The Memory Stick
WORLD PREMIERE
by Donal O’Kelly
international co-sponsored co-production
by San Jose Stage Company and Dublin City Arts Office
What makes a soldier rebel against his own army? Vivid storytelling and personal mythology have dangerous real-world consequences in this philosophical thriller. Two American soldiers build a Native American sweat lodge at the back of an army base in today’s Afghanistan. It's a safe space in the field of battle, a place for imagination and peace, until histories and secrets are revealed that confuse sacrifice and guilt, heroism and politics, and expose one (or both) of the soldiers as potential traitors. The Memory Stick examines uncertain memories of uprisings in Dublin and Wounded Knee; decades of heritage and resistance echo today in a powerful, lyrical drama about the cost of standing up against all odds.
“This San Jose Stage Company world premiere, in a co-production with Dublin City Arts Office and Irish Theatre Institute, derives from its fluid-structure an unusual achievement.”
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