David Rabe's Streamers to be Revived Off-Broadway by Roundabout

The Roundabout Theatre Company will present a revival of David Rabe's award-winning 1976 Vietnam drama Streamers in the fall. The play will begin performances at the Laura Pels Theatre on October 17 and open on November 11, directed by Scott Ellis and featuring the same cast who appeared in Ellis' production of the play at Boston's Huntington Theatre Company in the fall of 2007.

Streamers will feature 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.

A wrenching play centered on four young soldiers awaiting deployment to Vietnam in 1965, Streamers takes on sexuality, race and class during the escalation of a controversial war. Tensions build between the anxious soldiers, culminating in a single act which changes them forever while revealing the confusion of young men whose lives are threatened by forces beyond their control.

Streamers won the Drama Desk Award and Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play in 1976. The original production, directed by Mike Nichols, opened on April 21, 1976, at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre. It played 478 performances before closing on June 5, 1977. A Vietnam veteran himself, Rabe wrote three celebrated plays about the war: Streamers, Sticks and Bones and The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel.

The creative team for the Roundabout's production will include Neil Patel sets, Tom Broecker costumes, Jeff Croiter lighting design and John Gromado sound design.