Bury the Dead

Bury the Dead is the chilling tale of six US soldiers killed in action who rise from the dead and ask to rejoin the living. Word of the eerie insurrection spreads rapidly—to the living soldiers in the field, the chain of command, the news media, and citizens back home—with alarming effect. More than just a play about the horror of war, Bury the Dead allows the fallen to speak again…after they have made the ultimate sacrifice.

Playwright Irwin Shaw’s 1936 classic has been updated by his son, writer Adam Shaw, who has shifted the setting from the battlefields of Europe to the uncertain terrains of 21st-century warfare.