In 2006, Trinity Rep told the true, poignant stories of Rhode Islanders deployed in Iraq with the play Boots on the Ground. Nearly 20 years later, how does this legacy live on … and what have we forgotten? Someone Will Remember Us interlaces the real-life testimonies of U.S. military veterans, a Gold Star family, Iraqi civilians, and refugees living in Rhode Island. As military conflict wages on multiple fronts across the world, this production paints a moving portrait of the innumerable tolls of war, and how we find connection through it all.
By Deborah Salem Smith and Charlie Thurston
Created by Dr. Michelle Cruz, Deborah Salem Smith, and Charlie Thurston
Directed by Christopher Windom
Created by Dr. Michelle Cruz, Deborah Salem Smith, and Charlie Thurston
Directed by Christopher Windom
Dereks Thomas
Actor 1 (Tyrone, an Iraq War veteran/Omar, Refugee Dream Center founder)
Ashley Aldarondo
Actor 2 (Angelica, an Iraq War veteran)
Allison Jones
Actor 3 (Millareisha, an Iraq War veteran)
Jade Ziane
Actor 4 (Kamal, an Iraqi refugee)
Jihan Haddad
Stephen Thorne
Actor 5 (Ed, a Gold Star father/Neal, an Iraq War chaplain/Dan, an Iraq War veteran and professor)
Actor 6 (Sara, an Iraqi refugee)
Rachael Warren
Actor 7 (Regina, a Gold Star mother)
Josephine Moshiri Elwood
Actor 8 (Nadje, a professor/Wafaa, an Iraqi refugee)
Scenic Design: Tanya Orellana
Costume Design: Shahrzad Mazaheri
Lighting Design: Emma Deane
Sound Design: Peter Sasha Hurowitz
Vocal & Dialect Coach: Sade Namei
Stage Manager: Polly Feliciano
Josephine Moshiri-Elwood (Wafaa), Jade Ziane (Kamal), Allison Jones (Millareisha), Ashley Aldarondo( Angelica), Rachael Warren (Regina), Stephen Thorne (Ed), Dereks Thomas (Ty), Jihan Haddad (Sara)
