You wanted your thing trans- ELLIOT: She cooked and I wouldn't eat a bite off the fork. There's a Subway hoagies around the corner and I had to work half an hour away. We are currently seeking qualified candidates for the following positions in Ft. Belvoir, VA, Dahlgren, VA, Ft. Bragg, NC, Camp Lejeune, NC, and Afghanistan. Positions require an active security. Elliot is a Marine Iraq war veteran who was honorably discharged due to a leg injury six years ago (the play occurs in 2009 at age 24, therefore he was in Iraq in 2003 at age 18). The leg injury has resulted with him walking with a limp. Elliot Ortiz is based on the playwright’s cousin, Elliot Ruiz, who served in the Iraq War as a U.S. Marine. Like Elliot in the play, he was deployed on his first mission to Iraq in 2003 as soon as he turned 18. Elliot is Yaz ’s cousin, Odessa ’s biological son, and Mami Ginny ’s adopted son. He is a 24-year-old, Puerto Rican, wounded Iraq War veteran who lives in North Philadelphia… read analysis of Elliot Ortiz ELLIOT ORTIZ: 24, male, Hispanic, an Iraq vet with a slight limp, works at Subway Hoagies, scores an occasional job as a model or actor, Yazmin's cousin, Odessa's birth son. Elliot Ortiz: Iraq war vet w/ a slight limp, scores an additional job as a model actor, Yasmin’s cousin, Odessa’s birth son, Puerto Rican, 24 Yasmin Ortiz: first year adjunct professor of music, Odessa’s niece and Elliots cousin, Puerto Rican, 29 Set seven years after Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue, the play features veteran Elliot Ortiz, who was wounded and has returned to his home town of Philadelphia. He works at a sandwich shop and cares for his ailing aunt Ginny, who raised him. Elliott is choreographer and producer with formal education in Theater Production Administration and extensive training in ballet, jazz, modern dance, and drama. Our protagonist, Elliot Ortiz, is in recovery from his time spent as a marine in the Iraq War and the serious injury that left him with a painful limp, the addiction he developed to prescription drugs after his injury, and the fresh loss of the woman who raised him, Aunt Ginny.