OOHRAH!
by Bekah Brunstetter

Name: OOHRAH!
Brand: Bekah Brunstetter
SKU: 9780573697951
Rating: 3.08 (25 reviews)

Off-Broadway

Highlights

Female

Male

105 mins Present Day Role(s) for Senior Actor(s) Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Synopsis

Ron is back from his third and final tour in Iraq, and his wife Sara is excited to restart their life together in their new home.

When a young marine visits the family, life is turned upside down.

Sara’s sister is swept off her feet; her daughter Lacey trades her dresses for combat boots, and Ron gets hungry for real military action.

In this disarmingly funny and candid drama, Bekah Brunstetter raises challenging questions about what it means when the military is woven into the fabric of a family, and service is far more than just a job.

Press Reviews

"The young scribe’s talent and potential are obvious in this Southern-basted dramatic comedy about the war mystique as it plays out on the American home front."
— Variety

"Poignancy and terrific humor."
— Theatremania

"If there's anything that stands out about Oohrah!... it’s the off-Broadway introduction of playwright Bekah Brunstetter, whose play is a fascinating, original take on something we’ve come to see rather often nowadays: the war play... Let's hope we hear her voice uptown again real soon."
— NY Theatre

"Skillfully depicts how the demands of military service affect an individual family and society as a whole. Brunstetter’s people are real and funny. She never condescends to them or treats them as symbols to put a point across... A big hurrah for Oohrah!"
— BackStage

"There have been plenty of plays about the Iraq War on New York stages in the past several years, but few that deal as directly with the viewpoints of military families as Oohrah!... Bekah Brunstetter makes an impressively smart debut (no one could argue that she doesn't have dramatic chops)."
— Music OMH

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Ron Mid-30s, a captain in the US Army. At home: a lover and father and squash planter.	male	30s	Mid-30s, a captain in the US Army. At home: a lover and father and squash planter.
Sara Mid-30s, petite, pretty, Abby’s sister, trophy wife of Ron, simple.	female	30s	Mid-30s, petite, pretty, Abby’s sister, trophy wife of Ron, simple.
Lacey Ron and Sara’s 14-year-old daughter, a future US Marine.	female	—	Ron and Sara’s 14-year-old daughter, a future US Marine.
Christopher Mid-20s, skinny, the modern young man: pale, technologically advanced. A security guard at the local airport, scared of most things.	—	20s	Mid-20s, skinny, the modern young man: pale, technologically advanced. A security guard at the local airport, scared of most things.
Chip Early 20s, large forced muscles, a high and tight, a lifer.	—	20s	Early 20s, large forced muscles, a high and tight, a lifer.
Pop Pop Sara and Abby’s aged grandfather, a veteran, suffers from dementia.	—	—	Sara and Abby’s aged grandfather, a veteran, suffers from dementia.
Abby Late 20s, a stewardess.	—	20s	Late 20s, a stewardess.