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Contact with the Enemy

Short Play, Drama  /  2w, 3m

Frank D. Gilroy

"An affecting new play." - The New York Times

Contact with the Enemy

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    60 minutes (1 hour)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary

Two men who witnessed the first concentration camp overrun by the Allies in April, 1945, meet by chance at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. What they remember differs. What they discover explodes.

Published in Getting In & Contact With the Enemy.

History

Contact with the Enemy premiered at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City in November 1999 under the direction of Chris Smith.

Keywords
Performing Groups
HANK NAYLOR
BILL DUFFY
MRS. GRAYSON
THE GUIDE
BARTENDER
  • Time Period 1990s
  • Setting Morning 1993. Outside the entrance to the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No intermission
  • Duration 60 minutes (1 hour)

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"Packs a wallop that implicates us all." - New York Daily News

"An affecting new play." - The New York Times

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Frank D. Gilroy

Frank D. Gilroy
Frank Daniel Gilroy (1925-2015) was an award-winning playwright, producer, screenwriter and director. After graduating from Dartmouth College and the Yale School of Drama, he contributed profusely as a writer to the Golden Age of Television. His impressive first play, Who'll ...
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