Jeanmarie Simpson Playwright · Actor · Director Licensing

2009 to 2010 · Kore Press, on tour

Coming In Hot

Seventeen characters

Coming In Hot

Years

2009 to 2010

Role

Seventeen characters

Company

Kore Press, on tour

Credit

Directed by Lisa Bowden

The productionAdapted from Powder: writing by women in the ranks from Vietnam to Iraq

Seventeen women who served in the US military from Vietnam to the present day. A deeply complex and overall satisfying experience.

The tour drew sustained press attention across Arizona and Nevada, and a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist called it thoughtful anti-war theater across fourteen roles.

Coming in Hot is a tour de force. If you haven’t seen it, seek it out. Tucson Weekly
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This is production 2 of 9 listed on the site, and it appears in full on the resume alongside every other acting, directing and playwriting credit since 1982.

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Coming In Hot in rehearsal
Coming In Hot
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Coming In Hot
Coming In Hot in rehearsal
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