Korea
by Bill Bozzone

Korea

Synopsis

In 1968, during the height of the Vietnam war, Bobby Costello and Walter Dybek two young men barely out of their teens are sent to Korea with their Air National Guard unit.

Bobby, "Dear John ed" by his girlfriend at home, quickly falls in love with a Korean woman named Chae.

Walter, feeling abandoned by his lifelong buddy, chooses to befriend Stokes, a domineering bigot he and Bobby bunk with.

Constantly haunting all of them are the foreboding radio reports involving the war in Vietnam and the racial unrest in the United States.

Sides are being chosen, even among the G.I.'s who have pledged to stand together, and the moral values of both Bobby and Walter soon come into question.

By the play's end, Bobby realizes the responsibility he has to himself and to society, while walter plunges blithely into a darker world of hate.

Performance

Cast

A small cast size of 6 total roles, 1 female and 5 male roles.

Publication

Publisher
Samuel French
Year Published
1992
ISBN 10
0573693560
ISBN 13
9780573693564
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
106 pages
Place Published
New York
Language
English
LCCN
92244417
LCC
PS3552.O99 K67 1992
DCC
812/.54
Print
Korea is a American play written by and published by Samuel French in New York, 1992. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780573693564 and an ISBN-10 of 0573693560.

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