"Most of the families of the vets I work with heard their fathers' and husbands' stories for the first time, often after fifty years of silence, only through the ritual of theater and/or of the written word..."

"Upon landing in California after serving a year in Vietnam with the 9th Infantry Division, I immediately threw my military uniform in the trash and put on civilian clothes..."

"‘Occupied Territories’ cracks open a window into this reality, making it possible for the healing process to begin..."

"After both of us seeing the production together we, I, can talk more openly about me, the war, our family, and what it all means..."