FEAR UP:
Stories from Baghdad and Guantanamo
In this brief (75 minute) and compelling docudrama, words are torn directly from the pages of Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo, and the United States. Nine actors playing twenty characters, including prisoners, interrogators, military and civilians, weave together a searing tale of torture and abuse and the ferocious resilience of the human spirit. (The title comes from the U.S. Army Field Manual 34-52, Intelligence Interrogation section.)
Premiered in Washington, DC at Busboys & Poets on September 12, 2005, it has also been presented in London at the Camden People's Theatre on April 12, 2006 as well as in the 10th Annual New York International Fringe Festival on several dates in August 2006.
We would like to see this piece of truth live in many communities and touch as many people as possible. Host a sit-down read-through of Fear Up with your neighbors and friends OR stage a reading of the piece with actors. Contact us here for further information. We are available for consultation or further work on next stage productions, background material or actual production work. We ask that you cite The Democracy Cell Project in any materials you distribute publicly.
Articles and Reviews:
- Peace by Pieces - A Distant Echo by David Montgomery, Washington Post
- Garry Schrader at nytheatre.com
- Megan Nesbeth at High 5
- Mark Blankenship in Variety (library card required)
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