IN THE HEART OF AMERICA
December 8, 2004
at the Main Street Cabaret

    With the nation still reeling from the re-election of the Arab-murdering dufus known as George W. Bush, we at Subversive Theatre were eager to do something to show the anti-war movement was still alive and kicking.  When anti-war activists issued a call for "Stop-the-War Week" to be held in early December, we felt it was the perfect time to hold a staged reading of multiple-award-winning anti-war drama IN THE HEART OF AMERICA.
     Authored by Obie Award-winning playwright Naomi Wallace, this chilling stream-of-consciousness play blends realism with mysticism and tragedy with polemics in its searing castigation of militarism, homophobia, racism, and genocide.  Written in the immediate aftermath of the First Gulf War, this new classic of American protest theatre proved just as relevant to the imperialist atrocities that are being committed today.
     Presented in solidarity with the Buffalo United Artists' Theatre, the Western New York Peace Center, the Buffalo War Resisters' League, the International Action Center, and the Buffalo Green Party, this event was held at the Main Street Cabaret with the following cast & crew: 

Director . . . . . . . . . . . . Kurt Schneiderman* Poster Designer . . . . . . . . .  Jeanette Rehac* Narration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Tom Scahill* Craver Perry . . . . Matthew Crehan Higgins* Fairouz Saboura . . . . . . . . .  Katie White*+ Lue Ming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Oyama Remzi Saboura . . . . . . . . . . . . Hugh Davis Boxler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phil Knoerzer* + = members of the Actors' Equity Association * = members of the Subversive Theatre Collective