WWII, a group of gay soldiers gather for a reunion of sorts on Fire Island—and are met by an outsider with a surprise that will cause them to question whether history is best left in the past. At a time when “security risk” was government code for “homosexual,” it will take courage to step out of the shadows as each confronts their present and future.

Five years after the end of WWII, a group of gay soldiers gather for a reunion of sorts on Fire Island—and are met by an outsider with a surprise that will cause them to question whether history is best left in the past. At a time when “security risk” was government code for “homosexual,” it will take courage to step out of the shadows as each confronts their present and future.

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  • Maureen McGranaghan: Stockade by Andrew Rosendorf
    “

    A searing play, from the taut opening scene to the last shocking revelation. My heart bleeds for the characters, who try to love one another despite the burden of secrecy and the pressure to betray each other. The stage directions are written as a score, and I'm curious to see how a production would transfer that poetry to the stage.

    A searing play, from the taut opening scene to the last shocking revelation. My heart bleeds for the characters, who try to love one another despite the burden of secrecy and the pressure to betray each other. The stage directions are written as a score, and I'm curious to see how a production would transfer that poetry to the stage.

    ”
  • Bruce Linser, Jenny Connell Davis, & Palm Beach Dramaworks: Stockade by Andrew Rosendorf
    “

    Stockade was one of five finalists that received readings during our annual Perlberg Festival of New Plays (formerly called the New Year/New Plays Festival) in January of 2024. A visceral, haunting, funny, and moving play about a little-known part of US History - queer stockades during WWII. A group of gay war friends find themselves reunited, and their history threatens to destroy not only their very relationships but the new post-war lives they've fought so hard to create and protect.

    Stockade was one of five finalists that received readings during our annual Perlberg Festival of New Plays (formerly called the New Year/New Plays Festival) in January of 2024. A visceral, haunting, funny, and moving play about a little-known part of US History - queer stockades during WWII. A group of gay war friends find themselves reunited, and their history threatens to destroy not only their very relationships but the new post-war lives they've fought so hard to create and protect.

    ”
  • Asher de Forest: Stockade by Andrew Rosendorf
    “

    I first encountered Stockade back in May in its PlayLabs Festival presentation, one of the best play readings I've seen. Revisiting it now, my already strong desire to see a full production of this play increased! Revealing through the stories of its scared and brave, complicated and loving characters that the personal has always been political, Stockade is a reminder of queer Americans' painful past and a call to action for our present.

    I first encountered Stockade back in May in its PlayLabs Festival presentation, one of the best play readings I've seen. Revisiting it now, my already strong desire to see a full production of this play increased! Revealing through the stories of its scared and brave, complicated and loving characters that the personal has always been political, Stockade is a reminder of queer Americans' painful past and a call to action for our present.

    ”
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Development History

  • Workshop, Local Theater Company, 2024
  • Workshop, Perlberg Festival of New Plays, Palm Beach Dramaworks, 2024
  • Commission, Local Theater Company,

Awards

  • New Works Festival
    Gulfshore Playhouse
    Finalist
    2023