The focus of the evening is our living in this time of ongoing conflict at home and abroad: six short plays, a story and a poem from eight local writers. Some deal directly with the theme of war, others have war as a background to the characters' lives.  In BLACK JACK, a comedy by Tony Howarth, a war veteran breaks into an apartment only to discover an old lady sitting in the dark.  He doesn’t get to rob the place but he does get his story told.  In ANY VOICE IS BETTER THAN NO VOICE by Grace Wessbecher, two American tourists passing through Ireland’s Shannon Airport come across local Irish protesting the transport of American soldiers there.  In THE CITY OF MOSQUES by Michael Bettencourt, three American Nigerians deal with the knife-edged news given by an Armed Services officer in sharp-creased clothing.

Living in an Age of Perpetual War is the fifth such collaboration between the Puffin Foundation and New Jersey Dramatists. Past performances include HERE, WE ARE, which consisted of plays and monologues that dealt with the emotional and cultural fallout from 9/11. PASSAGES was a progressive series of plays and monologues dealing with the stages of life from infancy to old age. CROSS TALK was a series of plays that dealt with communicating across social and cultural divides. WHICH WAY TO AMERICA? explored the search for and discovery of the meaning of America for immigrants.