Palace of the End, an award-winning play by Toronto playwright Judith Thompson, is headed to New York.

The play, a trio of monologues about the effects of the Iraq War, will open off-Broadway June 23 in a production by Epic Theatre Ensemble.

A British weapons inspector (Julian Richings, left), a U.S. soldier (Maev Beaty) and an Iraqi mother (Arsine Khanjian, right) tell their stories in the Canadian Stage production of Palace of the End in Toronto.
(Chris Gallow/Canadian Stage)

It is being produced as part of the ensemble's Sunshine Series, which spotlights new political plays.

Preview performances begin June 11 at Playwrights Horizons' Peter Jay Sharp Theatre.

The three speakers — a U.S. soldier, a British weapons inspector and an Iraqi mother — tell their personal stories of war.

The play won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, an annual U.S. award for a female playwright.

It has been produced in Calgary and Toronto.

The New York production will be directed by Daniella Topol and star Teri Lamm and Heather Raffo.

Thompson is a two-time Governor General's Award winner and author of White Biting Dog and The Crackwalker.

With files from the Canadian Press