FAYETTEVILLE --It features stories of laughter and joy and it features stories of sadness and pain.

It is a new play, premiering this week in Fayetteville. The production is called, Downrange: Voices from the Homefront. The play is based on a series of interviews that were done with military spouses, many of them from nearby Fort Bragg.

Time Warner Cable News reporter David Ivey spoke with cast members. They said working on this play has had a profound impact on them.