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Echoes of War

Arcata Playhouse

Echoes of War is an original performance that documents veterans, their families and survivors of war and their experiences of coming home. Featuring live music and local participants, this production is a California Humanities Community Stories Project. Veterans, their families and survivors of war take the stage to present their experiences of coming home. Echoes of War has three elements: recording stories for a local audio archive and the Library of Congress, a live presentation of stories and a radio broadcast in November. Through a series of workshops participants have crafted their experiences into pieces to present in the production. The project has also been collecting audio interviews and images from the community at large which will combine with live music to create the final production of Echoes of War. “If we never share our struggles then how can we ever expect society to understand this better?” said a project participant Among our participants are Vietnam veterans, a National Guardsman who served in Afghanistan, a Bosnian Muslim who fled her home in Sarajevo, a Jewish woman who was able to get out of Germany, but at the expense of a long absence from her family, a veteran of Iraq and a Navy veteran who now participates annually in the Run to the Wall every Memorial Day.

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WHERE

• Arcata Playhouse

PRICE

• $10
• $8 veterans and members