On the Front Line: Three Generations of Soldiers’ Voices
Event Type
Event
Location
Murphy Recital Hall
Start Date
29-10-2009 7:30 PM
End Date
29-10-2009 9:45 PM
Description
On The Front Line features the stories of a diverse group of California veterans from World War II through Iraq: gathered from interviews by Los Angeles actors/writers and told in a dramatic narrative to be shared with the veterans themselves and with us, the citizens they served. Their experiences touch on issues of civil rights, self-identity, and the long-lasting consequences of war in the hearts and minds of the soldiers who fought in them. Performance will be followed by a post-play discussion with a team of humanities experts (including Professors Lawrence Tritle, History; Ron K. Barrett, Psychology; Marsha Oseas, VA Medical Center Volunteer Trainer), the veterans whose stories have been told, and their writer/actors. This project was generated by a California Council for the Humanities “California Stories” grant and matching support from Loyola Marymount University .
True stories from: Mike Baldrige (Marines, Vietnam ), Thad Rasuli Ballew ( Navy , Vietnam ), Wendy Barranco ( Army , Iraq ), Abraham Salazar Beruman (Marines, Iraq ), Col. Franklin J. Henderson ( Army , Korea ), J.W. Holman ( Army , Vietnam ), David Jenett (Navy, WWII), Chris Mandia (Marines, Iraq ), Vincent Migliazzo (Army, WWII), George M. Omi ( Army , Korea ), Delton Sutherland ( Army , Iraq ).
Directed by Judith Royer, C.S.J., edited by Doris Baizley. Contributing Artists: Richard Azurdia, Linda Bannister, Doris Baizley, Catharine Christof, Harry Cronin, April Fitzsimmons, Johnny Garofalo, Joyce Guy, Jim Holmes, James E. Hurd, Jr., Greg Koppenhaver, Howard Lavick, Michaela Lavick, Chris Mandia, Emma McHugh, Ken Narasaki, Marsha Oseas, Nicole Rossi, Christopher Sweeney, and DeSean Terry, Alex Van Doren, Dan Weingarten.
A reception followed the movie screening.
Theme of the day: Forgotten: Crime, Punishment, and Impunity
Whoever now laughs somewhere in the night, laughs without reason in the night, laughs at me.
On the Front Line: Three Generations of Soldiers’ Voices
Murphy Recital Hall
On The Front Line features the stories of a diverse group of California veterans from World War II through Iraq: gathered from interviews by Los Angeles actors/writers and told in a dramatic narrative to be shared with the veterans themselves and with us, the citizens they served. Their experiences touch on issues of civil rights, self-identity, and the long-lasting consequences of war in the hearts and minds of the soldiers who fought in them. Performance will be followed by a post-play discussion with a team of humanities experts (including Professors Lawrence Tritle, History; Ron K. Barrett, Psychology; Marsha Oseas, VA Medical Center Volunteer Trainer), the veterans whose stories have been told, and their writer/actors. This project was generated by a California Council for the Humanities “California Stories” grant and matching support from Loyola Marymount University .
True stories from: Mike Baldrige (Marines, Vietnam ), Thad Rasuli Ballew ( Navy , Vietnam ), Wendy Barranco ( Army , Iraq ), Abraham Salazar Beruman (Marines, Iraq ), Col. Franklin J. Henderson ( Army , Korea ), J.W. Holman ( Army , Vietnam ), David Jenett (Navy, WWII), Chris Mandia (Marines, Iraq ), Vincent Migliazzo (Army, WWII), George M. Omi ( Army , Korea ), Delton Sutherland ( Army , Iraq ).
Directed by Judith Royer, C.S.J., edited by Doris Baizley. Contributing Artists: Richard Azurdia, Linda Bannister, Doris Baizley, Catharine Christof, Harry Cronin, April Fitzsimmons, Johnny Garofalo, Joyce Guy, Jim Holmes, James E. Hurd, Jr., Greg Koppenhaver, Howard Lavick, Michaela Lavick, Chris Mandia, Emma McHugh, Ken Narasaki, Marsha Oseas, Nicole Rossi, Christopher Sweeney, and DeSean Terry, Alex Van Doren, Dan Weingarten.
A reception followed the movie screening.
Theme of the day: Forgotten: Crime, Punishment, and Impunity
Whoever now laughs somewhere in the night, laughs without reason in the night, laughs at me.
