"The Good Guys" by Sarah Mantell

The Good Guys by Sarah Mantell

Presented in association with Philadelphia Theatre Company

Directed by Tyler Dobrowsky and Taibi Magar (Night Side Songs)

When Aarón joins a group of Civil War reenactors, he is horrified to discover that visiting troops get to play Union soldiers while he is forced to fight in Confederate uniform. When the unit’s leadership is usurped and gender, racial, and sexual identities come to the forefront, the group must find a way to make it to Gettysburg where they will finally get to fight as the North.

Join us after the reading for an informal social after the reading in the lobby of the theatre.

About the Playwright

Sarah Mantell is the recipient of the 2023 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot (Playwrights Horizons). Their other plays include Everything That Never Happened (Baltimore Center Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Boston Court Pasadena), The Good Guys (Second Stage), Tiny (Seven Devils, Seattle Rep), and Fight Call (Artists Repertory Theatre, Breaking the Binary) They have been first-runner up for the Leah Ryan Award, finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, nominated for the Pulitzer, and longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize.