Tinamarie Ivey

TANGO MIKE

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Tango Mike is an original play based on the lives and stories of Willamette Valley veterans and their families suffering from the effects of PTSD.
 

Set in Albany, Oregon on Memorial Day, Mike "Buddy" McIntyre and his family are celebrating the holiday with family and friends. Unexpectedly, Buddy's estranged father, Cooper, shows up. Buddy and his father have not talked for fifteen years. Both men grapple with their own battles with PTSD and how it has affected their relationship and their families.

This play was created through interviews and story circles with veterans and their families as well as the National Guard Family Alliance, Love Our Vets, and The Counseling Center Salem, OR.