in their footsteps comes to the orlando fringe
May 16 - 24, 2026
The Pink Venue | 812 E. Rollins St. Orlando
Vietnam, 1967-1973.
Five American women served their country during the war—two military officers, three civilian volunteers. Their voices carry memories both horrific and funny, poignant and endearing. What they witnessed in bunkers and on rooftops. What they survived in military vehicles racing through hostile territory. What they brought home in their bodies and hearts.
Five testimonies become one story revealing the often unknown human side of war. Through their exact words gathered in oral histories, In Their Footsteps transforms personal memory into shared understanding—using only five blocks that evolve into the landscapes of conflict and connection these women navigated.
Written by Ash Singer
Based on oral histories with Ann Kelsey, Judy Jenkins Gaudino, Jeanne "Sam" Christie, Lily Adams & Doris "Lucki" Allen
Runtime: 75 minutes
What People Are Saying
“Five different experiences intertwine and make the lived experience indelible”
— Broadway World Italy
“Unmissable”
— Edinburgh Sunday Post
“What they have rendered is astonishing and memorable”
— Theatre Pizzazz
“The production's concluding scene adroitly marries embodied, visual, and audio elements to moving and powerful effect before leaving the audience with the final words, "No war is worth it." As the play notes, women's service in Vietnam is incompletely documented in historical records and even on the Vietnam Memorial. In Their Footsteps represents one more step to remedying that lack and, for theatergoers, is well worth it while doing so.”
— Thinking Theater NYC
Production History
December 2017: Under St. Marks Theatre, NYC
March 2018: The Artist Co-op, NYC
July 2018: East to Edinburgh festival at 59E59 Theatres, NYC
August 2018: Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
November 2018: The Kraine Theatre, NYC
March 2019: Merrill Lynch "Empowering Women Event", NYC
July 2019: BorderLight International Fringe Festival, Cleveland, Ohio
October 2019: Women's Overseas Service League annual conference, San Antonio, Texas
2020-2021: COVID-19 adaptations included a Zoom production and radio play that premiered on NPR station 88.3 WLIW-FM Long Island, streamed by schools and veteran organizations
November 2021: Onstage! Festival, Milan & Rome, Italy
2025: Winner, Gracie Award for Excellence in Radio Programming with WLIW-FM, Long Island’s NPR station
October 2025: Bronx Music Hall, Bronx, NY. *
*This project was made possible with public funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and with funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, both administered by the Bronx Council on the Arts.