Survived: The War Cycle

The Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble continues its critically-acclaimed War Cycle with the highly anticipated Survived, the follow-up to its sold out run of Wounded. Survived opens April 2 at the Powerhouse Theatre and runs through April 25. Talkbacks are scheduled for Thursday nights April 9, 16, 23.

Survived is inspired by true accounts of the families of soldiers fallen in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. It follows the lives of the Harper family as they prepare to scatter the ashes of 24 year old Lt. Michael Harper on the anniversary of his combat-related death in the Iraq War. A surprise visit from a soldier who served with Michael at the time of his death ignites a powder keg of emotion and throws the family into crisis as they strive to preserve their memories of Michael while learning to let go.

“Recently the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have taken a back seat to the economic crisis on the home-front. The Ensemble is committed to developing new installments of The War Cycle so that we can continue to tell the stories of those Americans impacted by those wars. After all, these families will still be experiencing the impact of these wars long beyond the point when the 24 hour news cycle has ceased to report on them,” explains Artistic Director Tom Burmester. “With Survived, we examine a hero’s journey interrupted and the personal quest for meaning and redemption that accompanies tragic loss.”

Collaboratively conceived by the Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble, written by Artistic Director Tom Burmester, and directed by Tom Burmester and Danika Sudik, Survived features Trevor Algatt, Jen Bailey, Melissa Collins, Danielle Katz, Mike Kindle, Albert Meijer, Spencer Nicholas, Michael Pappas, Jonathan Redding, Danika Sudik, Dee Amerio Sudik, and James W. Sudik.

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This performance is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.