Synopsis
Medal of Honor Rag
Published by Samuel French Inc
3 Male 0 Female
In an army hospital, D.J, a black winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, and a psychiatrist - both guilty survivors of Vietnam - verbally spar until the doctor draws out the horror and disgust that has traumatized D.J
His barriers crumbling, D.J. turns on the psychiatrist and exposes the man behind the professional facade
Yet D.J. desperately hopes and the psychiatrist believes he can be helped
But before another interview takes place, D.J. goes AWOL to get money for unpaid bills ...
REVIEWS
"Twenty five years ... since [its] premiere, Medal of Honor Rag retains its relevance, its power, its tortured compassion .... [It] remains absorbing theatre and a bracing reminder of time past and distance yet to be traveled" ~ N.Y. Times