Event

The Human Terrain by Jennifer Blackmer

5th Wall Theatre presents
The Human Terrain
by Jennifer Blackmer

Directed by Carol Piersol

Starring McLean Jesse, Sara Heifetz, and Katrinah Carol Lewis
with Daniel Kunkel, Dean Knight, Gordon Lewanowicz, and Saleh Ismael

March 19 - April 11, 2015
(Preview, March 19; Opening, March 20)
at HATTheatre
1124 Westbriar Drive
(Off of Patterson Avenue, just west of Lauderdale)
Part of the 2014 Acts of Faith Fringe Festival

In this compelling military thriller, Mabry Hoffman, an anthropologist with The Human Terrain System, a real military initiative that embeds social scientists with combat units in Iraq and Afghanistan, is caught in the middle of an ethical dilemma as she tries to help a new friend. Blackmer's two-act work is a taut, tense treatise that looks at the conflict that results when a civilian thrust into a combat situation must decide where her loyalties truly lie. Can her 'gray' world fit into a black and white war zone that can quickly desensitize human emotions or elevate them to their highest level?

The Human Terrain was a finalist in the 2013 Yale Drama Competition, a semi-finalist for the 2012 Princess Grace Award in Playwriting, a finalist for the 2010 O'Neill National Playwrights' Conference, and was selected for the 2011 Playwrights' Week at The Lark.

"Powerful!" - BroadwayWorld.com
"Provocative!" - Alive Magazine
"Beautiful!" - KDHX
"Thought-provoking!" - Ladue News
"A remarkably potent exploration of shared humanity and the limits of cultural understanding!" - Riverfront Times