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A Soldier's Play

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In a segregated army camp in Louisiana in 1944, a black sergeant is shot dead after crying out "they still hate you." As the play examines the murder, the truth of it becomes more shocking and hateful than the murder itself.

DirectorKenny Leon
WriterCharles Fuller

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Cast · Directed by Kenny Leon

DGDavid Alan Grier
David Alan Grier
Sergeant Vernon C. Waters
BUBlair Underwood
Blair Underwood
Captain Richard Davenport
NANnamdi Asomugha
Nnamdi Asomugha
Private First Class Melvin Peterson
JOJerry O'Connell
Jerry O'Connell
Captain Charles Taylor
RDRob Demery
Rob Demery
Corporal Bernard Cobb
WMWarner Miller
Warner Miller
Corporal Ellis
MIMcKinley Belcher III
McKinley Belcher III
Private Louis Henson
BJBilly Eugene Jones
Billy Eugene Jones
Private James Wilkie
JGJared Grimes
Jared Grimes
Private Tony Smalls
JNJ. Alphonse Nicholson
J. Alphonse Nicholson
Private C.J. Memphis
NMNate Mann
Nate Mann
Lietuenant Byrd
LRLee Aaron Rosen
Lee Aaron Rosen
Captain Wilcox

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