Cold War Choir Practice at Trinity Repertory Company – September 4 – October 5. And The Cold War, with its threat of nuclear war, is ever-present in American culture. That’s the setting of the latest play at Trinity Rep, called “Cold War Choir Practice,” which made its world premiere last week. So sometimes they’re the Syracuse chapter of the Seedlings of Peace, this children’s choir that is singing about nuclear war. Relevant todayBaumgartner: “Cold War Choir Practice” captures the spirit of the time with the fear of global nuclear war set against the neon-colored Reagan-era optimism.