1 00:00:03,900 --> 00:00:05,820 [upbeat music] (Anthony Ramos) Hey, he told me all about you too! 2 00:00:05,820 --> 00:00:09,920 (Laurence Fishburne) Hah! Don't relish the relish! Don't need to embellish! Ain't tryin' to get it on! 3 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:14,580 Just pass the Grey Poupon! Hah! You like that one, Jesus? 4 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:18,460 (Adam Driver) We pick a play, or select monologues from contemporary American plays that are 5 00:00:18,460 --> 00:00:22,520 diverse in age and race, like a military audience is. Grab a group of incredible 6 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:26,480 theater-trained actors, keep production value as minimal as possible. No sets. 7 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:30,260 No costumes. No lights. Just reading it ... to throw all the emphasis on the language 8 00:00:30,260 --> 00:00:33,220 and to show that theater can be created at any setting. 9 00:00:33,220 --> 00:00:36,400 (Jimmi Simpson) Please carry my loved one! 10 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:41,800 (Adam Driver) It's a powerful thing getting in a room with complete strangers and reminding ourselves of our 11 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:46,200 humanity and that self-expression is just as valuable a tool is the rifle on your shoulder. 12 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:51,480 (Reg Rogers) I used to amuse friends by imitating bacon in a saucepan. 13 00:00:52,160 --> 00:00:53,960 Would anyone like to see that? 14 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:58,860 [Laughter] 15 00:00:58,860 --> 00:01:03,720 (Student) I love acting so much, and to see people who are successful in it and them perform the art ... 16 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:08,020 Oh my gosh! Thank goodness my mom is in the military, because I would have never gotten to see this! 17 00:01:08,020 --> 00:01:09,540 I'm just so happy! 18 00:01:11,340 --> 00:01:15,520 (Actor) We get to experience training exercises and just get a little taste for what the men 19 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:17,920 and women that we're performing for do on a daily basis. 20 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,920 (Soldier) All right, lean back! Yeah, lean back! All right, going down. Jump off! (Actor) Jump off? (Soldier) There you go! 21 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:33,660 (Justin Long) It's a nice exchange because 22 00:01:33,660 --> 00:01:39,060 we get to mine them for details about their lives... lives they're so disparate from our own. 23 00:01:39,060 --> 00:01:44,940 (Sailor) I really appreciate that you guys took the time to come out here. It means a lot. 24 00:01:44,940 --> 00:01:47,300 (Actor) It's a simple exchange that you just have to like break down 25 00:01:47,300 --> 00:01:50,440 those walls of being like, "We're different people. We're different people." 26 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:55,500 (Soldier) We have a lot in common, and we can help each other. 27 00:01:55,500 --> 00:01:57,400 (Lili Taylor) People who don't walk in the same worlds 28 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:03,440 having to get to know each other, that is probably the thing that's gonna save us 29 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:06,520 as a human race. 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:33,660 (Justin Long) It's a nice exchange because 22 00:01:33,660 --> 00:01:39,060 we get to mine them for details about their lives... lives they're so disparate from our own. 23 00:01:39,060 --> 00:01:44,940 (Sailor) I really appreciate that you guys took the time to come out here. It means a lot. 24 00:01:44,940 --> 00:01:47,300 (Actor) It's a simple exchange that you just have to like break down 25 00:01:47,300 --> 00:01:50,440 those walls of being like, "We're different people. We're different people." 26 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:55,500 (Soldier) We have a lot in common, and we can help each other. 27 00:01:55,500 --> 00:01:57,400 (Lili Taylor) People who don't walk in the same worlds 28 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:03,440 having to get to know each other, that is probably the thing that's gonna save us 29 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:06,520 as a human race. 19 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:17,920 and women that were performing for do on a daily basis. 20 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:33,660 Justin Long: It's a nice exchange because 21 00:01:33,660 --> 00:01:39,060 we get to mine them for details about their lives, lives they're so disparate from our own. 22 00:01:39,060 --> 00:01:44,940 Sailor: I really appreciate that you guys took the time to come out here. It means a lot. 23 00:01:44,940 --> 00:01:47,300 Actor: It's a simple exchange that you just have to like break down 24 00:01:47,300 --> 00:01:50,440 those walls of being like, "We're different people. We're different people." 25 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:55,500 Soldier: We have a lot in common and we can help each other. 26 00:01:55,500 --> 00:01:57,400 Lili Taylor: People who don't walk in the same worlds 27 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:03,440 having to get to know each other, that is probably the thing that's gonna save us 28 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:06,520 as a human race.