Variety Nights at North Coast Rep to Present FOR THE SENDER: LOVE LETTERS FROM VIETNAM
"As I put myself behind this soldier's eyes to write these songs, I talked to veterans, volunteered at events, and became more immersed in their stories," Woodard says. "I found that there could be something post-traumatic other than a disorder. Beauty, growth, and hope. that's what I tried to get across on the album and in my concert."
After watching Woodard perform an earlier storytelling compilation of songs about letters, Jennifer Fuller summoned up the courage to give him a cardboard box with Love Letters from Vietnam etched on the lid. She had found the box, containing letters written from her father while he was stationed in Vietnam, buried in a closet during a family move. Her father had ultimately died from the burdens he carried home from the war, and she answered his letters back in time to channel her personal pain and find healing. The themes of forgiveness, compassion and gratitude flow throughout the album, as they embody Jennifer's process of grief and catharsis.
A concert version FOR THE SENDER: Love Letters from Vietnam will be read and sung by Alex Woodard as Sergeant Fuller and Molly Jenson as Jennifer Fuller.
For Tickets: (858) 481-1055 or northocastrep.org. North Coast Rep is located at 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach 92075.
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