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‘American Volunteers’ shows war experience, first hand
Johnny Meyer is like many a young playwright getting ready for his first production.
Except that the 27-year-old University of Texas student is also a veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and he’s turned his experience into a play, ‘American Volunteers.’
The play opens tonight as part of the FronteraFest festival of new theater.
Read the full story on Meyer’s journey from solider to playwright.
Here’s a video interview with Meyer:
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