Ajax in Iraq

 by Ellen McLaughlin
Directed by Peter Duffy
Longstreet Theatre

Somewhere in the world, at any given moment, American soldiers are on duty and in harm’s way. Ajax in Iraq explores our military troops’ personal struggles by juxtaposing the devastating experiences of A.J., a young, female American soldier fighting in Iraq, with the centuries-old tale of Sophocles’ Ajax, tragic hero of the Trojan War. The goddess Athena coolly presides over these parallel stories in playwright Ellen McLaughlin’s powerfully contemporary nightmare of war, inspired in part by interviews with Iraq War veterans and their families.

“Sophocles and post-traumatic stress disorder commingle in Ajax in Iraq…to dazzling, disturbing effect…a dead-on triumph – raw, provocative, poetic and indelible.” – LA Times

Ajax in Iraq contains adult language and content which is not suitable for children.