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Stories with keyword: love

Stronger in the Broken Places

Amy’s been married to her husband for two decades. They’re a great match, laughing together and creating mischief despite the fact that he lives with a slew of debilitating health problems, including chronic back pain. One day in 2016 she … Continue reading →

Keywords addict, addiction, chronic pain, coroner, death, disability, firemen, health, humor, husband, joking, laughter, Live story, love, medical examiner, medication, MIssouri, MO, morphine, Olive Garden, opioids, overdose, poisoning, police, post mortem, quality of life, St. Louis, toxic

Q is for Questioning

Paul is working at a boarding school in Switzerland, and one summer day, smokes pot with a new friend, Adam, out in the woods. Paul starts to feel a flushed giddiness that he equates with the beginnings of romance — … Continue reading →

Keywords closeness, coming out, connection, drugs, gay, glbtqia, high, joint, kiss, Live story, love, marijuana, porn, pot, queer, questioning, sexual orientation, sexual preference, sexuality, smoking, stoned, Switzerland, vulnerability, weed

Vulnerable Adult

Amy is hired to develop an original musical about traumatic brain injury with the clients of a performing arts center for disabled adults. She begins a friendship with one of the TBI-affected cast members, and soon finds herself having stronger … Continue reading →

Keywords attraction, client, crush, disabilities, disability, ensemble, flirting, illegal, Live, love, Minneapolis, Minnesota, performing arts, playwright, staff, taboo, TBI, theater, traumatic brain injury, vulnerable

Interview: Tracy and Kevin Allison

Kevin Allison interviews Tracy about the process of creating and performing her shocking and deeply emotional story “Transcendent” as part of the Live From Philly episode. The interview contains excerpts from Tracy’s story.

Keywords analysis, anxiety, audio hallucination, better., blood, brave, breakdown, college, commentary, delayed grieving, delusion, delusional, detachment, dog, freaking out, grief, hallucination, hospital, inpatient, joint, karaoke, Kevin Allison, kill, knife, Live, love, marijuana, mental health, mental illness, messiah, mom, mother, murder, mushrooms, outpatient, pain, Philadelphia, Philly, philosophy, police, pot, psych ward, reality, recovery, religion, show host, stabbing, steak knife, suicide, trip, unconditional love, voices, weed

Face to Face

Hallie adores her grandmother; they’ve been close all Hallie’s life, and the way Hallie’s witnessed her grandmother’s extroversion, generosity and kindness has shaped Hallie into who she is. But Hallie is also aware that her grandmother has some very ingrained, … Continue reading →

Keywords acceptance, black, Christian, conservative, family, gays, grandma, grandmother, homophobic, Jonathan, Kansas City, lesbian, Live, love, Maureen, MIssouri, moon, racism, racist, Rent, same-sex, sex, sex scene, sexual content, tour, touring, understudy, values

Timmy

Amy and her boyfriend David are opposites: she’s an extroverted actress and he’s an extremely shy, quiet musician. While emotional communication isn’t easy for them, one of the ways they connect is through spontaneous “play,” which evolves into the creation … Continue reading →

Keywords boyfriend, breakup, bullying, child, childhood, comfort, communication, connection, games, healing, imaginary, imaginary child, improv, Live, love, Minneapolis, opposites, PCOS, period, pregnancy scare, pregnant, relationship, son, trauma

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