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The Atlantic Council will host a virtual screening of a film-adapted play featuring veterans&#8217; recollections of their military experiences on Veterans Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/event\/veterans-day-2020\/\" target=_blank>Veterans Day 2020<\/a>\u201d was adapted from the stage play \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/commentary\/event-recap\/war-words-a-new-play\/\" target=_blank>War Words<\/a>,\u201d and will air on Wednesday at 4 p.m. Eastern Time with keynote remarks by Gen. David Petraeus. Organizers hope it will give people who have never served or who may not be acquainted with a veteran the opportunity to hear their stories presented in the prose of the theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/embed\/feed\/update\/urn:li:share:6611435337262612480\" height=\"900\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" title=\"Embedded post\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The play was written by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/expert\/michelle-brooks\/\" target=_blank>Michelle Kholos Brooks<\/a>, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council\u2019s Stowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and an award-winning playwright. \u201cWar Words\u201d is based on Brooks&#8217; interviews with veterans and their families. The filmed adaptation premiering Veterans Day was produced in partnership with the Arena Stage theatre in Washington. It was directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seemasueko.com\/\">Seema Sueko<\/a>, the theatre\u2019s deputy artistic director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt some point, through a series of conversations, I realized that I had absolutely zero connection to the military,\u201d Brooks told Military Times by video call on Monday. \u201cI don\u2019t know anyone who served in the military, I don\u2019t have family members who served in the military and I just thought that seemed kind of crazy, as I considered myself to be this progressive person that knows people in all different factions of life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brooks said she thought it would be interesting to meet people with different but real human experiences and bring their finely curated stories to the stage in a professional production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brooks&#8217; dream is to eventually have her play licensed for free and performed at theaters across the country on Veterans Day to raise money for veteran service organizations, much like what has been done with Eve Ensler\u2019s \u201cThe Vagina Monologues\u201d on Valentines Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TITLE-CARD.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Veterans Day 2020,&quot; a film adapted from the play &quot;War Words,&quot; premieres on Veterans Day, 2020.\" class=\"wp-image-105970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TITLE-CARD.jpg.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TITLE-CARD.jpg.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TITLE-CARD.jpg.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TITLE-CARD.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Veterans Day 2020,&#8221; a film adapted from the play &#8220;War Words,&#8221; premieres on Veterans Day, 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There have been a lot of plays produced on the military experience, Brooks said. They\u2019re important to that community because of how healing they can be for veterans. \u201cWar Words\u201d is different because it gives civilians the opportunity to meet veterans and hear the stories they wouldn\u2019t have previously heard, Brooks said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event is part of the Council\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/programs\/scowcroft-center-for-strategy-and-security\/forward-defense\/the-art-of-war\/\" target=_blank>Forward Defense<\/a> initiative, which uses the arts to help Americans better connect to and engage with American foreign defense policy and work to solve the country\u2019s complex security issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veterans Day 2020 was originally supposed to premiere live on stage, but the current coronavirus pandemic presented a significant challenge to that effort, said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/expert\/steven-grundman\/\" target=_blank>Steven 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