BASETRACK Live is a two-person show that tells the story of Marine Cpl. AJ Czubai’s 2010 deployment with the 1st Battalion, 8th Marines to Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. The story centers around Czubai and his wife, Melissa as they both try to readjust and cope to post-deployment challenges, including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), marriage difficulties, alcohol abuse and suicide. Serving as a backdrop, but integral to the story, is journalistic footage and interviews with other members of his unit, as well as with Family members. Photograph of the Marines and the Afghanistan people a


BASETRACK Live is a two-person show that tells the story of Marine Cpl. AJ Czubai’s 2010 deployment with the 1st Battalion, 8th Marines to Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. The story centers around Czubai and his wife, Melissa as they both try to readjust and cope to post-deployment challenges, including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), marriage difficulties, alcohol abuse and suicide. Serving as a backdrop, but integral to the story, is journalistic footage and interviews with other members of his unit, as well as with Family members. Photograph of the Marines and the Afghanistan people are also projected on stage and are accompanied by a haunting, but electrify musical score. Playing AJ in the production is Christopher Boucher with Melissa played by Ashley Bloom. Kenneth Rodriguez serves as the DJ and lone musician during the show.


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