New Century Theatre Presents


By Bonnie Dickinson
Directed by Keith Langsdale

Tickets to Northampton Performances:

Click a link below to order tickets to the Northampton performances at Hallie Flanagan Theatre. Tickets to those shows can also be purchased at the box office or by calling 413-585-3220.

• Wednesday, June 10, 7:30 pm
• Thursday, June 11, 7:30 pm
• Friday, June 12, 8:00 pm
• Sat. Matinee, June 13, 3:00 pm
• Saturday, June 13, 8:00 pm

Developed by theater students at Wilton High School, Wilton, CT, and based on the actual words of American soldiers serving in Iraq

Wednesday & Thursday, June 10 & 11: 7:30 pm
Friday & Saturday, June 12 & 13: 8:00 pm
Saturday Matinee, June 13, 3:00 pm
 Hallie Flanagan Theatre, Mendenhall Center
 Smith College, Northampton, MA

Thursday & Friday, June 18 & 19: 7:30 pm
 Amherst Regional Middle School, Amherst, MA
 For tickets to the Amherst performances, please call 253-0283

Ticket: $10 Adults, $5 Students, Veterans, FREE

This powerful and moving documentary play was drawn from interviews, letters and essays written by American soldiers serving in Iraq, as well as Iraqi civilians. Created by drama students in Wilton, Connecticut, as a class project, it was deemed too controversial by the school's principal and all performances were canceled.

The story of “Voices in Conflict” subsequently appeared in The New York Times, and support began pouring in — from the theater community, from soldiers currently serving in Iraq, and from theater and free-speech supporters around the world.

As a result, the students were invited to perform the play at the Vineyard Theatre, The Public Theater and the Culture Project, all in New York; actor/director Stanley Tucci hosted a special broadcast of the play on the Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network; and Music Theater International recognized the students with its Courage in Theater Award, the first such honor in the organization's history.

Now you have a chance to see “Voices in Conflict” — the play that went from local controversy to Off-Broadway hit — in its only Western Massachusetts performances!

Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc.

“Freedom, like theater, can only exist when it finds it own voice.” —Willy Holtzman