The Names We Gave Him

December 8-11, 2021
Montclair State University • Montclair, NJ

Directed by Lisa Rothe

Loosely based on a true story, this new musical is about an amnesiac veteran of the First World War, the doctor who treated him, and the many women who, in denial of their grief, claimed him as their lost beloved. The piece explores the agony of war for both the soldiers and the families they leave behind, the distorting power of loss, and the insistence of love. What is a country’s identity in the aftermath of such devastation? What is a self without memory?

Book & Lyrics by Ellen McLaughlin
Music by Peter Foley

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