Far away from the comforts of home and family, three American soldiers in Iraq slog through Christmas Eve guarding detainees.  Whoever said, "No Blood, No Foul?"

At the Baby Jesus One-Act Jubilee: The Second Coming
The Brick Theater, Brooklyn, NY
December 6 - December 22, 2007

"And when the Congress, when the Senate adopted the treaty, it only made torture criminal. It did not criminalize cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment. So clearly, Congress thought they were different concepts. I think there is a broader category of things that people can do which are cruel, inhumane and degrading and only extreme versions of that constitute torture."
- John Yoo, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice (2001-2003), in an interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Company aired November 16, 2005

"Having seen the "Marys" slate of pieces in this rotating rep (the other being the "Josephs"), I can attest that, as Christmas fare, it definitely appeals more to the naughty than to the nice... The grim finale, Eric Sanders's Hollow Hallow, dares to remind us of Iraq, imagining Christmas at Abu Ghraib."
- Garrett Eisler, Village Voice

"The MARY program closes with Eric Sanders’ Hollow Hallow, a dark play set on a U.S. military base in Iraq on Christmas Eve. Directed by Jake Witlen, Hollow Hallow utilizes a neat bit of audience interaction that, as this reviewer can personally testify, raises interesting questions about boundaries, power, and empathy... After moments of terror, Hollow Hallow ends on a startlingly warm note that effectively emphasizes the discontinuities of celebrating a cheerful holiday season during wartime. It’s a surprising ending to both the play and the program as whole and it works."
- Li Cornfeld, Off Off Online