"Hi, I'm Ernie Pyle"

 

   "Hi, I'm Ernie Pyle"* is a one-person play presented in one or two acts recreating the dispatches of World War II Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ernie Pyle. The play depicts the true reality of war as told to American men and women on the home front in over 350 newspapers across the United States and read by millions of fighting men and women in the Stars and Stripes. It is an ideal presentation for veterans groups, history buffs, middle and high school students, students of journalism, and educators. The show can be performed in small group settings or on a full stage.

 

   After each performance, audience members are invited to talk about the show and, if they are veterans, share their memories and stories of Ernie Pyle.

 

   The show is performed by Gary W. Morrison, a retired freelance journalist and photographer who was born on April 18, 1945; the day Ernie Pyle was killed by a sniper's bullet on Ie Shima, a small island five miles off the coast of Okinawa. Gary earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan in 1996 at age 51 and a master's degree in communications from GVSU in 1998.

 

*listed in the2009 - 12 Michigan's Arts et Humanities Touring Directory

 

For Information About Scheduling a Performance Contact:   info@morrison-tg.com

Gary Morrison, 2647 Knightsbridge Rd. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546   616 975-0864