GROUNDED
by George Brant
directed by Alice Reagan
January 19 - February 11, 2018
CLEVELAND PRODUCED Premiere
THE SMITH PRIZE FOR POLITICAL THEATRE
Run time: 90 minutes
No Intermission
Content Advisory: Adult Language, Light Effects
The story
An ace fighter pilot’s career in the sky is ended early due to an unexpected pregnancy. Reassigned to operate military drones from a windowless trailer outside Las Vegas, she hunts terrorists by day and returns home to her family each night. As the pressure to track a high-profile target mounts, the boundaries begin to blur between the desert in which she lives and the one she patrols half a world away.
an epic poem that crafts an experience that is timely, human, and vital
“I can’t go in yet
I don’t know why
I imagine them
Inside
I try to see them
Close my eyes
Get a thermal reading
Sam is in her bed
Eric’s on our couch
I am in the car
...”
The Artists
THE PRODUCTION
THE RESPONSE
“Brant's writing bulges with imagery and metaphor, creating astonishingly concrete mental images of The Pilot's world”
- TheaterMania
The Audience
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