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Dear Friends,
We are urging you to join us in a nation-wide theatre initiative to keep post-Katrina New Orleans on the radar of Americans.
What can we in theatre do?
We have created a play, Katrina: the K Word, based on interviews with New Orleans residents, that follows the journeys of twelve individuals before, during, and after the storm. Audience members have been so moved by the play that they have subsequently worked as volunteers to rebuild NOLA. Jack Bowers of New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity calls the show "wonderful…I was overwhelmed by its honesty and highly recommend this production to all who hold the damaged city of New Orleans in their hearts." John Pietrowski, Artistic Director of Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey says, "Katrina: the K Word is an amazing documentary drama piece. When I saw the production I had that same feeling I had when I was touring New Orleans, the same terror and sadness that made me want to run away from the city, but also kept me wanting to witness, because this could happen to anyone."
Currently, we are making Katrina: the K Word available to theatres and universities across the country in the hopes of having productions and readings in every state in the union. So far there have been productions in New Jersey, Maryland, Georgia, Washington, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Washington, D.C., Virginia, Ohio, Texas and Massachusetts. Theatre has the power to touch and educate audiences and we ask you to join us in helping to make a difference, one production at a time.
At this web site you can read about the production, check out photos, and download the play. If you’d like to produce the play—whether as a full production or a staged reading (Katrina: the K Word works well as a staged reading)—just click on the link "produce the play."Please consider us for your upcoming season.
Thanks in advance,
Lisa S. Brenner
Suzanne Trauth
Photography by Mike Peters |
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"We in New Orleans are sincerely grateful for every person who steps forward for us and you have not only done that, but have encouraged others to do so."
Carol Stauder
Guide, Hurricane Katrina Tour
Gray Line Bus Tours
Interviewed for Katrina: the K Word |
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"I am very grateful. I know that the production touched the hearts of many people who were not fully aware of the impact the storm had...when Katrina hit, my life was forever altered...Thank you for telling mine and others' stories."
Kartisia Esco
New Orleans' resident
Interviewed for Katrina: the K Word |
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