What the critics are saying about The Sand Storm: Stories from the Front (for the full reviews, please visit the corresponding links provided):

 

· This Decalogue of monologues has shocking force and awesome honesty … candid, uncensored, and blistering … heart-clutching, eye-witness mosaic. — Los Angeles Times (Recommended) — full review

 

· Marine Sean Huze’s earnest piece of reportage with theatrical aspirations… his writing percolates with military lingo and the stories exhibit a wrenching specificity that smacks of first-person experience… — The Washington Post (Editor’s Pick) — full review

 

· Sean Huze’s powerful play … attempts to tell us the truth … a feeling of simple authenticity grounds the play and makes it real … well-done and undeniably affecting … it deserves to be seen and heard. — Backstage West (Critic’s Pick) — full review

 

· Based on the experiences of the men who fought there (Iraq), Sand Storm is raw and upsetting… we believe in its essential veracity… — Westword (Recommended)— full review

 

· Thoughtful, dignified glimpses into the psychology of these young men as they wage a controversial war… gives face and form to the many fallen who otherwise are known to the American public as the statistics on television screens. — The Examiner-Washington — full review

 

· The Sand Storm, an hour-long series of 10 monologues written by former Marine Cpl. Sean Huze, is an artful and emotional reminder of the things we just don’t want to talk about anymore. — The Hill — full review

 

· As site specific as its language and its desert-colored combat outfits may be, its emotional content applies just as much to Vietnam or any other conflict where young men are given overwhelming power and the authority to bring it to bear against an indigenous population of mixed loyalties. — Potomac Stages — full review

 

· real, down-and-dirty combat… 10 chilling, first-hand, true stories from Iraq told without apology or regret… — The Denver Post (Recommended)— full review

 

· Brutally candid … fascinating … — L.A. Weekly

 

· Brings the real truth of war to the forefront ignoring for the most part the politics and instead providing a realistic glimpse of the death and destruction that is war. — D.C. Theatre Reviews — full review

 

· Gritty, graphic and not for the squeamish, the play describes the horrors of war -- both in the field of battle and within the minds of the soldiers who do the actual killing. — Curtain Up D.C. — full review

 

· Highly recommended for both "hawks" and "doves"  so that root causes of continuing wars should be faced by all — All Arts Review 4 U — full review

 

 

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