The Warriors Play Analysis

Colin Grimm Ms. Clay English 102 22 November 2016 Fine Arts Critique The Harsh Life of Our Heroes There is more to war than just guns, bombs, death, and freedom. Trying to live with yourself after a rough war, is not easy. On November 16, 2016, I saw Trinity High School’s department of theatre art’s performance of The Warriors. This play was written by William P. Bradford II, a graduate of Trinity High School. The Warriors is written about veterans of wars trying to handle life with PTSD. The play begins as smoke slithers onto the stage. Veteran 1(Loui Chang) stumbles onto the stage and delivers a brief background of himself. The other veterans one by one follow Loui’s lead and each deliver a brief background of themselves. After the last
The costumes are what really brought this play to life. One of the veterans was wearing a high school jacket and another was wearing ripped swear pants. Others were wearing their army uniform. It represented that these veterans do not have a lot of resources because they were in the war for so long. Although the plot of the play was confusing, the actors did a wonderful job acting. There were two actors that really impressed me; Veteran 4 (Christopher Monell), and Zak Blake (Jack Wolfram). Chris really made it seem like he has really been in a war, his hand was twitching the whole entire two hours! Zak came back at the end did a wonderful job asking his friends and family for forgiveness. However, this play is not for everyone. I think this play would be very interesting for a person who enjoys learning about wars and history. I personally do not like history nor wars. If you are looking for a play that is funny, romantic, or has a lot of action, I would not recommend that you see this play. This play is mainly for people mature enough to handle the subject of war and the aftermath of it. I think that this play was very well written, the actors preformed excellently, the setting and props were great, but this play