Streamers at the Laura Pels Theatre

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced a new Off-Broadway production of David Rabe�s award winning drama Streamers directed by Scott Ellis, opening at the Laura Pels Theatre on 11 Nov 2008, following previews from 17 Oct, for a limited engagement.

Streamers: Four young soldiers fresh from boot camp wait anxiously in 1965 Virginia, watching the Vietnam conflict escalate. As they struggle to make sense of their new life in the army, tensions rise over race, sexuality, and class, culminating in an explosive act that changes them forever.

Directed by Scott Ellis, Streamers will features Hale Appleman (Richie), Larry Clarke (Sgt. Cokes), Ato Essandoh (Carlyle), Brad Fleischer (Billy), Charlie Hewson (Martin), John Sharian (Sgt. Rooney) and J.D. Williams (Roger).

Streamers premiered Off-Broadway in April 1976 and won the New York Drama Critics� Circle Award for Best American Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play. Streamers was eligible for the Tony Awards in 1977 and was nominated for Best Play.

This production of Streamers is based on the 2007 Huntington Theatre Company production directed by Scott Ellis, and features the same cast.