A Teen Musical About Overcoming: Bullying, Bullycide, Self Medication, Teen Suicide... and Living Your Dream Instead
I want to share with you a bit of the inspiration for my song, “If You Could Walk In My Shoes.” It’s a story within a story. I heard Bullying Prevention speaker Mike Donahue at Shaker Junior High School back in November of 2011. One of the stories he told was of a young… [Continue Reading]
I just heard from my beloved creative partner, Terry Odell that because of health issues she’s going to have to take some time away from the Soles Musical Project to heal and recuperate. While this could be interpreted as less than positive news for the play and it’s premiere in May of 2012, it’s not… [Continue Reading]
Here’s a sneak peek at what will most likely be the opening number of “Soles: A Musical About Life.” The play will begin with each character waking up, putting on their shoes, heading out to the bust stop arriving at school and doing what they do every day. When they arrive at school there will… [Continue Reading]
Shoes hanging from wires mean a lot of different things. In a recent search on line I found that they can signify pretty much anything. Here’s a few thoughts from one article: Shoes on Wires I heard tennis shoes hanging over a power line meant you could buy crack there. It’s a time-honored tradition to… [Continue Reading]
I want to share with you a bit of the inspiration for my song, “If You Could Walk In My Shoes.” It’s a story within a story. I heard Bullying Prevention speaker Mike Donahue at Shaker Junior High School back in November of 2011. One of the stories he told was of a young… [Continue Reading]
I just heard from my beloved creative partner, Terry Odell that because of health issues she’s going to have to take some time away from the Soles Musical Project to heal and recuperate. While this could be interpreted as less than positive news for the play and it’s premiere in May of 2012, it’s not… [Continue Reading]
Here’s a sneak peek at what will most likely be the opening number of “Soles: A Musical About Life.” The play will begin with each character waking up, putting on their shoes, heading out to the bust stop arriving at school and doing what they do every day. When they arrive at school there will… [Continue Reading]
Shoes hanging from wires mean a lot of different things. In a recent search on line I found that they can signify pretty much anything. Here’s a few thoughts from one article: Shoes on Wires I heard tennis shoes hanging over a power line meant you could buy crack there. It’s a time-honored tradition to… [Continue Reading]
Soles began it’s “life” today as a musical by and about the issues surrounding the current epidemic of “bullycides” in our country and abroad. For whatever reason young people are choosing to respond to bullying and other negative events in their lives by taking their own lives. As a songwriter and former bullying target I… [Continue Reading]
