Helen Benedict's The Lonely Soldier Monologues—London—May 14, 2015
Channel: HowlRound Theatre Commons
Date: 2015-05-14

PMJ productions presents the European Premiere of The Lonely Soldier Monologues by Helen Benedict at the Cockpit Theatre, London livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv May 14, 15, 21, 27 at 7:30pm BST (London) / 18:30 GMT / 2:30pm EDT (New York) / 11:30am PDT (San Francisco).

A verbatim play about female soldiers who served in the US military in the combat zones of Iraq. Why they enlisted, what they endured, and how it affected them when they came home. The play exposes the shocking truths of war and the "enemy within" the military. 

Helen Benedict is an award winning writer specializing in issues of social justice. In 2013 Benedict was awarded the Ida B. Wells Award for bravery in journalism and named one of the 21 leaders for the 21st century by Women’s eNews. Her writings inspired an ongoing class action suit against the Pentagon on behalf of women and men who were sexually assaulted in the military and also inspired the 2012 Oscar nominated documentary The Invisible War.

Thursday, May 14
UK and US Military Justice Systems with Emma Norton, solicitor from Liberty, one of UK’s oldest Human Rights organisation who will discuss the Military Justice campaign which strives to protect the rights of those in UK Armed Forces and playwright Helen Benedict.

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