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World Premiere

One Red Flower

Aug 17 – Oct 3, 2004
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The powerful musical from Emmy-winner Paris Barclay is an intimate, searing look at wartime Vietnam through the eyes of the men who fought and died there. One Red Flower is inspired by a published collection of actual letters written home by soldiers serving in the Vietnam War during 1969. Set to a score based in the rock-n-roll rhythms of the period, the story compels, informs and entertains with a glimpse into the often hellish, sometimes light-hearted experiences of our American soldiers. This timely work reminds us once again how the present and the future are often a reflection of the past.

Music by Paris Barclay
Book and Lyrics adapted for the stage by Paris Barclay from the book "Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam"
Edited by Bernard Edelman
Directed by Eric Schaeffer

The Company

Kurt Boehm

Kurt Boehm

Alan

he/him/his SIGNATURE: Assassins, Billy Elliot, Crazy for You, West Side Story, Cabaret, Les Misérables, Kiss of the Spider Woman, One Red Flower. NATIONAL TOUR: Born for This. DC AREA: Arena Stage: American Prophet, Carousel, Fiddler On The Roof, My Fair Lady, Oklahoma!, She Loves Me; Monumental Theatre Company: Daddy Long Legs (Helen Hayes Nomination - Outstanding Lead Actor);Olney Theatre Center: South Pacific, Godspell, How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, A Chorus Line, The Producers; Ford's Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors; The Kennedy Center: Phantom Tollbooth; Keegan Theatre: Chicago, The Full Monty; Imagination Stage: Lyle, The Crocodile; Adventure Theatre MTC: You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, Goodnight Moon, Ella Enchanted; Red Branch Theatre: The Last Five Years. EDUCATION: CUA, BM. @kurtb617
Florence Lacey

Florence Lacey

Eleanor

SIGNATURE: Titanic, Sunset Boulevard, Ace, Saving Aimee, Nevermore, The Rhythm Club, The Gospel According to Fishman, Follies, One Red Flower. BROADWAY: Follies, Evita, The Grand Tour, Hello, Dolly!, Les Misérables, An Evening with Jerry Herman. OFF-BROADWAY: Sweet Feet, Elizabeth and Essex, Styne After Styne, Under the Bridge. DC AREA: Kennedy Center: Follies, Sunday in the Park with George; Creative Cauldron: Kaleidoscope. REGIONAL: Goodspeed: Pal Joey; Connecticut Rep: A Little Night Music, Wings. AWARDS: Theater World, MAC, Drama Logue, Critics Outer Circle.  
Stephen Gregory Smith

Stephen Gregory Smith

Billy

SIGNATURE: Midwestern Gothic, Titanic, The Fix, Elmer Gantry, Miss Saigon, Whorehouse, Brother Russia (Prince Felix), Hairspray (Corny Collins), The Boy Detective Fails (Billy Argo), Sunset Boulevard, Les Misérables, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Into the Woods (Jack), My Fair Lady, Assassins (Balladeer/Lee Harvey Oswald), Pacific Overtures, The Highest Yellow, One Red Flower (Billy), Allegro (Charlie), 110 in the Shade (Jimmy, 2004 Helen Hayes Award). DC AREA: DCAC: High Fidelity (Rob); Studio Theatre: Adding Machine: A Musical (SHRDLU), MetroStage: tick, tick…BOOM! (Jon); Ford’s Theatre: 110 in the Shade, Freedom's Song, Violet, The Civil War, Meet John Doe; Arena Stage: Oliver!, Damn Yankees; Kennedy Center: First You Dream, Regina; Olney Theatre Center: Avenue Q (Nicky/Trekkie).  

Aaron Reeder

Understudy

SIGNATURE: Les Misérables (Helen Hayes Award, Best Ensemble), One Red Flower (u/s). DC AREA: Kennedy Center: Broadway: Three Generations, Celebrate Broadway; Studio Theatre Second Stage: Jerry Springer: the Opera (Tremont); M.E.T: The Wild Party; Landless Theatre: tick, tick…BOOM!, BatBoy; Washington National Opera; Ford’s Theatre. REGIONAL: john & jen, Miss Saigon, Aida, Ragtime. Recipient of 2009 Roger Sturtevant Award.

Design & Direction