Letters Home Kicks Off the 2009-2010 Robinson & Cole Family Series at The Bushnell
Letters Home, which brings to life actual letters from American soldiers, takes to the Belding Theater stage Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
Hartford, CT – August 18, 2009 – The moving performance Letters Home, based on letters from actual soldiers currently fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, will take place in The Bushnell’s Belding Theater on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. While making no political statement, this eloquent production reveals a poignant and powerful oral history of the modern day American soldier. Letters Home is part of the Robinson & Cole Family Series.
Tickets for Letters Home go on sale Monday, August 24 at 10:00 a.m. and can be purchased by visiting The Bushnell Box Office in person, by phone at 860-987-5900, or online at www.bushnell.org. Tickets are $20.00. This show is appropriate for teens 14 and up.
Letters Home is inspired by the New York Times article, The Things They Wrote, the HBO documentary, Last Letters Home, and additionally uses letters and correspondences from Frank Schaeffer’s books, Voices From the Front, Letters Home From America’s Military Family, Faith of Our Sons, and Keeping Faith. The correspondences in the show not only represent letters from soldiers home to their families, but also their parents letters back to them, which hold equal significance. The production seeks to help define patriotism and what it means to serve our country today, through acts of bravery, compassion, social responsibility, sense of community and humanity from the perspective of the men and women who are on the frontlines and those that are closest to them.
About The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
The Bushnell is Connecticut’s premier performing arts center, hosting more than 350 events yearly, including major Broadway tours, symphony orchestras, family presentations, local arts and community events. The Bushnell is home to two theaters- the historic 2,800-seat Mortensen Hall, and the 907-seat Belding Theater, a state-of-the-art performance hall that opened in 2001. The Bushnell’s nationally recognized, award-winning, arts-in-education program, PARTNERS® (Partners in Arts and Education Revitalizing Schools), now in its 17th year, is a cross-community educational effort serving 21 schools and educational organizations in 8 districts across Connecticut. The Bushnell opened in January 1930 and is a non-profit organization. For more information, call The Bushnell at (860) 987-6000, The Bushnell Box Office at (860) 987-5900 or visit our website at www.bushnell.org.
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With support from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism.