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That Uppity Theatre Company produced “Peace Out! An Artistic Resistance to War,” one of the largest arts collaborations in the history of St. Louis at the Center of Creative Arts (COCA). Approximately 800 people attended this one-night only event.
Deborah Stoddard, left Joan Lipkin, right - Photo: Suzy Gorman
Joan Lipkin and local poet, Deborah Stoddard, conceived of “Peace Out!,” as an opportunity for both artists and the general public to process the concepts of peace and war through participation in various activities and experiences. Joan and Deborah first worked together in a poetry performance group about race, “After Rodney,” in 1994. Ten years later, they reunited to put together this performance event that took place one week after the presidential debates were held in St. Louis and approximately two weeks before Election Day.
They were joined by a core organizing team of women that ranged from Jamie Cendroski, a 23 year old graphic designer, to Hedy Epstein, an 80 year old Holocaust survivor.
Back row, left to right: Ashley Nanney, Deborah Stoddard, Joan Lipkin, Hedy Epstein Front row, left to right: Sarah Shimchick, Stephanie Williams, Jamie Cendroski - Photo: Suzy Gorman
Painter Peter Shank designed a compelling poster to promote the event that listed over 100 participants.
The performance included staged interpretations of selected texts from poetsagainstthewar.org. This website was founded by poet Sam Hamill upon receiving an invitation to the White House the morning after reading of President Bush’s proposed plans for a “shock and awe” attack on Iraq. Of the site’s approximate 22,000 poems, Joan and Deborah selected 20 to be featured during the central performance. Poems included the work of first-time writers, as well as work by well-known poets including Philip Whalen, Rita Dove, and Katha Pollitt.
Musicians of Joia - Photo: Dale Dufer
Uppity invited both prominent and emerging local choreographers, directors, and composers to stage the individual poems. Musicians included Lydia Ruffin, Carol Schmidt, Blake Travis, Charlie Pfeiffer, John MacEnulty, Mitsu Saito, Jan Marra, Gloria and Michael Baumeister, Mary Sparks, Symmetry, Robin Anderson, Peco and the Messenger with Q. Man, and City Folk, among others. Additional participants included The Black Rep’s Peghee Calvin and Linda Kennedy, Lee Nolting and COCAdance, Gary W. Barker, Metro Theatre Company’s Emily Petkewich, Jacqueline Masei, Mariah Richardson, and Erica Sutherlin, Wendy Ballard, Alice Bloch, Dawn Karlovsky, Sarah Anne Patz, Mary Ann Rund, members of The DisAbility Project, Gary F. Bell’s Stray Dog Theatre, Ken Haller and members of Hydeware Theatre Collective, HotCity Theatre’s Chris Mannelli, Margeau Steineau, and Donna Parrone, Bill Grivna, Lavelle Wilkins-Chin, Shirley LeFlore, K. Curtis Lyle, and Jane Ellen Ibur, among others. The main stage performance was a compilation of the individual pieces and was offered twice during the evening. The performance was taped by KDHX TV and has been broadcast on local cable stations.
Beyond staging work from Poets
Against the War, “Peace Out!” was an
interactive event that featured many
activities and modes of expression.
Additional offerings included a
St. Louis Poetry Salon, curated by
WORD in Motion, the collective
that produced the National Slam
Festival in St. Louis. In another
area, a Peace Coffeehouse facilitated
by Gen Obata offered a place for
the public to listen to music by local
performers. Attendees could also
create their own haikus or make
origami. Finished products were
displayed on installations created
by visual artist Elisa S. Forgelman.
Refreshments were available, as
well as wares at the Peace Boutique,
and over twenty peace and social
justice organizations had tables with
information including Alternatives
to Military Service, American
Civil Liberties Union, Citizens for
Global Solutions, Equal Housing
Opportunity Council, Healthcare
Justice Education Fund, Human
Rights Action Service, Leftbank
Books, Missourians Against
Handgun Violence, Move on PAC,
Peace Economy Project, PROMO,
St. Louis Instead of War Coalition,
St. Louis Labor Against the War,
St. Louis Peace and Justice Shares,
Veterans for Peace, Women in Black,
and Women’s International League
for Peace and Freedom, among
others.“As the casualties mount for
both Americans and Iraqis, bold
measures are required to promote
real conversation about the path
on which our nation is embarked,”
Joan said. “We are interested in
breaking through the cacophony of
sound bites and increasing claims on
people’s time and attention. ‘Peace
Out!’ was an opportunity to bring
together the artistic community to
use their particular skills to protest
the war and to attract participation
by a wide range of individuals.”
Joan, Steph and Debbie
Words from the Co-producers
Welcome to Peace Out!
How good it is to be alive. To be in this space and in this breath. Together. To exercise our right to come together for the artistic expression of ideas about which we all feel strongly. While we still have civil liberties. While we still have the right to congregate.
We are all busy people. More and more. And this is one busy time of the year. But last spring, as we watched the causalities mount in Iraq, as more and more people died or suffered injuries, as we watched a society in another part of the world get ripped apart, as we watched schoolchildren starving in St. Louis and arts programming and social services cut to feed a voracious war machine, we said, "Enough!" It is enough. And we must raise our voices as best we know how. Through art.
Dancer Bill T. Jones said, "The artist should be the freest individual in our society. He should set an agenda for personal liberty and intellectual investigation."
We couldn't agree more.
This is a very different kind of event. It has no public funding. A few generous individuals have sent in some donations, and while we are deeply appreciative of the donations, they do not cover the cost of doing this event. We tried to raise money in the midst of an election year and a soft economy and failed pretty miserably. At least in terms of funds. And we will still need to make that up somehow.
But we are rich in human contributions. Almost every artist we asked said, "Of course. Count me in!" And a core group of extraordinary women--Jamie Cendroski, Hedy Epstein, Elisa S. Forgelman, Ashley Nanney and Sarah Shimchick--has been working diligently for months to design this event. And then there are our volunteers this evening. Please thank them for helping out; without them, this event could not happen.
And so, tonight, this one night, we have 100 artists, maybe more, coming together to share their creativity and spirit, and the irreplaceable gift of time, to express their artistic resistance to war.
Why are artists generally so opposed to war? We have been asked that question over and over. We have asked the question of ourselves. And there is no single answer. We do know that art is about the particular moment. And that the attempt to create is the very essence of life--and the antithesis of war.
Art is about connection, the ability to share, to empathize with other people's realities. No matter how remote or different. And when you can truly empathize, violence is hard to justify.
Art is also about the imagination, communication and FREEDOM to create. And when we dare to imagine freely, we conceive other ways of doing things. Positive, productive possibilities.
Our collective imagination in this country right now is challenged by fear. So this evening is about stepping back from that fear and imagining. Imagining new possibilities for us here in St.Louis; imagining new possibilities for the world. How we can connect to each other in meaningful ways. How we can join to change things for the better, so we can live together in peace.
We hope you will take full advantage of this evening. Check out the various spaces. The Peace Coffeehouse with music managed by Gen Obata. The St. Louis Poetry Salon curated by WORD in Motion with some of St. Louis's finest poets, including our very own K. Curtis Lyle, who will receive a Warrior Poet Award. Now that is the kind of warrior we like to see: a warrior of words. Then return to the salon at 9 for an open mic and the chance to speak your mind.
Take time to contemplate the quotations in the art installations areas: Visual artist Elisa S. Forgelman has created a space for you to participate even further, by writing and hanging haikus or doing origami.
Meet our exhibitors who are here to speak with you personally about the important work of their organizations and how you can get involved.
There is food. There is drink. There are great, important and fun conversations to be had tonight.
Please take the time to introduce yourself to at least one person you do not know and ask why they're here. Tell them who you are.
We do not have the time to be shy--to stay strictly within our own enclaves. The peace train is leaving the station. All aboard!
With love and respect,
Joan Lipkin and Deborah Stoddard
October 16, 2004
Praise for Peace Out!
“Congratulations to you! What a phenomenal event you created!”
Emily Petkewich Participant & Education Director, Metro Theatre Company
“I think it was a wonderful event. The energy you guys put into it, to organize all of it, was amazing. I had no idea of both the detail and the scope of the project…Thank you for your vision on this one and for your vision and dedication to so very many other socially conscious and artistically significant projects. I was honored to have been involved.”
Bill Grivna Participant & Artistic Associate, HotCity Theatre
“It was an incredible event, filled with such beauty, power, and emotion...You should be very proud. You are making a positive difference in the world!”
Rosemary Watts Dreams Unlimited, Dreaming Peace Quilt
“What a wonderful collaboration… ART - what a wonderful blessing we have been given. Thanks again.”
Linda Kennedy Performer, The St. Louis Black Repertory Theatre Company
“I loved the show on Saturday. Each poem was interpreted so differently from the others. It was great.”
Mary McHugh Regional Arts Commission Panelist
“Peace Out! was
so much more
than heatre.
Imagine so
many dancers,
poets, musicians,
and actors,
transforming
a building into a
sanctuary. Mix
in the energy of
an audience of
over 800 and it
was a microcosm
of our ideal
world. Thanks
to all of our
gifted directors
for making
Peace Out!
unforgettable.”
Stuart Falk
Performer, The
DisAbility Project
“What can I say? I was moved to tears on many
occasions tonight. One of my most memorable theatre
experiences. Many, many thanks.”
Neal Richardson, Audience Member & Educator, Webster University
Press
Coalition of the Hopeful
Peace Out! shouts back
Riverfront Times
Riverfront Times SAT 10/16
Hey, remember that debate last week? The one where the male, middle-aged, Caucasian, Yale-educated millionaire who's running for president sparred verbally with the male, middle-aged, Caucasian, Yale-educated millionaire who's running for president? That was great. But what about the rest of America? When do the women, the minorities, the young and the old get their 
say? When do you get to talk?
At 7 p.m., as part of Peace Out! at the Center of Creative Arts (524 Trinity Avenue), that's when.
Peace Out!, a multimedia event rooted in the power of the Word, is, as the name implies, devoted to the idea of peace. Organized by poets Deborah Stoddard and Joan Lipkin, Peace Out! seeks to provide an outlet for creative resistance to war. From the thousands of works available at www.poetsagainstthewar.org, Stoddard and Lipkin selected twenty poems that they felt represented a journey toward empathy, then invited dozens of area artists, choreographers, musicians, dancers and actors to interpret these verses on stage. A host of St. Louis' progressive social organizations and arts groups quickly came aboard, but the core organizing group remains entirely female. Lipkin claims that's because "Women just get things done," an assertion that anyone with a mother can understand.
Still, one gender doesn't mean one voice: Lipkin believes that the country as a whole is "suffering a loss of imagination that pre-dated, but was exacerbated by, 9/11," and Peace Out! welcomes everyone who wishes to rectify that loss. In addition to the mainstage performance of the twenty selected poems (aided by projected images graciously provided by dhTV and KDHX [88.1 FM]), a St. Louis Poetry Salon hosted by Word in Motion takes place in COCA's dance studio, allowing local poets to speak their own minds. Taking the idea of inclusion even further, Peace Out! encourages everyone to add their seventeen syllables to the discussion in the Haiku Corner. Think of the entire evening as a debate with many parties, each given the opportunity to say their piece.
Admission is $10, with a $5 option for seniors and students, and free to all veterans. Call 314-995-4600 for more information. -- Paul Friswold
Give Peace Out! a Chance
Submitted by Janet Vigen
"One of the most culturally significant artistic events held in St. Louis this year."
That's how Joan Lipkin describes Peace Out!, an interactive performance event to take place on Saturday, October 16, at the Center of Creative Arts (COCA) in the University City Loop.
Lipkin, Artistic Director of That Uppity Theatre Company, predicts "it's going to be huge."
She conceptualized this project in partnership with local poet Deborah Stoddard. The two first joined artistic forces a decade ago in "After Rodney," a poetry performance group about race and racism, in response to events surrounding the 1994 riots in Los Angeles.
Ten years later they are together again, this time responding to the war in Iraq. Late last spring, urged by the need to do something to oppose this conflict and war in general, they came up with a way to promote peace as they knew best: through artistic _expression. Thus was conceived Peace Out!, a one-night-only arts happening resisting the violence of war.
From the beginning, time was an essential element. This event is scheduled one week after the presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis and just over two weeks before Election Day. "We're in a tenuous position," explains Lipkin. "We will never be at this particular political moment again."
To take advantage of this moment, Lipkin sees Peace Out! as an opportunity "to get people thinking about peace, how to commit to peace, how they can have a role in bringing peace about."
Their specific inspiration comes from texts on the Poets Against the War website http://www.poetsagainstthewar.org . Founded by poet Sam Hammil in response to receipt of an invitation to the White House the morning after he read of the President's proposed plans for an attack on Iraq, the site now includes approximately 16,000 poems. Stoddard is among the poets published on the site. She and Lipkin have chosen 20 poems to be featured during the central performance aspect of the night.
It was a careful, deliberate selection process. "We passed over longer poems for shorter pieces that could be staged through the means of dance and performance," says Lipkin. All of the poems fit within an overall theme. "We wanted to craft an emotional journey of experience, centered around the stages of grief: shock, disbelief, anger, sorrow, negotiation, reconciliation and hope."
Lipkin has invited local choreographers, directors and composers to present staged interpretations of the poems, each extending from two to four minutes for the mainstage performance. Each poem will be projected onto the stage wall as it is presented. This performance will take place at 7 PM and repeat at 9 PM.
Beyond the staging of work from Poets Against the War, Peace Out! is designed as an interactive event with hands-on activities and various modes of _expression. In COCA's downstairs studio, a politically-themed poetry showcase at 7 PM will be curated by Word in Motion, the collective that produced the National Slam Festival in St. Louis this summer.
This showcase will feature St. Louis poets, including Shirley LeFlore, Michael Castro, K. Curtis Lyle, Jane Ellen Ibur, Mama Blue, Darlene Roy, Lavelle Wilkins-Chin, Fo Feet and Jeff Hamilton. Following the showcase, aspiring poets and performers are invited to take part in an open mic session at 9 PM.
"This is a really strong opportunity for St. Louis poets to have a voice," says Lipkin. "We're creating a balance of energy between established and emerging artists."
In addition, attendees may choose to to create their own poetry by writing haikus and displaying them for others to read.
Other activities include making origami camels or cranes, browsing the Peace Boutique, and visiting tables staffed by various peace and social justice organizations. "We are giving tables to progressive organizations," says Lipkin, "with the stipulation that they must be there in person, to emphasize the interactive nature of the event."
More than a dozen progressive organizations are co-sponsoring the event, including Veterans for Peace, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Equal Housing Opportunity Commission, Human Rights Action Service, St. Louis Justice and Peace Shares, Instead of War Coalition Group, Women in Black, Peace Economy Project, the ACLU, PROMO, and United Healthcare Justice Fund, among others.
Peace Out! also is co-sponsored by KDHX FM 88.1 and dhTV: Community Media in St. Louis. dhTV will provide anti-war films and video clips to run throughout the event.
"We want people to have a really multifaceted experience about peace," says Lipkin, "poetically, performatively, visually, informationally and musically."
In fact, music will be an integral part of the evening. As they arrive, guests will be greeted and "drummed in" by Joia's Rick Kramer, and others. Inside the art gallery, attendees will find an area dedicated to music. Here, they may sip coffee while listening to the sounds of Gen Obata, who also is curating. Other featured musicians include City Folk, Mary Sparks and Jan Marra.
On the mainstage, Mitsu Saito and John MacEnulty will provide transitional music between the poetic performances. Even one of the poems has been set to music by Carol Schmidt (of Jasmine fame), who will perform the piece with Lydia Ruffin.
The peace-oriented tone of the event will be evident immediately upon entrance to the Center. "Visual artist Elisa Forgelman is creating an exciting environmental installation," notes Lipkin, "so that the space is transformed from the time people enter the doors."
To soothe appetites, food and beverages will be available at a reasonable cost. Affordability is key to this event, according to Lipkin. "Most everyone involved is donating their time."
Tickets may be purchased at the door. They are free for veterans and $5 for seniors, students, people under 22, people with disabilities, and self-determined low-income. Tickets are $10 for the general public.
A core group of women, ranging from Jamie Cendroski, a 23-year-old graphic designer, to Hedy Epstein, an 80-year-old Holocaust survivor and peace activist, have worked to organize this event. Their goal, according to Lipkin, is to "galvanize young voters into realizing they have a voice and to create awareness that there are a lot of ways to promote peace and justice in our community."
Lipkin emphasizes the unique nature of Peace Out!: "Sometimes people hear about an event after it's over and then want to attend the next performance. This event will never be repeated."
Doors open at 6 PM, with the first performance beginning at 7 PM and a second performance at 9 PM. Activities continue until midnight.
"Spend the entire evening or just stop by for a while," encourages Lipkin, "but go."
For more information and to volunteer, call That Uppity Theatre Company (314-995-4600).
This article © 2004 Janet Vigen, all rights reserved.
“Peace Out” Performance - The Power Of Poetry
by Nancy Larson
Vital Voice
Joan Lipkin, co-producer of "Peace Out" and Artistic Director of That Uppity Theatre Company, Stephanie Williams of Word in Motion, and Deborah Stoddard, poet and co-producer of "Peace Out"
ST. LOUIS–With the smell of politics wafting in the air, citizens of St. Louis are taking charge and voicing their opinions. Kerry and Bush have finally given Americans something to talk about with their newly revealed, distinctly opposing politics concerning the war. As Michael Moore’s "Fahrenheit 911" strategically arrives in video stores everywhere just weeks before the election, the Center of Creative Arts (COCA) will also be pulling a few tricks out of its sleeve. This year, COCA has gone coo-coo for politics, and its new performance, "Peace Out!" proves it. Like Moore’s popular and controversial documentary, this performance will be intentionally held one week after the political debates and approximately two weeks before the election.
Joan Lipkin, Artistic Director of That Uppity Theatre Company and Deborah Stoddard, a local poet, collaborated on the creation of the show which is primarily based on the contents of the Poets Against the War Web site, www.poetsagainstthewar.org. This Web site was founded by poet Sam Hamill in response to President Bush’s proposed plans for a "shock and awe" attack on Iraq. Emotionally-charged poems with strong political flavor from this website will be read by actors from several local theaters.
"Peace Out" is not merely a performance — it is an interactive performance that could be better described as an entire event featuring a number of hands-on activities and modes of expression. In the downstairs dance studio, a politically-themed poetry showcase will feature both prominent and emerging St. Louis poets. The performance will be broken down into 20 minute segments interspersed with acoustic musical interludes. The poetry showcase will be followed by an open mic session which will also be restricted to political themes only. In addition, attendees are invited to write haikus and display them for others to read. Other activities include making origami camels (instead of the traditional cranes), visiting the Peace Boutique and tables staffed by various peace and social justice organizations, or taking a quiet moment at the reflection corner. Food and beverages will be available at a reasonable cost.
So take off your coat and stay awhile. Forget about political double-talk and learn about the war from a more artistic perspective.
Peace Out!
Was performed Saturday October 16, 2004
7:00 PM – 12:00 AM
at the Center of Creative Arts (COCA)
524 Trinity Avenue in St. Louis, MO
Peace Out Mainstage Show Introduction and Finale:
Musical Introduction
Created and performed by: Lydia Ruffin, Carol Schmidt, Blake Travis, Charlie Pfeiffer, John MacEnulty, Mitsu Saito“Peace Train” by Cat Stevens
Finale
Complete List of Participants as of 9/21/04
Co-producers:
Joan Lipkin
Deborah StoddardCo-Creators:
Jamie Cendroski
Hedy Epstein
Elisa S. Forgelman
Ashley Nanney
Sarah Shimchick
Stephanie WilliamsLighting Design:
Peter Gilchrist
Elizabeth HeilichSound Design:
Justin Flint
Ed ReggiVideo Projection:
Beverly Hacker and dhTVVisual Design:
Jamie Cendroski
Elisa S. Forgelman
Peter ShankStage Management:
Kirsten D’Agostaro
Lauren WilesTechnical Advisor:
Justin FlintParticipants:
Lydia Ruffin
Carol Schmidt
Blake Travis
Charlie Pfeiffer
John MacEnulty
Mitsu Saito
Peghee Calvin
Linda Kennedy
Joan Lipkin
Lee Nolting
Ashley Ervin
Amanda Calhoun
Mari Watson
Alison Brandon-Watkins
Jackie Strubberg
Lauren Morrow
Shanleigh Philip
Christopher Page
Matthew Borges
Gary W. Barker
Louise Hung
Susan Gash
Jason Garrison
Dylan Duke
Tricia Nykin
Sarah Price
Emily Petkewich
Jacqueline Masei
Mariah Richardson
Erica Sutherlin
Mary Ann Rund
Laura Burkhart
Daniel Logan
Wendy Ballard
Summer Beasley
Alice Bloch
Rachel Carrico
Dawn Karlovsky
Monica Newsam
Sarah Anne Patz
Libby Salvia
Brenda Shoss
Marsha Cann
Ashley Nanney
The DisAbility Project
Tom Allen
Lorrie Bielicke
Christine Elbert
Alison Chancellor
Stuart Falk
Barb Hamilton
Andrew Lackey
LeRoy Smith
Gary F. Bell
Eleanor Schwetye
Molly Hannon
Debbie Allen
Kiné Brown
Cassandra Bannon
Traci Eichhorst
Ken Haller
Ember Hyde
Megan Kelly
Chris Mannelli
Margeau Steineau
Donna Parrone
Robert Battle
Zaire Imani
Ed Reggi
Paul Stewart
Stephanie Williams
Nina Reed
Elizabeth Boulton
Leslie Hochsztein
Lauren Kenney
Jessie Kissinger
Camille Schmoeker
Bill Grivna
Kari Elizabeth Hill
Brock H. Hill
Kristin Mefford
Joseph Garner
Adam Betz
Rachel Hanks
Deborah StoddardTheatre Companies:
That Uppity Theatre Company
The DisAbility Project
HotCity Theatre
The St. Louis Black Repertory Company
Hydeware Theatre Collective
Stray Dog Theatre
Metro Theatre CompanyPoets:
Joan Wagner
Katha Pollitt
Katherine Grace Bond
Laurie Kuntz
Ken Weisner
Rebecca Beck
Tom Page
Stephen Wing
Jennifer Boyden
Sam Hamill
Annette Allen
Carol Muske-Dukes
Deborah Stoddard
Dr. Madan Gopal Gandhi
Rita Dove
Shia Tukino
randall jacobs
M. Catherine Bunton
Philip Whalen
Mama Blue
Shirley LeFlore
Michael Castro
Stephanie Williams
Darlene Roy
K. Curtis Lyle
Lavelle Wilkins-Chinn
David Bloom
Jeff Hamilton
Fo Feet
Jane Ellen Ibur
Jeff Hamilton
Michael O’Brian
Kevin McCameronOrganizations to Share Information:
Alternatives to Military Service
American Civil Liberties Union
Center of Creative Arts
Citizens for Global Solutions
Equal Housing Opportunity Council
Healthcare Justice Education Fund
Human Rights Action Service
Leftbank Books
Missourians Against Handgun Violence
Move On PAC
Peace Economy Project
Poets Against the War
PROMO
St. Louis Instead of War Coalition
St. Louis Labor Against the War
St. Louis Peace and Justice Shares
Veterans for Peace
Women in Black
Women’s International League for Peace and FreedomMusicians:
Symmetry
Mary Sparks
Mitsu Saito
Lydia Ruffin
Carol Schmidt
Blake Travis
Charlie Pfeiffer
John MacEnulty
Peco and the Messenger with Q. Man
Rainy Daze
Robb Cunningham
Gen Obata
Jan Marra
Gloria and Michael Bauermeister
Robin Anderson
City FolkContributors:
Adorers of the Blood of Christ
Center of Creative Arts (COCA)
WORD in Motion
KDHX FM 88.1
dhTV: Community Media in St. Louis
Duff’s
Mokabe’s
Loanscapes
TerraCotta Catering
ACLU
PROMO
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Citizens for Global Solutions
The DisAbility Project
Art & Soul Café
Bouffant Daddy
Missourians Against Handgun Violence
Whole Foods
Veterans for Peace
Essence Therapeutic Massage
Equal Housing Opportunity Council
Wild Oats Market
Pam Schneider-Coldwell Banker
Cindy LeftonExhibitors
Alternatives to Military Service
[email protected]American Civil Liberties Union
www.aclu-em.orgCenter of Creative Arts
www.cocastl.orgCitizens for Global Solutions
www.globalsolutions.orgEqual Housing Opportunity Council
www.ehocstl.orgHealthcare Justice Education Fund
Human Rights Action Service
www.humanrightsaction.netLeftbank Books
www.left-bank.comMissourians Against Handgun Violence
www.mahv.orgMove On PAC
www.moveonpac.orgPeace Economy Project
www.peaceeconomyproject.orgPoets Against the War
www.poetsagainstthewar.orgPROMO
www.promooline.orgSt. Louis Instead of War Coalition
www.insteadofwar.orgSt. Louis Labor Against the War
www.uslaboragainstthewar.orgSt. Louis Peace and Justice Shares
Send e-mail to [email protected]Veterans for Peace
www.veteransforpeace.orgWomen in Black
www.womeninblack.orgWomen’s International League for Peace and Freedom
www.wilpf.orgDonors
The following have contributed financially to help make this event possible:
Adorers of the Blood of Christ, Sara Burke, Kathleen Clark, Susan and Ronald Hagen, The Harris Foundation (Pat & Michael Harris), Alan and Joanne Kohn, Nancy Kranzberg, Shannon Lapota, Cindy Lefton, Joan Lipkin, Stan and Evelyn Lipkin, Carolyn Losos, Michelle Marcus, Deobrah Stoddard, That Uppity Theatre Company, Jerry Tucker
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Peace Out Streaming Video Part 1
“The First Lady Invites You to a Symposium on Poetry and the American Voice”
by: Katherine Grace Bond
Created and performed by: Peghee Calvin & Linda Kennedy
(Left to right): Peghee Calvin & Linda Kennedy from The Black Rep performing “The First Lady Invites You to a Symposium on Poetry and the American Voice” - Photo by Dale DuferLaura has always been a favorite name of mine
I think I met you first at church,
Your mind convinced,
Quoting scripture to lock it in securely.
We scrubbed casserole dishes together,
And swapped stories about marriage.
I found out
We both have daughters
With long, blonde hair.
I found out
we both loved poetry.
You don’t write it but you love
Emily’s trees
Langston’s rivers
Robert’s road.
I said that you should try your hand,
Throw some words down,
It’s expansive.
I read once
At Ladies Night Out.
We were supposed to bring
China teapots to hold up
And talk about our grandmothers.
I read a poem instead.
You liked it,
You told me, but
Watched me warily after that.
We have lost touch,
Laura and now
This invitation in the mail:
A gathering
To talk of trees,
To speak of rivers.
You will pour the tea.
My friend Sam’s
The original curmudgeon,
Translates Chinese,
Lives for words
And water.
He says he won’t come
To your party; he’ll send poems
Instead.
You like poems.
You told me so yourself.
This morning
The party is postponed –
Not cancelled.
But you have opinions
And these poets are clambering for war.
On February 12th, you huddle
With your tea,
Barricaded in the State of the Union.
You asked for poets thinking we would speak of chestnut trees,
Not cypresses.
Did I forget to tell you
That Langston wrote of blood,
Emily of the necessary madness of dissent,
Robert of How Hard It Is To Keep From Being King
When it’s In You And In The Situation.
Now the poets are storming the gates,
Lobbing dead Afghan children,
The raped wives of Iraqi scientists.
Muslim mothers with dark-haired daughters
Scream in through the windows.
You needn’t cower, Laura;
This is friendly fire
“My Son Has a Sleepover While Bush Deploys Troops”
by: Laurie Kuntz
Directed by: Joan Lipkin and Lee Nolting
Reader: Lee Nolting
Do-Wop Chorus: Ashley Ervin, Amanda Calhoun, Mari Watson, Alison Brandon-Watkins, Jackie Strubberg
The Sleepover: Lauren Morrow, Shanleigh Philip, Christopher Page, Matthew BorgesI
Four 15 year olds crowd into the house
Sleeping bags and joy sticks in hand
CD’s, DvD’s, and a smuggled favorite pillow.
They crumb all over the living room,
wrestle and fart.
My rug shows haunts
of past slumbers,
and Sage, our Shepard,
sniffing unfamiliar smells
of other people’s rowdy sons,
crouches, ears down,
and tail tucked under all fours.
II
My son banishes me to another room,
His party is a success,
bodies slam
down
waging wars
on animated screens.
The boys cajole the dog,
(under the table and whimpering)
with Milk Bones,
assure him it’s all make believe,
coaxing, Come on out, Sage,
sit by our feet; wag your faithful tail--
protect us.Peace Out Streaming Video Part 2
“In Line”
by: Rebecca Beck
Co-directed by: Gary W. Barker and Louise Hung
Performed by: Susan Gash, Jason Garrison, Dylan Duke, Tricia Nykin, Sarah Price
Music: “High School Cadets” by John Phillip SousaAt gate E15
thirty kids crowd the line.
Boys with backpacks and ankle-highs,
girls with pony tails.
They fumble into each other,
don't stop moving,
comment on things I forget to notice.
Going to orchestra, church camp?
On the plane, a young buzz cut
tells a girl across the aisle
he'll coast through,
travel, then in twenty years
just hang around waiting
to spend each month's retirement check.
As we land, a drawling stewardess announces:
If your boot camp orders are in the back seat flap,
remove them nnooouw--
she's seen them left behind too many times.
This isn't church camp.
These kids signed up--
posters told them to be it all.
They saw themselves reading high-tech monitors,
encrypting messages, pulling their buddies
from danger in the heat of desert storm.
The plane bumps down the runway.
We're crowded in a narrow aisle
waiting for the door to open.
Off the plane I follow t-shirts
instead of signs for baggage claim.
Fat Albert, Water Board,
Shoot For The Moon.
Wisconsin Cheddar carries more tension
in her eyes than years. Waterboard
is so young, she doesn't know
not to wave her hands as she chatters.
For a minute, I lose sight of them,
then, I hear their sudden quiet.
As if on cue, they've all lined up,
single file,
along the wall.
They're at attention--
crisp envelopes
with marching orders
upright in rigid hands.
Domino!
I'll flick the first in line.
They'll tap a precise,
clicking beat
as each bumps its neighbor
to the floor.
I'll stack them up,
load them onto a hand truck,
ship them home.“Trying to Write a Poem Against the War”
by: Katha Pollitt
Directed by: Emily Petkewich, Metro Theater Company
Performed by: Jacqueline Masei, Mariah Richardson, Erica SutherlinMy daughter, who’s as beautiful as the day,
hates politics: Face it, Ma,
they don’t care what you think! All
passion, like Achilles,
she stalks off to her room,
to confide in her purple guitar and await
life’s embassies. She’s right,
of course: bombs will be hurled
at ordinary streets
and leaders look grave for the cameras,
and what good are more poems against war
the real subject of which
so often seems to be the poet’s superior
moral sensitivities? I could
be mailing myself to the moon
or marrying a palm tree,
and yet what can we do
but offer what we have?
and so I spend
this cold gray glittering morning
trying to write a poem against war
that perhaps may please my daughter
who hates politics
and does not care much for poetry, either.“Written on the Anniversary of the War in Iraq, March 2004”
by: Annette Allen
Choreographed and directed by: Mary Ann Rund
Rehearsal assistant: Laura Burkhart
Read by: Daniel Logan
Performed by: Wendy Ballard, Summer Beasley, Alice Bloch, Rachel Carrico, Dawn Karlovsky, Monica Newsam, Sarah Anne Patz, Libby Salvia, Brenda Shoss
Music: Traditional
Wendy Ballard, Summer Beasley, Alice Bloch, Rachel Carrico, Dawn Karlovsky, Monica Newsam, Sarah Anne Patz, Libby Salvia, Brenda Shoss, Daniel Logan Photo: - Dale DuferHow many legs have we left in Iraq
unhitched from their swinging hinges,
American legs, Iraqi legs, in mismatched
pairs, long with short, left with left?
If the legs’ former owners still feel
their phantom cousins at the stump
might the legs themselves not quite
know they have been severed?
Then, let them kick up in a thumping
dance or whirl like spokes
of a walking wheel, the army boots,
the sandals, the bare calloused heels -
let them circle the beds of power
trouble the sleep of the powerful
with sounds of marching
sounds of endless marching.My Cousin Who Could Fly a Bomber for the Sake of Flying”
by: Stephen Wing
Created and performed by: Peghee Calvin, Marsha Cann, Linda Kennedy, Christopher Page
Christopher Page performing Stephen Wing's "Cousin Who Could Fly a Bomber for the Sake of Flying" - Photo: Dale DuferI would rather see you dance
for nickels on the subway platform
than fly that blind furrow down
a blood-red radar field carrying seeds of fire
(Lights on the instrument panel say
NOW which in the relativity
of motion means HERE, and you
close the lever that releases the bombs
while below . . .)
Cousin,
you have told me how you leap
to a perfect stillness in yourself
when you go dancing, how you feel
the constellations wheel about your breathing
(Lights below in the darkness
blink out at the rumor of your approach,
families crowd into the shelters
while the village sentries watch the stars
for a shadow . . ).
Cousin,
I would rather see you dance
around your old army cap on the corner
than fly that dark trajectory down
the valley of your own shadow, reaping fire
(Bombs fly their almost predictable curve,
strapped in your cockpit you fall with them,
watching as the computer tracks your success
you plunge to earth already miles behind the fire
of your jets . . .)
Cousin,
you can fly from the toes of your old
sneakers if you close your eyes and fall
into that perfect darkness inside
where the blood and breath circulate and return
(Buildings bloom behind you and collapse,
blood and breath escape their vessels,
your thunder silences the mouths of the survivors
and the village burns like a signal fire
signifying darkness . . .)
Cousin,
I would rather see you dance
for drinks in some subterranean bar
than fly that tunnel of sky between stars
and the scattered constellations of your
unknown cousins
I would rather see you dance“Lost Birds”
by: Tom Page
Choreographed by Dawn Karlovsky
Performed by: Dawn Karlovsky and Mary Ann Rund
Read by: Susan Gash
Music performed by: Mitsu SaitoThe birds were frightened by the bombs
falling on the government buildings
and have flown away--we haven't
seen any in over a year.
The grass died--air laden
with the dust of ruins.
In this dry climate everything is preserved.
Everything but the birds.
Some say they flew away to the north,
to Turkey; others tell me they went south
toward the farms of the river valley.
No one can tell you where they are now,
although many died in the bombings.
An old man, blind since the war, says he
can hear them. He can hear the birds.
They sing in his head--they sing
only for him.“State of the Union, 2003”
by: Sam Hamill
Choreographed and performed by: Wendy Ballard
Music: “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition” composed by Frank Loesser, performed by Kay Kyser and his orchestraI have not been to Jerusalem,
but Shirley talks about the bombs.
I have no god, but have seen the children praying
for it to stop. They pray to different gods.
The news is all old news again, repeated
like a bad habit, cheap tobacco, the social lie.
The children have seen so much death
that death means nothing to them now.
They wait in line for bread.
They wait in line for water.
Their eyes are black moons reflecting emptiness.
We've seen them a thousand times.
Soon, the President will speak.
He will have something to say about bombs
and freedom and our way of life.
I will turn the tv off. I always do.
Because I can't bear to look
at the monuments in his eyes.
“Caissons”
by: Mindy Philips Lawrence
Directed and read by: Ashley Nanney
Performed by: Members of The DisAbility Project (Tom Allen, Lorrie Bielicke, Christine Elbert, Alison Chancellor, Stuart Falk, Barb Hamilton, Andrew Lackey, LeRoy Smith)
You used to play
With Tonka trucks.
Matchbox cars and John Deere tractors rolled
Across the bedroom floor.
But boys grow up
And seek other wheels.
Mustangs and racecars speed down country roads.
Looking for excitement.
Now Humvees and tanks growl
In the desert air,
As you haul one more cannon up a hill,
Gaining position.
Life used to be so simple
Clean the toys from the floor
And put them up for the next race.
Now all I hear is the deafening sound of war.“Laying Them Down, Telling Them Rest”
by: Jennifer Boyden
Choreographed and performed by: Alice Bloch and
Sarah Anne Patz
Music: excerpts from Meredith Monk's “Volcano Songs”
Alice Bloch and Sarah Ann Patz perform Laying Them Down, Telling Them RestIn my sleep, the dead show me
that it hurts. More than I thought,
and in places I hadn’t considered.
It hurts in the willows, where I am
to notch the branches once, once
for each of them.
Leaves grow like cool tongues
from the slashings. And it hurts
in the field of cut grass,
which grows again but is never saved.
At the edge of the field
is the Tree of Flashed Faces, and from this hangs
a mirror. I am to cross the field in its golden height
and count the scratches of wheat on my arms
because they say it hurts there, too.
In the wind, the tree’s mirror spins out branches,
a strip of my brow and lifting hair,
the sky dark as a gathering crowd.“My Old Dog is a Pacifist”
by: Joan Wagner
Directed by: Emily Petkewich, Metro Theater Company
Performed by: Jacqueline Masei, Mariah Richardson,
Erica Sutherlinmy old dog is a pacifist
at 16
everywhere she goes
people slow down
and fall in love with her
they are compassionate
kind
endearing
tender
towards the half blind, nearly deaf beauty
oh, she had her day
once in her life
I recall a fight--over something terribly important
maybe it was fish guts left at the shore
no more
she even seems to like the cat these days
her arthritic hips seem like a tonic to old people
who approve of her spunk
independence
and smiling face
I aspire to be so uncomplaining
maybe by the time I’m her age--112 in people years
I’ll get there
meanwhile,
I’d like to put her in charge of the UN
where everybody would be
disarmed and disarming
and behave so tenderly
as they do
to my old dog“After a Bombing at a Baghdad Market”
by: Deborah Stoddard
Directed by: Gary F. Bell, Stray Dog Theatre
Performed by: Eleanor Schwetye, Molly Hannon, Debbie Allen, Kiné BrownShe walks waving the hand,
The disembodied hand
Through the streets
Of old Mesopotamia
At home amber waves
Of grain wave on
Far from the beginning,
A dragon fly wings.
Round and round,
The prop spins
Hell fire
Shock
And while the grain
Back home shimmers,
She walks through the streets
Trailing black
Orange clouds rise
In the morning,
In the day,
In the night,
At home,
The sky is blue morning,
Noon into night
Banners wave at full mast, not half
Woe to the question shaped,
Open hands in supplication:
What have we done?
What can we do?
She folds the torn hand
From the Baghdad market
into her black robe,
Walking into the orange
Sand sifting, searching
There is a body
That cannot wave to her,
But still she looks
This is awe“My Part of the Sin”
by: Dr. Madan Gopal Ghandi
Arranged and performed by members of Hydeware Theatre: Cassandra Bannon, Traci Eichhorst, Ken Haller, Ember Hyde, Megan KellyThe sight
of broken limbs;
the maimed and dead
brought home
amidst beating of drums.
The shrieks
of babes and women,
of wailing bangles----
the sobs of vermillioned earth.
With every sip of wine,
drink blood
and suffer for my part of the sin.
My timid self is gnawed
by grievous guilt;
no more can I sleep;
pierced by pricks.
Too close,
yet too far,
to the solution:
a convict
counting my crimes
in a lone cell;
a senile,
waiting for the call.“The House of Bush”
by: Carol Muske-Dukes
Directed by: Chris Mannelli
Performed by: Chris Mannelli, Margeau Steineau, Donna Parrone, HotCity Theatre
Music: “What’s Happening Out There?” by Eric Serra from the soundtrack of the original motion picture, “The Professional”
Hothouse Theatre perfroms The House of BushThis is the house of madness.
This is the man who sits in the house of madness.
This is the time of the man named Bush who sits in the house of madness.
This is a time-bomb ticking away in the time of the man named Bush who
sits in the house of madness.
This is the child strapped to the bomb ticking away the time of the man
named Bush who sits in the house of madness.
This is the ravaged land of the child strapped to the bomb ticking away
the time of the man named Bush who sits in the house of madness.
These are the years and the cries of loss, the starving poor,
the reeling stocks, the chanting young, the face of the child
strapped to the bomb ticking away the time of the man named Bush
who sits in the house of madness.
These are the oil wells pumping dry, the corporate lies, the Enron ties,
the reeling stocks, the jobless lines, the face of the child strapped to
the bomb ticking away by a cyclone fence with a nickel bag in Our Hometown
in the time of the man named Bush who sits in the house of madness.
These are the oil wells across the sea, the dictator's deal, the
torturer's cage, the affairs of state in the ravaged land of the child
strapped to the bomb ticking away in the time of the man named Bush who
sits alone in the all-White House of madness.“After Gertrude Stein”
by: Ken Weisner
Choreographed by: Robert Battle
Soundscape directed by: Joan Lipkin
Soundscape performed by: Zaire Imani, Ed Reggi, Paul Stewart, Stephanie Williams
Costumes by: Nina Reed
COCAdance Dancers: Elizabeth Boulton, Matthew Borges, Amanda Calhoun, Ashley Ervin, Leslie Hochsztein, Lauren Kenney, Jessie Kissinger, Lauren Morrow, Christopher Page, Shanleigh Philip, Jamie Russell, Camille Schmoeker, Jackie Strubberg, Alison Brandon-Watkins, Mari Watson
Music by: Bronx Sound Machine
COCAdance Dancers perform After Gertrude Stein- Photo Dale Dufer
I
Therefore is so certain, therefore
we invade them, therefore knowing
what we do, invade them, knowing
certain we are knowing,
knowing and invading, certain
knowing, certain, and certain, therefore—
so we knew therefore, and
in knowing, certain,
we invaded in our knowing,
we invaded in our therefore
so, in springtime, so, in springtime
so, in therefore, therefore, springtime—
we invaded in our knowing
in our knowing we invaded,
certain were we, and it started
in our knowing, in our therefore
and it started in our knowing, then.
How frightened and alone in therefore
were we when we knew in springtime.
How frightened and alone and young,
in our therefore; in our knowing,
we were certain, oh, we were brave,
in our knowing, in our springtime—
who could tell us we weren't knowing?
We were certain, we were brave,
brave in springtime, brave in therefore,
we were frightened, we were brave,
invaded therefore, certain, knowing,
invaded young, invaded knowing,
invaded therefore, invaded springtime.
II
And it was goodness,
it was language
told us goodness
told us fight it
told us it was good to fight it
and it was language
told us fight it
told us twice, fight it
fight it
and it, was them
the language told us
fight them, it told us,
It was them it told us,
it was a word,
the word was it
And it was it, and it was them.
And it was them
that fought it,
it was them alone that fought it,
it alone,
but also them;
he was good
we heard his language.
It was evil, it was them...
and it was goodness
it was language
told us goodness
told us fight it
told us it was good to fight it
and it was language
told us fight it
told us twice, fight it
fight it, told us it was good
to fight it.“Umoja: Each One of Us Counts”
by: Rita Dove
Co-directed by: Bill Grivna and Kari Elizabeth Hill
Performed by: Brock H. Hill, Kristin Mefford, Joseph Garner, Adam Betz, Rachel HanksOne went the way of water,
one crumpled under stone;
one climbed the air but plunged through fire,
one fought the fear alone.
Remember us, though we are gone.
A star flares on an epaulet,
a ball rolls in harm's way;
the glowing line onscreen goes flat,
an anonymous bullet strays --
Remember us! Do not forget!
One lay slathered in garlands,
one left only a smear;
one cracked a joke, smiled, then shrugged
to show he didn't care.
Do not forget that we were here.
Do those who failed still miss the wind,
that sweet breath from the sky?
Do they still covet rock and moss
or the swift, hard blink of the lizard's eye?
We walk on water, we are written on air.
Let us honor the lost, the snatched, the
relinquished,
those vanquished by glory, muted by shame.
Stand up in the silence they've left and listen:
those absent ones, unknown and unnamed --
remember!
n their whispers fill the arena.“Lullaby of Tenderness”
by: Shia Tukino
Music composed by: Carol Schmidt
Performed by: Carol Schmidt, Lydia Ruffin, Blake Travis, Charlie PfeifferLet's sing the lullaby of tenderness for children.
Let's sing the song for you.
Let's sing it for them,for this world.
Instead of the lullaby of the forbidden peace,
let's sing this last lullaby of tenderness
the moon taught us.
Let's sing the lullaby of affection for children.
Let's sing the song for you.
Let's sing it for them,for this world.
Instead of the lullaby of the forbidden true,
let's sing this last lullaby of affection
the sun taught us.
If we cannot fill the earth with peace,
let's fill it with tenderness.
If we cannot fill the ocean with truth,
let's fill it with affection.
Let's sing this lullaby to them.
Let's sing it until it reaches to the sky,
until all people look up the sky at the sound,
until they hear it and notice......
notice the love of this beautiful sky
spreading equally on all our lives.
Let's sing this lullaby.....
the last lullaby
the moon & the sun taught us.“My Soft Response to the War”
by: Randall Jacobs
Read by: Joan Lipkini will love you the dying with a mad compassion
in this
my soft response to the wars
for we all are dying all the time
every back waxing barber
every bingo hall dabber
every bourbon and beer blind
blood soaked buffalo hunter
to be reborn again and again and again
along a tightrope that ever stretches
across a nameless chasm
where too calloused feet
to feel our lives
bleeds away into nothingness
and when you slip i will catch you
with these words
whether heard or read or never known at all
for its too hard of a journey to go it alone
and loneliness can make demons of us all
so search them out
the savage flower pots of darkness
the dizzied lints that collect themselves
inside the bellies of this earth
the insatiable tears of dogs
know their pain
for it seems everything in their power
will be done
throughout our lifetimes
to keep us from loving one another
rescue love
revenge kindness
with what you know is true“Will the Beat Go On?”
by: M. Catherine Bunton
Read by: Donna Parrone, Andrew Lackey, Daniel Logan, Jacqueline MaseiPoetry is a kind of music
It has rhythm
And because rhythm has structure
It frees us from chaos
It frees us because it's planned
I think rhythm is a planned event
That sits on the event horizon
Waiting to be created
It's part of the universal plan
That contains stars, and light
And constant motion
It beats and throbs like
The heart inside our chest
I think it actually lives
Inside the chambers of our heart
I am a very bad poet
But I'm good at listening to my heart
And my heart tells me that
In a world this brilliant
In a world this beautifully planned out
War disrupts the natural
Rhythms of life
War disrupts poetry's future
And if there's no poetic tomorrow
The world will be a dry, blank place“In Memoriam”
by: Philip Whalen
Performed by: Joan Lipkin, Deborah StoddardDEAR MR. PRESIDENT,
LOVE & POETRY
WIN--FOREVER.
WAR IS ALWAYS
A GREAT BIG LOSE.
I AM A POET AND
A LOVER AND A WINNER--
HOW ABOUT YOU?
Poets Against the War Info
In response to First Lady Laura Bush’s invitation to attend a symposium celebrating "Poetry and the American Voice," poet, Sam Hamill declined. A longtime pacifist, Hamill felt he could not in good faith participate in such an event at the White House on the eve of George W. Bush's plan for a unilateral "Shock and Awe" attack on Iraq.
Hamill put out a call to 50 fellow poets to "reconstitute a Poets Against the War movement like the one organized to speak out against the war in Vietnam...to speak up for the conscience of our country and lend [their] names to [a] petition against this war.” 1,500 poets responded within four days. These statements and poems against the war were delivered to the White House. A web site, www.poetsagainstthewar.org, was created to handle the enormous response.
Thus, in the age of the Internet, a new artistic movement was born. By March 1, 2003 more than 13,000 poems had been reviewed and posted by 25 volunteer editors. As our Peace Out! program goes to press, 20,000 poems have been reviewed.
Three former US poet laureates and nine current state poet laureates are among the contributors to the website. Poets from every continent and almost every corner of our world have now published with Poets Against the War, all hoping for peace. Sadly, many of these poets have suffered the direct impact of war.
Many of the poems on this web site have been presented in person, and by invitation, to representatives of the U.S. Congress; many of them have since been introduced into the Congressional Record. Congressman Dennis Kucinich says, "The work of these poets is in a tradition of poets throughout contemporary history who have used their art to challenge war."
This historically large collection of poems has also been presented to the governments of England, Australia, Turkey, Italy, France, Germany, India, Pakistan, among others.
Although the attack on Iraq wasn't prevented, poets continue to speak out for a world in which non-violence and international cooperation will ultimately prevail over a single administration's philosophy that the most horrendous crimes are justified in the service of foreign policy.
Today, it is more important than ever to lift our voices in support of respectful explorations of alternatives to war. The producers of Peace Out! invite you to explore and join www.poetsagainsthewar.org. As the Peace Out! crew brings you this night of artistic resistance to war, we are sad to report that our inspirational partner, Poets Against the War, like us, an all-volunteer endeavor, is struggling with funding and the need for more in-kind assistance. We have offered to support them tonight. Please stop by their table and see how you might help.
Organize a reading. Keep joining protests. Teach compassion. Participate.
In all of America's history, poets have never made such a difference.
(Information for this brief history of Poets Against the War generously provided by www.poetsagainstthewar.org)
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