New Federal Theatre and Castillo Theatre present
COURT MARTIAL AT FORT DEVENS
Written by Jeffrey Sweet
Directed by Mary Beth Easley
Based on a true story, this play documents
the strike of black WACs (Women's Army Corps) during World War II. The women
joined the Army to be trained as nurses, only to be relegated to cleaning
toilets, mopping floors and doing laundry. When they are court-martialed for
refusing to follow orders during wartime, they fight a pioneering battle for
racial equality in the segregated U.S. military.