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All-Star Cast – Laura Dern, Gary Cole, Antwone Fisher, Abigail “Dear Abby” Van Buren, Ken Howard–Will Bring American Battlefront Letters to Life in Culver City - June 9
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May 30, 2014, 09:00 ET

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If All the Sky Were Paper
If All the Sky Were Paper

"We're thrilled to have the participation of this wonderful cast, whose artistry will truly illuminate the humanity, passion, humor and heartbreak of these letters." - John Benitz, director, "If All the Sky Were Paper"

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Orange, Calif. (PRWEB) May 30, 2014 -- An all-star celebrity cast – including Oscar nominee Laura Dern, Gary Cole, Antwone Fisher and Ken Howard, as well as “Dear Abby” columnist Abigail Van Buren (Jeanne Phillips) – will bring to life the battlefront letters of American military men and women and their family members in the play “If All the Sky Were Paper,” to be performed for one night only – Monday, June 9 at 7:30 p.m. – at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, Calif. The play, written by Andrew Carroll and based on his bestselling books of military letters “War Letters” and “Behind the Lines,” is directed by John Benitz and presented by Chapman University, in association with Lexicat Artists.

Tickets are on sale now at $25 general admission, at http://www.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 1-800-838-3006. A reception with the actors, writer and director will follow the performance. The Kirk Douglas Theatre is located in downtown Culver City at 9820 Washington Blvd. Free covered parking is available at Culver City Hall, behind the theater on Culver Blvd. A portion of the ticket proceeds will support the U.S. Veterans Artists’ Alliance, The Soldiers Project and the Wounded Warrior Project.

“We are thrilled and delighted to have the participation of this wonderful cast, whose artistry will truly illuminate the humanity, passion, humor and heartbreak of these letters,” said director Benitz. “In addition, we have real-life military veterans, who will join the actors onstage to read some of the letters – they and our other gifted cast members will bring new dimensions to these wartime letters of U.S. soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen and their loved ones on the homefront, from the American Revolution through the Civil War and World Wars I and II to today’s conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.”

The celebrity cast will feature Laura Dern (“Jurassic Park,” Oscar nominee for “Rambling Rose,” Golden Globe winner for HBO’s series “Enlightened”); Gary Cole (“Midnight Caller,” “Office Space,” “Talladega Nights”); author, screenwriter, director and U.S. Navy veteran Antwone Fisher (whose life story was told in the 2002 movie “Antwone Fisher,” starring Denzel Washington); “Dear Abby” columnist Abigail Van Buren (real name: Jeanne Phillips), whose appeals in her nationally syndicated column have played an important role in helping Carroll collect the letters; Ken Howard (“1776,” “The White Shadow,” current president of the Screen Actors Guild); Kate Mansi and Blake Barris of the daytime drama “Days of Our Lives;” actress/acting coach Sandra Seacat (“Crazy in Alabama,” “Country”), actor/playwright/director Jim Beaver (“Deadwood”), U.S. Air Force veteran Lorna Dyn, USMC veteran Christopher Sweeney, and others.

“If All the Sky Were Paper” was written by Carroll based upon his New York Times bestselling books “War Letters” and “Behind the Lines.” In 1998, Carroll launched The Legacy Project – a national, all-volunteer initiative that works to find and preserve wartime correspondence from all of America’s wars. He has traveled to 40 countries, including Iraq and Afghanistan, to seek out what he calls “the world’s greatest undiscovered literature,” and has collected more than 85,000 previously unpublished letters (and now emails) from every conflict in U.S. history. His regular appeals in “Dear Abby’s” column have resulted in the donations of thousands of wartime letters from Americans all over the world.

This extensive collection of war correspondence is now housed for posterity and scholarly study at Chapman University in Orange, Calif. at the new Center for American War Letters, with Carroll serving as founding director of the center. “If All the Sky Were Paper” director John Benitz is an associate professor of theatre at Chapman, and Carroll is a Chancellor Fellow at the university.

“If All the Sky Were Paper,” first performed by a student cast at Chapman University in 2010, features the best of the letters published in “War Letters” and “Behind the Lines,” ranging from the War of Independence to the conflicts of the present day. Actors take on the roles of the military men and women and their loved ones at home, acting out the full spectrum of emotions and experiences contained in the letters. From the incredible drama of the human experience in battle to the pathos and humor of everyday life on the front and the home front, audiences will be moved and inspired by the correspondence of those caught up in the American Revolution, Civil War, World Wars I and II, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Press coverage of this play and the letters has included features on “Oprah,” NBC Nightly News, ABC’s “Good Morning America,” “CBS Sunday Morning,” CNN, Fox News, “This American Life,” Seattle Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Stars and Stripes and NPR, as well as many other national publications. Carroll’s books include the bestsellers “Letters of a Nation,” “War Letters,” “Behind the Lines” and “Operation Homecoming,”which inspired the Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning PBS documentary of the same name.

The play has recently awarded a prestigious grant from The National Endowment for the Arts and a grant from Cal Humanities to help reach audiences around the country through a series of readings and performances.

“These letters are intimate, deeply personal portraits of the courage, sacrifice, and sense of duty that made this country.” - Tom Brokaw

”These war letters are more deeply moving, more revelatory, and more powerful that any dispatch from the front. It’s the truly felt history of what war is all about.” - Studs Terkel

EVENT DETAILS

WHEN & WHERE: Monday, June 9, 2014 – 7:30 p.m., Kirk Douglas Theatre
9820 Washington Blvd at Duquesne Ave., Culver City, CA 90232. Located in downtown Culver City, just a few blocks south of the I-10 Freeway and across the street from Sony Entertainment Studios. Culver City Hall, behind the theatre on Culver Blvd, provides FREE covered parking. Dozens of restaurants and generous street parking are available in the surrounding area.

Event Information: 310-625-5542 or email skypaperinfo(at)gmail(dot)com

To Order Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com or call 1-800-838-3006

Ticket Price is $25. Veterans are free.

80 minutes approximate length with no intermission.

Funded by Cal Humanities and The National Endowment for the Arts.

A portion of ticket proceeds will support United States Veterans Artists' Alliance (USVAA) and the Wounded Warrior Project.

Performance will be followed by a reception with the director, writer and actors.

About Chapman University

Consistently ranked among the top universities in the West, Chapman University provides a uniquely personalized and interdisciplinary educational experience to highly qualified students. Our programs encourage innovation, creativity and collaboration, and focus on developing global citizen-leaders who are distinctively prepared to improve their community and their world. Visit us at http://www.chapman.edu.

Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ChapmanUniversity
On Twitter: @ChapmanU

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Mary Platt, Chapman University, http://www.chapman.edu, +1 (714) 628-7271, [email protected]

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