GET YOURSELF HOME SKYLER JAMES

Written by Jordan Tannahill
Performed by Natasha Greenblatt
Directed by Alisa Palmer 

After Private Skyler James was found-out as a lesbian her life became a living hell at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. But when she began fearing for her life she knew she had to escape. In the middle of the night she loaded all of her belongings into a white pickup and just started driving north… 

This one-woman show toured local high schools in the Greater Toronto Area as part of Roseneath Theatre's 2009-2010 season (www.roseneath.ca).

Get Yourself Home Skyler James was first performed by Bryde MacLean at CanStage's Raw! Raw! Raw! Festival on December 10th, 2009.

AWARDS

2010 Dora Award for Best Performance (Natasha Greenblatt) in the Theatre for Young Audience Division

PRESS

"Roseneath Theatre, always on the cutting edge of works for young people, challenges high school students with Get Yourself Home Skyler James, currently touring Toronto schools. It’s a complex piece, dealing not just with sexual orientation but also the demands of military life, desertion and feeling isolated in a society that prefers a policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell” rather than openness. And you can’t ask for a more current-events production: the real-life James is awaiting the results of an appeal for refugee status and faces extradition to the States." - Jon Kaplan, NOW Magazine (2010)

Published in Age of Minority: 3 Solo Plays by Jordan Tannahill (Playwrights Canada Press, Nov 2013)