ATTILA

by Ben Samuels

As General William Tecumseh Sherman prepares to address graduating cadets after the Civil War, he recalls the night before his infamous March to the Sea, when an escaped slave-turned-contraband soldier confronts the moral cost and legacy of violent total war against civilians in the creation of a new America.

As General William Tecumseh Sherman prepares to address graduating cadets after the Civil War, he recalls the night before his infamous March to the Sea, when an escaped slave-turned-contraband soldier confronts the moral cost and legacy of violent total war against civilians in the creation of a new America.

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ATTILA

Character Information

Four actors, or easily three with doubling (Cadet and Soldier).
  • William Tecumseh Sherman
    44 and 59 years old (to be played by the same actor), Major General of the Union Army and Commander of the Army of the United States respectively
    44-59
    A white male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      40s,
      50s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Male
  • Abraham
    20s, fugitive slave turned Union soldier
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      Teens,
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Black, African, Caribbean, or African American
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Male
  • Cadet
    20s, youthful admirer of Sherman
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      Teens,
      20s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Male
  • Soldier
    30s, member of Sherman's army (may be doubled with Cadet)
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      Teens,
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Male

Awards

  • Samuel French Short Play Festival
    Semi-Finalist