Comments for The Telling Project

Comment on SPECIAL – Telling: Donaldson CF by Molly Martinez

Molly Martinez — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:11:28 +0000

Fascinating story! He had holes in his car and didn’t even know he was being shot at. Great project. I feel so privileged to be able to hear these stories.

Comment on by Drew Scharff

Drew Scharff — Mon, 09 May 2011 21:38:39 +0000

I saw this performance at Towson University on Saturday 7th. It was spectacular. I thought every student should hear this message.

Comment on Upcoming by The Telling Project Gives Military Veterans a Voice « Towson University’s Outreach Blog

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:40:29 +0000

[...] has been working with Baltimore’s 6th Branch and Veteran Artist Program, and the Texas-based Telling Project over the past six months to interview, script, train and [...]

Comment on by Proud Marine Mom

Proud Marine Mom — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:57:44 +0000

Telling: Sacramento AWESOME SHOW! To bad if you missed it – it was great all 3 showings. We received a lot of very positive feedback.

Comment on by ambivalentmonk

ambivalentmonk — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:36:44 +0000

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 Bring Telling to Your Town by Anna Hinman

Anna Hinman — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:28:46 +0000

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 by Roni Armstrong

Roni Armstrong — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:15:22 +0000

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 by Jonathan Wei

Jonathan Wei — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:06:16 +0000

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 by Jonathan Wei

Jonathan Wei — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:04:12 +0000

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

Linda Swanson-Davies — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:07:44 +0000

What a hugely important undertaking, Jon. Congratulations and THANK YOU. Please let me know when it runs in Portland.