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Support Our Speak Up programs
Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, all our veterans have received full scholarships to participate. To support this program, please make a donation of any amount below or consider volunteering.
Since 2015, Chance Theater’s Veterans Speak Up program has worked in partnership with California Arts Council, Anaheim Community Foundation, Nixon Library, Kiwanis Club of Greater Anaheim, Anaheim Hills Rotary Club, Boeing, and others to create a platform for veterans to share their stories and express themselves in hopes to promote social healing and deepen our community’s understanding of our local heroes.
We are currently offering the following participation opportunities for local veterans:
- Record meaningful conversations to be archived at the Library of Congress or included in performances
- Collaborate with other veterans and our theater artists to share your story with an audience
- Receive individual and group discounts to our theatrical productions
If you would like more information, please click on the button below to submit an Veterans Speak Up Interest Form.
Other Chances to Participate
Record meaningful conversations to be archived at the Library of Congress or included in performances.
Schedule a 40-minute conversation with our Veterans Speak Up program director about your experiences as a veteran. The interview will be scheduled when it’s convenient for you and we will provide a list of questions in advance to spark ideas for what will be discussed, and what you may want to share. The resulting video footage will be submitted to the Library of Congress as part of their program to archive military experiences and may be used as part of Veterans Speak Up performances.
Receive individual and group discounts to our theatrical productions
Chance Theater is proud to be one of the many official Blue Star Theatres in the nation that welcomes U.S. military personnel and U.S. veterans. Part of our outreach to local veterans and active military personnel are special discounts for Chance productions and events.
To receive email notifications with discounts and special offers, fill out the Veterans Speak Up Info Request Form.
Bring Speak Up to Your Group
Think our Speak Up program could help your group? Let us help you tell your stories.
“It wasn’t just going onstage, it was overcoming some fears. I’m not a public speaker, but when you speak from your heart, I think it resonates. And going onstage for the first time, I remember how emotional many of us were telling some of our stories.”
Martin V., U.S. Air Force
“It not only was entertaining to an audience, it was healing for us. Each one of us. To very strong degrees. As I look back on it, we aren’t the same after the play is over with. We’re better. We really, really, really, really have experienced a catharsis. A readiness to have people hear us, finally, about our experiences and we get it out.”
Ronnie G., U.S. Army
Share Your Story for Archives
To learn more, fill out the Veterans Speak Up Info Request Form.
Questions?
Contact Education Director Karen O’Hanlon at Karen@chancetheater.com.
Tuition to all participants generously sponsored by
Katheryn Baker & Brad Feldman
Miracle Foundation Fund
Orange County Community Foundation Robert & Doreen Marshall Fund
Linda & Tod White
The Bunteman Family
Jerry & Kim Goldstein
Mark & Noreen Lerner
Mark & Kelly Irwin
Anonymous
About our Speak Up programs
For over a decade, the Chance has been helping our community to find their voice and “speak up” about their lives and experiences. We give them the opportunity to speak so that we have the opportunity to listen. Greater understanding fosters greater empathy. Through these programs, we hope to contribute to a more connected, compassionate, and creative community.
To find out more, click on one of our Speak Up programs below:
