Soldiers in the Arts Explores Veterans’ Feelings Regarding the Fall of Afghanistan

The Taliban retaking Afghanistan shook people, including many soldiers, to their core. A new play, Tunnel at the End of the Light, attempts to delve into the complicated feelings many Afghanistan Veterans feel through dark humour.

Presented by Soldiers in the Arts, a non-profit aimed at supporting Canadian Veterans, Tunnel at the End of the Light will premier in May.

The play will uncover the journey these friends must take to find uncomfortable truths, all to drive a poignant point home to audiences.

“In this darkly funny and poignant new play by Jonathan Guy Lewis, he explores the very raw emotions that the veteran community are feeling after the sudden fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban. What was the point of it all? They thought they were there to make a difference for the long haul. But it turns out that was a lie. So… who betrayed who?” writes Soldiers in the Arts.

Proceeds from the play will go towards the Soldiers in the Arts program.

Questions Unanswered

Written by Jonathan Guy Lewis, an award winner who has worked for over 30 years as an actor, writer, director, teacher, mentor, and coach, Tunnel at the End of the Light follows the story of a tight-knit group of Afghan Veterans. The group comes together for the funeral of one of their own. The friends must uncover the truths about their mission to Afghanistan.

“But uncertainty hangs over the veteran’s death in a hotel room, and with that uncertainty comes the lifting of a twelve-year-old lid on who was actually responsible for an ill-fated patrol in Kandahar Province – their betrayal, an ambush and a fatal IED,” states the program’s website.

The play will uncover the journey these friends must take to find uncomfortable truths, all to drive a poignant point home to audiences.

About SITA

Soldiers in the Arts (SITA) is a not-for-profit organization that focuses on empowering Canadian Veterans through the arts and arts-based training. SITA brings the voices of actors, directors, producers, dancers, writers, poets and artists to help Veterans, and their family members, work through their Operational Stress Injuries. Overall, the focus is to allow veterans and their families a chance to connect in a way that might not have previously been possible.

Tunnel at the End of the Light runs from May 10-21 at the Alumnae Theatre in Toronto, ON.

For tickets and more information, click here. (https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=rgfnd)