A play by Kate Wenner Based on True Stories of Combat-Related Brain Injuries
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“Take three of my limbs and give me my brain back,” says Staff Sergeant Annie Nichols, one of five veterans who make up the heart of Kate Wenner’s play Make Sure It’s Me. The time is 2006, and the setting is a university clinic, where Sgt. Nichols and the other vets are being treated for the brain injuries they suffered from IED blasts in Iraq. The play explores the emotional, spiritual and physical ramifications of this “signature injury” of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, for the injured vets and also for their families. |
“I walked him to the curb. Just before he got on the bus, he turned back to me. ‘Mom, promise me something. If anything happens, open the body bag. Make sure it’s me.”–Sally Nutt as Dr. Jo Fitch, Pamela Battin-Sacks as Sue Daniels |
“Can we have a funeral for my old self, Dr. Fitch?”–Angela Molihan as SSG Nichols, Sally Nutt as Dr. Jo Fitch |
“I said, I’m here to tell you the truth, sir. We’ve got troops fighting over there with undiagnosed brain injuries. Lots of them, sir.”–Cliff Blake as LTC Tom Banks |