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‘Soldier’ musical is contest finalist
“Summer of My German Soldier,” a musical by Dayton’s Encore Theatre directors David Brush and Jim Farley, has been named a finalist for the 2008 American Harmony Prize.
The second annual playwriting award, sponsored by the Stamford, Conn., theater company Curtain Call, spotlights new musicals that explore ethnic, religious and gender issues. The winner will be announced in mid-December and performed as a concert reading in Curtain Call’s Mondays series in February 2009.
Based on the novel of the same name by Bette Green, “Summer of My German Soldier” is about a 12-year-old girl in Arkansas who harbors an escaped German POW during World War II with the help of the family’s black housekeeper. It was previously a finalist for Theatre Building Chicago’s Stages festival and has been produced at the University of Dayton.
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