SCARS ON MY HEART A staged reading excerpted from MILSPEAK: WARRIORS, VETERANS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS WRITING THE MILITARY EXPERIENCE

SCARS ON MY HEART
A staged reading excerpted from
MILSPEAK: WARRIORS, VETERANS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS
WRITING THE MILITARY EXPERIENCE

Performance Art? Theatrical Memoir?
This dramatic reading weaves excerpts from Milspeak Writers’ true stories into a conversation among male and female voices.

SCARS ON MY HEART
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SCARS ON MY HEART
AWP VERSION
PRESENTED 9 APRIL 2010
AT
AWP CONFERENCE, HYATT REGENCY DENVER, MINERAL ROOM
10:00 AM

DIRECTOR
SALLY DRUMM

SCRIPTOLOGY
SALLY DRUMM

VIDEOGRAPHY
DENNIS ADAMS

VIGNETTES & VOICES

Introduction “Scars on My Heart” by Sally Drumm Female Voice 1 and “Silences” by Michael Kobre Male Voice 1
Read by Sally Drumm & Byron Ginter Vignette 1 “Reach Out in the Darkness” by Richard Peabody Male Voice 2 and “A Battalion Remembers” by Gen. Matthew P. Caulfield Male Voice 3
Read by Richard Peabody and Harry Parmer, Major USMC, Retired Vignette 2 “Marine Wife” by Vivian I. Bikulege Female Voice 2
Read By Vivian I. Bikulege Vignette 3 “Re-Membering” by Shawne Steiger Female Voice 3 and “The Clear and Honest Story: A Reconsideration of Writing, Trauma, and Transformation” by Dinty W. Moore Male Voice 4
Ready by Shawne Steiger and Byron Ginter Vignette 4 “Time” by Sondra Meek Female Voice 4 “Hymn” by Charlotte Brock Female Voice 5 and “Children Writing Grief” by Rebecca McClanahan Female Voice 6
Read by Vivian I. Bikulege, Shawne Steiger and Sally Drumm Endpiece “The Dying Time” by F.P. Siedentopf Male Voice 5
Read by Harry Parmer, Major USMC, Retired Audience Discussion Moderated by Sally Drumm 20 – 25 minutes

SCARS ON MY HEART
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PRESENTED 23, 24, 25, JULY 2009
AT BEAUFORT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, USCB, BEAUFORT, SC
Anthology Launch Version

Director
Dr. John Blair

Performers
Roges & Vacaboundes
and
The Rafael Sabatini Players

Scriptology
Sally Drumm

Videography
Dennis Adams

VOICES IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE

N THE NARRATOR (Dennis Adams) & Sally Drumm
“SCARS ON MY HEART” BY SALLY DRUMM
AND
“THE WEIGHT OF THE PEN” BY LISA ANNELOUISE RENTZ

VIGNETTE 1
“ALWAYS FAITHFUL” BY DAVID CHARLES
AND
“BRIGHT & PRESSED” BY STACY ATKINSON
MALE VOICE 1 (David Ellard), 2 (Fred Wilson), FEMALE VOICE 1 (Tabasco), CHORUS

VIGNETTE 2
“LIFE AS DREAM” BY YVONNE GREEN
FEMALE VOICE 2 (Charnel Kennedy), CHORUS

VIGNETTE 3
“THE FEZ” BY JACK HAYES
AND
“LET ME TAKE YOU ON A SEA CRUISE” BY F.P. SIEDENTOPF
MALE VOICES 3 (John Blair), 4 (Dennis Adams), 5

VIGNETTE 4
“JUMP IN FEET FIRST” BY NANCY WHITWORTH
FEMALE VOICE 3 (Amy Rabinowski)

VIGNETTE 5
“REMEMBERING MING” BY GERARD BOE
MALE VOICE 6 (Fred Wilson), FEMALE VOICE 4 (Abby Moonen), CHORUS

VIGNETTE 6
“CHERRY BLOSSOM TIME” BY BERNARD “MOE” HAAGENSEN
MALE VOICE 7 (Dave Falls), MALE VOICE 8 (Dennis Adams)

VIGNETTE 7
“SWEAT” BY DEBRA A. POCHIE
AND
“HAIR TODAY, GONE TOMORROW” BY MELISSA ELLIS
FEMALE VOICES 5 (Tabasco) & 6 (Charnel Kennedy) , MALE VOICE 9 (Dennis Adams), CHORUS

VIGNETTE 8
“MARINE WIFE” BY VIVIAN I. BIKULEGE
FEMALE VOICE 7 READ BY VIVIAN I. BIKULEGE

INTERMISSION

VIGNETTE 9
“FIRST COMBAT CONVOY” BY DAVID CHARLES
MALE VOICE 10 (Dave Falls), MALE VOICE 11 (David Ellard), CHORUS

VIGNETTE 10
“JUST BREATHE” BY BERNARD “MOE” HAAGENSEN
MALE VOICE 12 (Dave Falls), CHORUS

VIGNETTE 11
“GIANT” BY KATHRYN EVANS PARKER
FEMALE VOICE 8 (Debbie Curry), MALE VOICE 13

VIGNETTE 12
“GOOD-BYE” BY MONICA GREER
FEMALE VOICE 9 (Leslie & Hannah), CHORUS

VIGNETTE 13
“TIME” BY SONDRA MEEK
AND
“HYMN” BY CHARLOTTE BROCK
FEMALE VOICE 10 (Sally Drumm), FEMALE VOICE 11 (Abby Moonen), CHORUS

VIGNETTE 14
“FINAL MEMOIR” BY F.P. SIEDENTOPF
MALE VOICE 12 (Dave Falls)

ENDPIECE
“THE TREES” BY JO ANN DOANE
READ BY VOICE 25

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