It's April 23, 1945 in New London, CT.  In her cozy bungalow nationally renowned essayist Katharine Hartgrove finds the disciplined orderly life she normally leads crumbling into chaos.  Her son Stuart is fighting with the 5th Army in Northern Italy and the man in her life, Johnny Chastain, has just walked through her front door like a two-legged typhoon with way too many hands-- and one of then is carrying a suitcase. Johnny is America's favorite radio comic living the high life in Manhattan and although he and Katharine have been dating for over a year, this is his first visit to her abode.  

Katharine invited him up for two reasons.  One is personal: she feels it's time to put their dizzying romance to the test.  The other is pragmatic.  She's been commissioned to write a play about the American spirit as revealed through war correspondence dating back as far as the Revolutionary War.  Having never written anything to be performed before, she plans to take advantage of Johnny's considerable showbiz acumen to help her get through the project.  This could be her salvation, or the worst mistake she has ever made.

Johnny's irreverent and often madcap antics make Katharine laugh, not only at him, but at herself, despite her concerns over Stuart being in harm's way and the daunting task of writing the play.  Johnny is welcome relief at first, but his tone soon turns cynical, even mocking, leading to a contest of wills and wit.    

What follows has been described by audiences around the world as an "emotional rollercoaster."   Perhaps Michelle Pinkard describes it best in her review in the Shreveport Times, "How could I come close to describing the experience?   If every possible war-related state -- love, hatred, failure, success, life and death -- were tossed into a blender, surely the result would be this Broadway-style production.  By interweaving actual letters written from both the war and home fronts (in conflicts dating as far back as the Revolutionary War), the creators invite the audience to take a tear-jerking, hand-clapping, mind-blowing, two-hour stroll through history."

LETTERS FROM THE FRONT is a celebration of America with all its beauty and tragedy, echoed in the thoughts and feelings of those who carried the torch of freedom from the village green at Lexington to the sands of Iwo Jima.   The surprise ending is a howlingly funny tribute to the human spirit's ability to claim victory over life's darkest moments.  And when the laughter and tears subside, Johnny is the most unlikely of heroes and Katharine is healed from emotional scars that have haunted her for 20 years.         

LETTERS FROM THE FRONT is a three act, two hour "dramedy;" a richly textured tapestry of comedy and pathos, of music and dance, of actual war correspondence from every major American conflict--from Valley Forge to Baghdad.  The result is a poignant, funny, moving, and very memorable theatrical experience.