Halo

No, not the best-selling (and highly over-rated... not bad, just over-rated) video game.

Halo is a play intended as a Black History Month story of four black soldiers tasked to protect Jewish refugees after Allied Forces had driven the Germans from France. Unfortunately, scheduling problems prevented us from performing during February. Due to its delay to the 12th of March, I guess one could no longer call it a Black History Month play. However, its message can still be strongly delivered.

The central story of the play revolves around SGT Mills of the U.S. Army, and his black platoon. The platoon has been given an undesired assignment as punishment for an incident caused by one of their members. The assignment consists of guarding a large group of Jewish refugees in an area that was supposedly devoid of enemy contact for several days.

The platoon, consisting of Mills, Wade, Johnson, and Percy, are assigned under the openly racist Lieutenant R. Cornknocks. Further adding to conflict, Percy is heavily disdainful towards the assignment, and is being just as discriminating towards the Jewish refugees as their lieutenant is to them.

The play explores comparisons between segregation laws in the U.S. and the laws holding Jews down under the rule of Hitler. While historically inaccurate, the play covers ideas I've never heard discussed before, and I believe it is worth a watch.

If anyone is interested, ask me about tickets.
March 12
7:30 PM
Davis Theater in downtown Montgomery
Ticket prices: $12 for single, $10 each for groups of two or more.