Peace Out Mainstage Show:

Musical Introduction
Created and performed by: Lydia Ruffin, Carol Schmidt, Blake Travis, Charlie Pfeiffer, John MacEnulty, Mitsu Saito

“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

“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 Borges

“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 Sousa

“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 Sutherlin

“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

“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

“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 Saito

“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 orchestra

“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)

“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”

“My Old Dog is a Pacifist” by: Joan Wagner
Directed by: Emily Petkewich, Metro Theater Company
Performed by: Jacqueline Masei, Mariah Richardson, Erica Sutherlin

“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 Brown

“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 Kelly

“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”

“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

“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 Hanks

“Lullaby of Tenderness” by: Shia Tukino
Music composed by: Carol Schmidt
Performed by: Carol Schmidt, Lydia Ruffin, Blake Travis, Charlie Pfeiffer

“My Soft Response to the War” by: Randall Jacobs
Read by: Joan Lipkin

“Will the Beat Go On?” by: M. Catherine Bunton
Read by: Donna Parrone, Andrew Lackey, Daniel Logan, Jacqueline Masei

“In Memoriam” by: Philip Whalen
Performed by: Joan Lipkin, Deborah Stoddard

“Peace Train” by Cat Stevens
Finale