Tag: Army

  • Why He Quit (Leave, or The Surface of the World)

    Why He Quit (Leave, or The Surface of the World)

    THE SET-UP Seth is a young Marine serving during wartime.  Nicholas is his civilian longtime companion who waits back home.  In addition to the strain on their relationship caused by distance and absence, they must hide their love for one another behind code words and secret identities because of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy…

  • Who’s The Coward? (Leave, or The Surface of the World)

    Who’s The Coward? (Leave, or The Surface of the World)

    THE SET-UP Seth is a young Marine serving during wartime.  Nicholas is his civilian longtime companion who waits back home.  In addition to the strain on their relationship caused by distance and absence, they must hide their love for one another behind code words and secret identities because of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy…

  • Accidental Confession (Leave, or The Surface of the World)

    Accidental Confession (Leave, or The Surface of the World)

    THE SET-UP Seth is a young Marine serving during wartime.  Nicholas is his civilian longtime companion who waits back home.  In addition to the strain on their relationship caused by distance and absence, they must hide their love for one another behind code words and secret identities because of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy…

  • Sex in the Closet (Leave, or The Surface of the World)

    Sex in the Closet (Leave, or The Surface of the World)

    THE SET-UP Seth is a young Marine serving during wartime.  Nicholas is his civilian longtime companion who waits back home.  In addition to the strain on their relationship caused by distance and absence, they must hide their love for one another behind code words and secret identities because of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy…

  • Arriving Home Early (Leave, or The Surface of the World)

    Arriving Home Early (Leave, or The Surface of the World)

    THE SET-UP Seth is a young Marine serving during wartime.  Nicholas is his civilian longtime companion who waits back home.  In addition to the strain on their relationship caused by distance and absence, they must hide their love for one another behind code words and secret identities because of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy…

  • Tyson Makes A Move (Leave, or The Surface of the World)

    Tyson Makes A Move (Leave, or The Surface of the World)

    THE SET-UP Seth is a young Marine serving during wartime.  Nicholas is his civilian longtime companion who waits back home.  In addition to the strain on their relationship caused by distance and absence, they must hide their love for one another behind code words and secret identities because of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy…

  • Crossword (Leave, or The Surface of the World)

    Crossword (Leave, or The Surface of the World)

    THE SET-UP This scene is the first in which Tyson appears, immediately following Anne’s speech that opens the play, and the scene with Anne, Nicholas and Seth which follows that – showing their process of writing coded letters to maintain contact, available here online under the titles: Graveside Thoughts Letters to the Battlefield Seth is…

  • Leave (or, The Surface of the World)

    Leave (or, The Surface of the World)

    (a drama of “don’t ask, don’t tell” in two acts) Seth is a young Marine serving during wartime. Nicholas is his civilian husband who waits back home. In addition to the strain on their relationship caused by distance and absence, they must hide their love for one another behind code words and secret identities because…