The performance piece Cadence: Home offers an intimate, honest and compassionate entry into the world of four veterans returning to New York from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This is a site-specific theatrical experience at Manhattan’s Metro Baptist Church, as the audience is invited to a memorial for Scott Matthews, a character based on a real man, a soldier who died in Afghanistan. It begins and ends with his memorial. Cadence: Home is a tribute to all of the men and woman who served, both those who made it home and those who did not.
In honor of Veterans Day it will be presented at 7 pm Nov. 7-10 and Nov. 14-17 at Metro Baptist Church 410 W. 40th St. NYC. The price is $18 general/ $15 for veterans. Group rates available. To purchase tickets, visit cadencehome.brownpapertickets.com. For more information, visit www.teaproject.com.
Cadence: Home was developed over nearly two years from Insight conversations with more than 40 returning vets – learning about their decisions, their fears, their hopes and their dreams. Guided by the Insight approach to documentary-style theatre, this theatrical experience helps close the gaps in understanding and compassion that divide military and nonmilitary civilians from each other through the dramatic insight of the performing arts.
The show considers several questions: What do we lose on the home front when friends and lovers go to war, and how do we replace "that?" And how do we make room for change – can we make room for change – when they come back?
Cadence: Home, which features live music, follows the inner journeys and outer struggles of four veterans, recently returned from Iraq and Afghanistan, who are trying to reestablish their lives and their relationships with their loved ones. One event affects and connects them all, the death of Scott Matthews, a marine killed in Afghanistan through an act of his own heroism. The prospect of a memorial service to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Scott’s death alerts these characters to the reality that they have not yet found either ease or rhythm in their postwar lives.
In honor of Veterans Day it will be presented at 7 pm Nov. 7-10 and Nov. 14-17 at Metro Baptist Church 410 W. 40th St. NYC. The price is $18 general/ $15 for veterans. Group rates available. To purchase tickets, visit cadencehome.brownpapertickets.com. For more information, visit www.teaproject.com.
Cadence: Home was developed over nearly two years from Insight conversations with more than 40 returning vets – learning about their decisions, their fears, their hopes and their dreams. Guided by the Insight approach to documentary-style theatre, this theatrical experience helps close the gaps in understanding and compassion that divide military and nonmilitary civilians from each other through the dramatic insight of the performing arts.
The show considers several questions: What do we lose on the home front when friends and lovers go to war, and how do we replace "that?" And how do we make room for change – can we make room for change – when they come back?
Cadence: Home, which features live music, follows the inner journeys and outer struggles of four veterans, recently returned from Iraq and Afghanistan, who are trying to reestablish their lives and their relationships with their loved ones. One event affects and connects them all, the death of Scott Matthews, a marine killed in Afghanistan through an act of his own heroism. The prospect of a memorial service to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Scott’s death alerts these characters to the reality that they have not yet found either ease or rhythm in their postwar lives.
Donovan, an air force vet, longs for the relatively carefree days of high school with Scott, Nate, and Matty. .. Nate and Matty have polarizing views of Donovan's choice to join the military and his status now that he is home.... Lisette, a marine vet, needs to reconcile her experiences of trying to measure up to the "boys" in the marines before she can find her womanhood as a civilian. Austin, a marine vet, cannot be fully present with his fiancee until he faces his guilt and the accompanying ghosts.... Ethan, an army vet, must count on himself, alone, to get him back on his feet and begin to accept a loss.
With four unique-yet-connected story lines unfolding at once in this site specific theatrical space, audiences engage dramatically in the range of complicated relationships and courageous journeys of these veterans on the way to the memorial of a fallen comrade, and the discovery of the courage it takes to find their Cadence: Home.
Created and co-produced by TE’A (Theatre, Engagement and Action), the production is spearheaded by Intersections International as part of its larger effort to heal the domestic consequences of our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan by organizing events and by convening dialogues that help veterans and nonmilitary civilians bridge the gaps in understanding, recognition and affirmation that separate them from each other and divide the nation as a whole.
The original company and creators of Cadence: Home are Joseph Reese, August Dannehl, Chuk Obasi, Nalini Sharma, and Amanda Marikar.
With four unique-yet-connected story lines unfolding at once in this site specific theatrical space, audiences engage dramatically in the range of complicated relationships and courageous journeys of these veterans on the way to the memorial of a fallen comrade, and the discovery of the courage it takes to find their Cadence: Home.
Created and co-produced by TE’A (Theatre, Engagement and Action), the production is spearheaded by Intersections International as part of its larger effort to heal the domestic consequences of our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan by organizing events and by convening dialogues that help veterans and nonmilitary civilians bridge the gaps in understanding, recognition and affirmation that separate them from each other and divide the nation as a whole.
The original company and creators of Cadence: Home are Joseph Reese, August Dannehl, Chuk Obasi, Nalini Sharma, and Amanda Marikar.
Michael Goldfried and Stefano Brancato co-direct. Alex Gemignani* composed the music. Members of TE'A Company are Jake Robards*, August Dannehl, Chuk Obasi, Purva Bedi*, Amanda Marikar, Collin Leydon*, Karen Eilbacher and Nabil Vinas. *Equity approved Showcase.
Intersections International is a New York-based non-government organization (NGO) that works at the intersection of communities in conflict to promote peace through dialogue, using direct service programs, advocacy, educational and informational outreach. Founded in 2007, Intersections is a multicultural initiative of the Collegiate Churches of New York, the oldest corporation in North America, dating back to 1628.
Using arts immersion, social marketing, intentional dialogue and other innovative methods, Intersections' work includes projects that promote pluralism in emerging democracies, eradicate ignorance regarding Islam, nurture global peacemakers, and initiate conversation among disparate groups to develop new ways of problem-solving for some of society's most intractable issues.
Since 2008, Intersections has conducted numerous Veteran-Civilian Dialogues, three-hour live events with equal numbers of veterans and civilians in facilitated conversations around the impact of war upon both groups. Two will be conducted in conjunction with Cadence: Home. These free gatherings will be held at 6 p.m. Nov. 12 at Intersections, 274 Fifth Ave. (between 29th and 30th Streets) and 6 p.m. Nov. 19 at John Jay College. Reservations are required: RSVP@Intersectionsinternational.org, attention Elaine.
The TE’A Project, founded in 2009 by Radha Kramer, integrates documentary-style interactive theatre with the “insight approach” to conflict mitigation and transformation, a recent development in the field inspired by the thought of Canadian philosopher Bernard Lonergan. The insight approach places careful attention to the roles played by our inner capacities for feeling, thinking and meaning-making when we lock ourselves into conflicts with other people — as well as the roles they play when we transform those conflicts. The TE’A Project dramatizes this performance on stage.
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