Breaking Rank! is a story about the sixties, not the sixties of flower power and love, but of struggle and fighting for rights. It’s the story of Howard Petrick’s involvement in the anti-Vietnam War movement, in the U.S. Army.
A reluctant draftee Pvt. Petrick is the model soldier until the subject of Vietnam comes up. His friendship with Pvt. Billy Moen ignites an anti-war movement in the barracks. In a Vietnam history class, they create a problem for the instructor who suddenly sees Vietcong in his classroom. The war becomes the center of barracks life.
Petrick’s anti-war activities lead to a confrontation with the army brass and a threat of treason charges from the Pentagon. Petrick refuses to back down. As the brass try to figure out what to do with Petrick, he takes every opportunity to speak out against the war.
Petrick brings twenty characters to life in this autobiographical solo performance.
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