Enduring Freedom
by Anders Lustgarten
by Anders Lustgarten
Enduring Freedom explores the impact of 9/11 on a New Jersey couple's marriage and community as they navigate grief, political turmoil, and the clash between personal beliefs and societal pressures.
About The Play
About The Play
When Tom and Susan, a New Jersey couple, lose their son in the attack on the twin towers, it begins to affect their marriage, friends and community…
As Tom’s grief forces him to question the post 9/11 orthodoxy, he finds himself not only at odds with his wife, but also with the government itself. As the neighbours take sides, shock jocks rant, conspiracy theories abound and politicians wave the flag, Tom and Susan are pushed to breaking point as one particular political clique appropriates a nation’s mourning.
More than just a story of one couple’s personal and political journey, Enduring Freedom is also a powerful portrayal of the Bush years and how a climate of repression and fear hijacked the democratic process, undermining the lives of ordinary people.
Cast in order of appearance
Susan McFarlane – Lisa Eichhorn
Tom McFarlane – Vincent Riotta
Hanna Schneider – Fiz Marcus
Ray Villapiano – Charlie Roe
Sophia Villapiano – Anna Savva
Linda Brown – Anna Savva
Park Attendant – Charlie Roe
The Mad Dog – Charlie Roe
Diane Roberts – Fiz Marcus
Jessica Taylor – Anna Savva