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Smothers Theatre (Malibu, CA)
Pepperdine University Center for the Arts presents the U.S. premiere of Why Do You Stand There In The Rain? by Scottish playwright Peter Arnott. In a time when the government is facing off in volatile clashes over how to handle the struggling economy, the historic subject of this play has become timely again. The story takes us back to 1932, when 25,000 unemployed World War I veterans occupied Washington, D.C. to petition the government peacefully for their promised benefits, now sorely needed in the midst of the depression. The official response was to drive the veterans out with bayonets, bullets, poison gas and fire. Accented with the music of Woody Guthrie and his contemporaries, this is the story of the Bonus Army March: a national campaign for food, work and justice. This is a true story that is especially relevant to the current state of the country, told through the words and songs of those who were there.
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