Venue: Chicago Art Department
1837 S Halsted Ave, Chicago IL 60608
1837 S Halsted Ave, Chicago IL 60608
Showtimes (click to purchase):
Wednesday September 01, 2010 10:00 PM
Thursday September 02, 2010 4:00 PM
Friday September 03, 2010 5:30 PM
Saturday September 04, 2010 7:00 PM
Sunday September 05, 2010 8:30 PM
Description:
Threats of treason charges! Phone calls from the Pentagon! In this hilarious autobiographical solo performance, Petrick brings over a dozen characters to life as he recounts his misadventures as a young antiwar GI who asserts his right to organize his fellow soldiers against the Vietnam war.
Company:
Howard Petrick (San Francisco, California)
Howard Petrick has been doing solo performance since 2007. He has studied with David Ford and Ann Randolph. His show Harold, about a boy who wants to be a violinist was performed at The Marsh, Tell It On Tuesday in Berkeley, CA. and FronteraFest 2009 in Austin, Texas. Work-in-progress presentations have been performed at FronteraFest 2010, The Marsh, Words First, City Solo and the San Francisco Theater Festival.
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In a society ever more encumbered by political correctness, it is hard to imagine a time when a soldier could openly protest a war he was fighting. Back in the 60s, Howard Petrick was just such a soldier. Drafted into service during the Viet Nam era, he refused to leave his anti-war sentiments behind using his own unique brand of passive resistance to confound military brass at every turn. “Rambo: The Missing Years” is a humorous depiction of how then Private Petrick managed to survive his stint in the army with his ethics in tact. Along the way, Petrick’s engaging memoir introduces a host of military characters that are both hilarious and chilling in their depiction of everyday life in the service.
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