Comments for The Telling Project http://thetellingproject.org It's time to speak. It's time to listen. Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:36:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on The Telling Project by ambivalentmonk http://thetellingproject.org#comment-670 ambivalentmonk Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:36:44 +0000 http://thetellingproject.wordpress.com/?page_id=35#comment-670 TELLING IN DC!!! AWESOME! I am so excited for everyone. Amazing work, John, Jon, and Max. Too bad it's two days before I graduate, otherwise I'd be able to get out there and watch. Officer Candidate Jin TELLING IN DC!!! AWESOME! I am so excited for everyone. Amazing work, John, Jon, and Max. Too bad it’s two days before I graduate, otherwise I’d be able to get out there and watch.

Officer Candidate Jin

]]> Comment on Contact: Bring Telling to Your Town by Anna Hinman http://thetellingproject.org/contact/#comment-603 Anna Hinman Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:28:46 +0000 http://thetellingproject.wordpress.com/?page_id=177#comment-603 Hi, I attended "Telling" at NASPA in March '09. It was an amazing, emotional and eye-opening performance. I am a counselor at the University of Alaska, Anchorage. Many veterans attend our campus as our community is made up of several branches of the military--Elmendorf and Fort Richardson border our city. Out of curiousity, what is the process for bringing "Telling" to Anchorage and our University? Thank you so much for your time, Anna Hinman 907.786.4551 Hi, I attended “Telling” at NASPA in March ‘09. It was an amazing, emotional and eye-opening performance.
I am a counselor at the University of Alaska, Anchorage. Many veterans attend our campus as our community is made up of several branches of the military–Elmendorf and Fort Richardson border our city.
Out of curiousity, what is the process for bringing “Telling” to Anchorage and our University?
Thank you so much for your time,
Anna Hinman
907.786.4551

]]> Comment on Upcoming Performances by Roni Armstrong http://thetellingproject.org/upcoming-performances/#comment-204 Roni Armstrong Fri, 22 May 2009 17:15:22 +0000 http://thetellingproject.wordpress.com/?page_id=67#comment-204 I had the pleasure of seeing TheTelling in Portland, OR and was very impressed. It was an honor to receive my special invitation. I flew in from Sacramento, CA and it was well worth the trip. I highly recommend that everyone see this play given the opportunity. I only wish it was mandatory for this Nation's leaders to see TheTelling. I have an extra special appreciation of this play because of my role in writing the “Employment for Veterans with Disabilities, Report of Findings” to the Governor and California Legislature (http://www.edd.ca.gov/Jobs_and_Training/pubs/gcepd-evdreport2008.pdf). We conducted a series of Public Hearings and Veteran's Focus Groups throughout the State of California. This play brings all the work we did on that report to life. I can’t thank you enough! GREAT JOB!!! I would be willing to assist in any way possible in bringing TheTelling to California. Thanks again, Roni Armstrong I had the pleasure of seeing TheTelling in Portland, OR and was very impressed. It was an honor to receive my special invitation. I flew in from Sacramento, CA and it was well worth the trip. I highly recommend that everyone see this play given the opportunity. I only wish it was mandatory for this Nation’s leaders to see TheTelling. I have an extra special appreciation of this play because of my role in writing the “Employment for Veterans with Disabilities, Report of Findings” to the Governor and California Legislature (http://www.edd.ca.gov/Jobs_and_Training/pubs/gcepd-evdreport2008.pdf). We conducted a series of Public Hearings and Veteran’s Focus Groups throughout the State of California. This play brings all the work we did on that report to life. I can’t thank you enough! GREAT JOB!!! I would be willing to assist in any way possible in bringing TheTelling to California.
Thanks again,
Roni Armstrong

]]> Comment on Upcoming Performances by weinito http://thetellingproject.org/upcoming-performances/#comment-143 weinito Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:17:31 +0000 http://thetellingproject.wordpress.com/?page_id=67#comment-143 Thanks for your question Jim, and the answer is that we don't sell tickets because there are folks who won't be able to attend if we did and we don't want to turn anyone away. We will have a donation box at the performances, the funds from which will go towards outstanding costs, and after costs are covered, towards establishing a veterans scholarship fund at the university. We're also accepting donations sent to the Student Veterans Association at Portland State University at the address below. Checks should be made out to the SVA of Portland State University. Portland State University Student Veterans Association PO Box 751 Portland, OR, 97207 Again, thanks for the inquiry. Thanks for your question Jim, and the answer is that we don’t sell tickets because there are folks who won’t be able to attend if we did and we don’t want to turn anyone away. We will have a donation box at the performances, the funds from which will go towards outstanding costs, and after costs are covered, towards establishing a veterans scholarship fund at the university. We’re also accepting donations sent to the Student Veterans Association at Portland State University at the address below. Checks should be made out to the SVA of Portland State University.

Portland State University
Student Veterans Association
PO Box 751
Portland, OR, 97207

Again, thanks for the inquiry.

]]> Comment on Upcoming Performances by Jim Palmer http://thetellingproject.org/upcoming-performances/#comment-142 Jim Palmer Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:26:30 +0000 http://thetellingproject.wordpress.com/?page_id=67#comment-142 Are you selling tickets or taking donations? Are you selling tickets or taking donations?

]]> Comment on The Telling Project by Jonathan Wei http://thetellingproject.org#comment-8 Jonathan Wei Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:06:16 +0000 http://thetellingproject.wordpress.com/?page_id=35#comment-8 This comment is from Bill Mithoefer, sent to me via Facebook and in response to "Ash Wednesday." Thanks for your words, Bill. I guess it resonates with me because I remember very distinctly sitting in my little teenage hideaway off the living room in Accra when the military started shelling the broadcast house across the street. The first mortar that hit shook the wall of the house so much that I thought we were having a major end of Accra as we know it earthquake. Then I walked outside and hung out with all of the neighbors watching the Ghanaian troops continue to launch mortars across the street from where they were set up a couple of houses away, and it turned into our afternoon entertainment. This comment is from Bill Mithoefer, sent to me via Facebook and in response to “Ash Wednesday.” Thanks for your words, Bill.

I guess it resonates with me because I remember very distinctly sitting in my little teenage hideaway off the living room in Accra when the military started shelling the broadcast house across the street. The first mortar that hit shook the wall of the house so much that I thought we were having a major end of Accra as we know it earthquake. Then I walked outside and hung out with all of the neighbors watching the Ghanaian troops continue to launch mortars across the street from where they were set up a couple of houses away, and it turned into our afternoon entertainment.

]]> Comment on The Telling Project by Jonathan Wei http://thetellingproject.org#comment-7 Jonathan Wei Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:04:12 +0000 http://thetellingproject.wordpress.com/?page_id=35#comment-7 This comment string is from Joe Cantrell, a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, and Josh Coombs - in relation to Josh's "Ash Wednesday" clip. Joe Cantrell at 5:54pm December 22 Takes me back to the day Dan Johnstone, the guy Danielle's named after, and I were walking back to the boat from lunch in the officers' mess at My Tho, in the Mekong Delta. A Vietnamese Navy guy about 50 yards away kicked his Honda starter, where some clever VC had tied a grenade under the gas tank with a wire to the starter, and well, you know... It's still very hard to go back through that stuff, and the power of your production gets RIGHT AT IT. Joshua Coombs at 6:11pm December 22 So, Jon, you wanted my reaction to the clip... Well, to be honest, I generally don't like watching myself speak, because I'm either overly-critical of myself, or I feel like I'm bathing in narcissism. Watching it, I didn't think it would have any affect on me, considering that, well a) I lived the experience, and b) I remember giving the monologue. Well, the end of it still kinda made my hair stand on end. That's all. Joe Cantrell at 7:38pm December 22 Joshua, thanks for the scream. You spoke for millions of us. This comment string is from Joe Cantrell, a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, and Josh Coombs – in relation to Josh’s “Ash Wednesday” clip.

Joe Cantrell at 5:54pm December 22
Takes me back to the day Dan Johnstone, the guy Danielle’s named after, and I were walking back to the boat from lunch in the officers’ mess at My Tho, in the Mekong Delta. A Vietnamese Navy guy about 50 yards away kicked his Honda starter, where some clever VC had tied a grenade under the gas tank with a wire to the starter, and well, you know…
It’s still very hard to go back through that stuff, and the power of your production gets RIGHT AT IT.

Joshua Coombs at 6:11pm December 22
So, Jon, you wanted my reaction to the clip…
Well, to be honest, I generally don’t like watching myself speak, because I’m either overly-critical of myself, or I feel like I’m bathing in narcissism. Watching it, I didn’t think it would have any affect on me, considering that, well a) I lived the experience, and b) I remember giving the monologue. Well, the end of it still kinda made my hair stand on end. That’s all.

Joe Cantrell at 7:38pm December 22
Joshua, thanks for the scream. You spoke for millions of us.

]]> Comment on Jonathan Wei, Creator by Linda Swanson-Davies http://thetellingproject.org/jonathan-wei/#comment-5 Linda Swanson-Davies Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:07:44 +0000 http://thetellingproject.wordpress.com/?page_id=50#comment-5 What a hugely important undertaking, Jon. Congratulations and THANK YOU. Please let me know when it runs in Portland. What a hugely important undertaking, Jon. Congratulations and THANK YOU. Please let me know when it runs in Portland.

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