The Failure to Zig Zag
by John B. Ferzacca
Full Length Play, Drama / 16m
"A play of epic scope... attempting to bring clarity and justice overdue to an incident in our history." - Los Angeles Times
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Cast Size
16mSubgenre
Docudrama/HistoricTarget Audience
- Adult
- Senior
Additional Info
Reviews
"A play of epic scope... attempting to bring clarity and justice overdue to an incident in our history." - Los Angeles TimesConsiderations
Performing Groups
- College Theatre / Student
- Community Theatre
- Professional Theatre
- Large Stage
License details
- Minimum Fee: $90 per performance
Production
Details
- Time Period: 1970s, 1960s, 1950s, 1940s / WWII
- Setting: July, 1945-July, 1975. The Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. and beyond.
- Features / Contains: Period Costumes
Music
- Musical Style: N/A (Not a musical)
- Vocal Demands: N/A (Not a musical)
- Chorus Size: N/A (Not a musical)
Casting
16mCHARLES V. MCVAY III - Captain
DAVID E. WALL - Rear Admiral
ALAN C. BRETT - Lieutenant Commander
LEWIS GREENE - Reporter
WAYNE PULASKI - Radioman 1st Class
SAM BERTELLI - Electricians Mate 2nd Class
MARCUS KINGMAN - Seaman 1st Class
BRIAN T. SAMUELSON - Ensign
DALLAS LOFTEN - Private 1st Class, USMC
MICKEY JOHNSON - Seaman 2nd Class
THOMAS ABERNATHY - Petty Officer 2nd Class
DEFENSE/ JAMES HARCOURT - Captain
HAROLD SCHMIDT - Lieutenant
PROSECUTION / DWIGHT EFFIS - Captain
JON J. SULLIVAN - Commander
ARNOLD DALBERG - Pilot, Army Air Corps
MOCHITSURA HASHIMOTO - Commander
GLYNN DONAHO - Captain
THREE MEMBERS OF THE PRESS
AN M.P. AND VOICE
Cast Attributes
- All Male
- Reduced casting (Doubling Possible)
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