More than 40 years on, ‘A Soldier’s Play’ is profoundly and chillingly relevant

Howard Overshown (from left), Malik Esoj Childs, Tarik Lowe, Eugene Lee (center), Will Adams, Sheldon D. Brown and Branden Davon Lindsay in the national touring production of “A Soldier’s Play,” at the CIBC Theatre. (Joan Marcus)

“A Soldier’s Play” should be produced more often. Full stop.

It’s not exactly a forgotten play, but despite earning Charles Fuller the Pulitzer Prize in 1982 and being made into a film soon after (re-titled “A Soldier’s Story”), it has never been fully recognized as a classic. It is.