A
touring company of original productions
developed through interviews by
Carrie Gibson, Tony
Curry and John
Vreeke (director)
Three shows:
Not Until You Know
My Story - Individuals who are
discriminated against
Into the Fire
- the Story of
Individuals who have Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder
Because You Know Me
- Gay Lesbian Bisexual and
Transgender Discrimination
 
 Because
You Know Me
Written and performed
by
Anthony Curry and Carrie Gibson
Directed by
John Vreeke
 Because You
Know Me
has been created from the words of
twenty-two people
who address gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual inclusion from a
variety of perspectives. Because You Know Me puts a
human face on the issues that affect the LGBT community. The actors
portray people who tell stories about life, work, military service,
community and parenting, and how those areas can be affected by
misunderstanding and bias. As long as people have to hide part of who
they are, their ability to bring their authentic self to work
and be
fully engaged is compromised.
Carrie
Gibson and Tony Curry create theater and drama from conversations. They
research a subject by talking to people who live the experience. They
magically take their words and create a performance that allows us to
step into the shoes of real people and come out feeling their
experiences in our gut, in our soul. Watching Carrie and Tony perform
is empathy on steroids. Thank you.
Into The Fire
Written and performed
by
Anthony Curry and Carrie Gibson
Directed by John Vreeke
Into the
Fire is an
exploration of our returning vets with disabilities and combat related
trauma and their stories as they integrate into their families,
communities, educational institutions and the workforce. Many employers
and educators are anticipating the opportunities as well as the
challenges that may occur when including our returning veterans. The
actor/playwrights will recreate the stories of both male and female
Veterans who have returned from Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam. There
will also be an exploration of the generational effects of the war
experience on the children and families of our veterans. The audience will
meet
people who will elicit a wide variety of emotional responses and
thoughts designed to create awareness, empathy, and new ways to respond
to veterans as they rejoin our workforce and communities.
 The play
is stunning. It is powerful, poignant, and truthful. I have been
working with returning veterans for a long time. If you care enough
about the men and women who have served our country, who are our
colleagues, students, friends, spouses, and children, please find the
courage to see Into the Fire. We owe it to them to try
and understand. Though
we and other non-military folks in your
audience will never truly feel the depth of these experiences, I think
that the both of you have created a piece of art like no other. You
know that art is successful when it is able to bring out emotions and
responses in others, and that you have done beautifully.
 Quotes: "for the unique privilege that I had been
given to watch the
production, Into the Fire, created by playwrights, Carrie Gibson and
Tony Curry. I felt as if Carrie and Tony had taken front row seats into
the lives of my parents and had written down my parents’ every nuance,
every behavior, their very words. They brilliantly, thoughtfully, and
compassionately captured not only the physical but the lingering
psychological trauma that our soldiers and their families experience
upon a soldier’s return home from combat. As the daughter of a combat
vet, I came to an anguishing, and embarrassing realization that my
dads’ behavior and my reaction to it had a name and that it was far too
common among veteran families. I had never known. I know that my
father would love to see this performance, and he that
would finally breathe a sigh of relief that someone finally gets him."
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