9 CIRCLES by Bill Cain. There's a lot to recommend about the play 9 Circles, by playwright Bill Cain and introducing stunning actor Jimi Stanton as a teenage soldier on trial for an inhuman act. At a time when drone strikes and economic sanctions have glazed over the horror of war, Forum Theatre’s riveting 9 Circles chooses to yank the jarring human toll back into the spotlight. Soldiers killed and raped a 14 year old girl after murdering her mother, her father, and her 6 year old sister. Playwright Bill Cain’s script is based on an actual incident in Iraq. He is a Jesuit pries with teaching experience in New York's Lower East Side. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. by Dramatists Play Service. A psychological thriller based on actual events. Be the first to ask a question about 9 Circles. a gritty, at times revealing trip" Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle (21-Oct-2010) "This is theater that shakes your foundation and leaves you breathless" Chad Jones, Theatre Dogs (20-Oct-2010) 9 Circles is the tale of one U.S. soldier’s journey to hell and back again. . 9 Circles is a play by Bill Cain based on the military career and subsequent civilian trial of murderer Steven Dale Green.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. October 14, 2010 through November 7, 2010. Try Prime Cart. Hard to pinpoint my feelings on this after just finishing it in one night. As one character in Bill Cain's sobering, antiwar psychodrama 9 Circles puts it, "terrible things happen" in war. Start by marking “9 Circles” as Want to Read: Error rating book. $39 August 27th 2013 Jesuit playwright Bill Cain S.J., has penned a new and searingly powerful play. 640 480. by NextActVZ. Bill Cain Fall, 2010 Marin 9 CIRCLES.qxd 3/11/2013 12:34 PM Page 6. 9 Circles is a play by Bill Cain based on the military career and subsequent civilian trial of murderer Steven Dale Green. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published Bill Cain Father Cain Graduated from Boston College Jesuit Priest Founded Boston Shakespeare Company where he was Artistic Director for 7 . View Notes - 9 Circles from TD 301 at University of Texas. [13] Cain is the only playwright to have two plays win this award two years in a row. It is now being re-staged… Bill Cain is an American playwright noted for an impish humor. It played to sold out houses in San Francisco, finding an audience for its troubling narrative through its emphatic honesty. Account & Lists Account Returns & Orders. In Bill Cain’s “ 9 Circles,” a contemporary morality play inspired by Dante’s “The Divine Comedy,” the psychic damage of war does not belong to Reeves alone, and … Due to a personality disorder […] In the spirit of A Few Good Men, Bill Cain’s pile-driving play 9 Circles exposes war’s constant curse—how it dehumanizes predators and victims. 9 Circles. Based on actual events, Bill Cain’s psychological thriller is by turns shocking, mesmerizing and bitingly funny. “Jesuit playwright Bill Cain S.J., has penned a new and searingly powerful play. 9 Circles by Bill Cain (Postponed) Presented by Next Act Theatre at Next Act Theatre . Cain is a Jesuit priest. Books. Published: 2019-07-11T15:06:01-05:00 Modified: 2019-07-11T15:06:01-05:00 « All Events. “The power and punch of 9 CIRCLES is undeniable. This is theater that shakes your foundation and leaves you breathless.” —Bay Area Backstage. 9 Circles by Bill Cain ISBN 13: 9780822225935 ISBN 10: 082222593X Paperback; Dramatist's Play Service; ISBN-13: 978-0822225935 There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Just a year after his earlier successful play about the gun powder plot, Equivocation (see my review), Cain portrays in his new play, 9 Circles, a character, Daniel Reeves, as a disturbed 19-year-old snarled in the web of war. Daniel Reeves is arrested for a crime allegedly committed in Iraq. In Cain's play, Green passes through his discharge from the Army and various judicial and administrative procedures, roughly paralleling the nine circles of Dante's Inferno. 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Bill Cain is an American playwright noted for an impish humor. This is a powerful, wrenching play about a young soldier's crushing guilt & shame at war crimes committed in the Middle East in the name of "freedom", depicted as a psychological & spiritual descent through the nine circles of Dante's Hell. 9 CIRCLES SOUTH BAY PREMIERE Written by Bill Cain Directed by Kathleen Normington "It's a dense...provocative journey . Daniel Edward Reeves (Josh Collins). Honorably discharged soldier Daniel is accused of a war crime from his time in Iraq. This is an amazing play, at least on the page. by Bill Cain directed by Kent Nicholson originally produced at Marin Theatre Company, Mill Valley, CA. With Norah Elges, Sam Hagen, Sylvester F. Kamara and Conner Neddersen. Cain’s script zeroes in on one soldier’s story and leaves us feeling the inescapable historic and emotional weight of the entire war. Bill Cain’s 9 Circles is based on the military career and subsequent civilian trial of murderer Steven Dale Green. Amazon.com: 9 Circles (9780822225935): Cain, Bill: Books. Produced by Strawberry Theatre Workshop. 9 CIRCLES by Bill Cain. Ultimately, it is the soldier who must discover his own path to truth, where he finds duty, war and justice are on a collision course with the indomitable, yet vulnerable, human spirit. Written by Bill Cain, Directed by Martil Lyons, 2013 "9 Circles, now playing in downtown Chicago in a notably well-acted production from Sideshow Theatre, under the direction of Marti Lyons, whose work is increasingly worthy of notice. Welcome back. We've got some steamy novels for you to snuggle up with, including Casey McQuiston's... To see what your friends thought of this book. “9 Circles” by Bill Cain tells the story of a young American soldier on trial for his life. Refresh and try again. This event has passed. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. The script won the Steinberg Award. [1][2] The play's title refers to Dante Alighieri's Inferno—in which Dante navigates a descent into the "nine circles of hell". And in “9 Circles,” Daniel Reeves is held accountable for those unspeakable crimes. Now through June 25, 2016 at 12th Avenue Arts. The play's title refers to Dante Alighieri 's Inferno —in which Dante navigates a descent into the "nine circles of hell". Daniel journeys through an onslaught of public defenders, lawyers, preachers, and psychiatrists to discover his own path to truth about duty, war, and justice. April 2 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Recurring Event . Synopsis: Based on true events, "9 Circles" tells the shocking story of a soldier recently discharged after fighting in the War on He is a Jesuit pries with teaching experience in New York's Lower East Side. It's an indictment of us, how we set young men up for war and murder and then abandon them. References to Dante’s “The Divine Comedy” permeate “9 Circles,” Bill Cain’s journey into the inferno of an Iraq war veteran’s shattered mind. Directed by Greg Carter. Cain a Jesuit priest iuses the plays title to refer to Dante Alighieri’s Inferno, in which Dante descends into the “nine circles of hell.” Green here is known as Pvt. Reviews: 9 Circles by Bill Cain. An event every week that begins at 7:30 pm on Thursday, repeating until April 24, 2020. The play won praise for being nuanced, and not taking the easy path of demonizing the protagonist. Just a year after his earlier successful play about the gun powder plot, Equivocation (see my review), Cain portrays in his new play, 9 Circles, a character, Daniel Reeves, as a disturbed 19-year old snarled in the web of war… “The title, 9 Circles, refers, of course, to Dante’s Inferno, the 9 circles of hell. 7 9 CIRCLES received its world premiere production in 2010 at Marin Theatre Company in Mill Valley, California. He is the founder of the Boston Shakespeare Company, where he was Artistic Director for seven seasons, directing most of the Shakespeare canon. Cain is a Jesuit priest. Jesuit playwright Bill Cain S.J., has penned a new and searingly powerful play. WHAT: "9 Circles" by Bill Cain, produced by the Majestic Reader's Theatre WHEN: 7 p.m., Saturday, April 27; 3 and 7 p.m. Sunday, April 28 WHERE: Majestic Lab … Biased reader (as I know the playwright), but I found the play very compelling. Apr 02 - 26. Skip to main content Hello, Sign in. The young men cry out help me, and we turn away, pretending not to know the language. The world premiere of Bill Cain's How to Write a New Book for the Bible took place during the 2011-12 season at Berkeley Repertory Theatre and Seattle Repertory Theatre. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] However, Chris Jones, reviewing a Chicago production of the play, reported that audience members concluded the play meant to imply that Green, who was originally from Midland, Texas, which had been United States President George W. Bush's primary home, had the assistance of the President himself in clearing his entry into the Army in spite of his criminal record.[2]. With “9 Circles,’’ Cain is a finalist for the second year in a row for the $40,000 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award. He is the founder of the Boston Shakespeare Company, where he was Artistic Director for seven seasons, directing most of the Shakespeare canon. 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