True Story Theater : : Clients

We have created special events for a wide variety of audiences.
Our clients have included:

Hospices: Beacon Hospice, Hospice Care Inc., and Health Care Dimensions Hospice at the Dana Farber Center, team-building for volunteers (see letter)
The Wellness Center, for elderly and disabled residents, on joys and challenges of ageing (see letter)
Star of David Nursing and Alzheimer's Center, patients telling their stories
Wellness Community, people in treatment for cancer telling their stories
Children's Room, bereavement center for children and teens who have lost family members
Systems Centered Therapy: international conference
MA Dept. of Public Health, Keep Moving Program, appreciation event for seniors leading walking clubs

Boston City-wide Dialogues on Racial and Ethnic Diversity
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture training on including sexual orientation diversity in the workplace
Diversity Task Group of Arlington Vision 2020, on issues of diversity
Training for citizen reporters for diversity articles for the Arlington Advocate newspaper
St. Andrew's Church of Marblehead, on healing class diversity
Women's Institute for Leadership, conference on women in leadership in the labor movement

University of Massachusetts, Lowell, team-building for administrators and senior faculty
Simmons College School of Social Work, faculty team-building, and training on theatre for social change
Lesley University, in-service session for expressive therapy students
Codman Academy Charter school, workshop for an oral history class of 9th and 10th graders
Cardinal Cushing School, in-service session for staff of a school for children with special needs
Emerson College, theatre students
National homeschooling conference, performance for families

Central Congregational Church in Jamaica Plain, to celebrate their 150th anniversary, and later, to help the congregation come to terms with another more challenging transition
First Parish Church in Bridgewater, for a service on "The Gift of Giving"

Wainwright Bank, a show on public attitudes about money
Success Associates and WIND, networking event for professionals in job transition
Datasys Corporation, team-building event for employees

National Conference for Community Justice teen leadership camp, opening session for getting to know each other (see letter)
Britney Spears Foundation camp for performing arts teens, closing session to reflect on week's learning
Youth Philanthropy Worldwide, program for high school children in Miami on how to make a difference in the world.
Youth for Environmental Sanity, for their leveraging privilege jam

Healing Story Alliance and the National Storytelling Network, annual conference
National Association of Poetry Therapy, annual conference
National Association for Drama Therapy conference, day-long workshop on playback theatre

Cardinal Medeiros Transitional Program: supporting men dealing with homelessness and many recovery from addiction
Jamaica Plain co-housing community, as a team-building session
Community Circle: support group for men who are out of prison and getting back in the community
Artists Respond to War, to help artists deal with their reactions to the U.S. war in Iraq
The Peace Abbey, as a Sept 11th remembrance
Somerville Growing Center, for teens and their parents about the joys and challenges of growing up

Arlington Town Day, public town-wide event, on the theme of celebrating life in Arlington
May FireArts Festival on the Boston Esplanade
First Night Boston 2004, 2006, and 2007; First Night Groton 2005, to celebrate
Jamaica Plain cohousing's anniversary celebration
A wedding celebration