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"Voices in Conflict" featured on WTNH series

by: Scarce

Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 15:59:13 PM EDT

As part of their week-long series "Iraq War: A Young Perspective" last night Sara Welch featured "Voices in Conflict". ctblogger has the first installment below. As Sara Welch of WTNH puts it "This week on WTNH, we are profiling teenagers in Connecticut who are using their artistic talents to voice their concerns about Iraq. The teens use music, theater and books to express themselves. It's impressive to see how well spoken they are." You can comment at the WTNH blog or contact Sara Welch directly at e-mail Sara.Welch(at)wtnh.com for your thoughts on their series.

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Teens speaking truth to power (0.00 / 0)

In the last several weeks we've seen some impressive and mature voices emerge from high school students.

High school student Jesse Lange calmly exposes Bill O'Reilly's hypocrisy.

Presidential Scholars on Democracy Now!

"Last week President Bush got a personal rebuke from an unexpected source. In a meeting with this year's high school Presidential Scholars, he was handed a letter signed by fifty of the students criticizing the White House's detention policies and support for torture in the so-called war on terror. We speak with two of the students."

* Mari Oye. Presidential Scholar from Wellesley High School in Massachusetts.
* Leah Anthony Libresco. Presidential Scholar from the Wheatley School in Mineola, New York

by: Scarce @ Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 20:58:11 PM UTC

July 12-13 performances added (0.00 / 0)

The Vineyard Theatre has added two 9pm performances July 12-13 to its return engagement of Voices in Conflict-- a controversial new play about the war in Iraq, created by advanced theatre students of Wilton High School, which was banned from performance by school officials. In addition to the three originally announced 7pm performances on July 11-13, Voices in Conflict will be presented at 9pm on July 12 and 13 at Vineyard Theatre (108 East 15th Street), where the play made its New York premiere last month. Bonnie Dickinson directs.

http://broadwayworld...

by: Scarce @ Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 23:49:52 PM UTC