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Newly Launched She Has A Name Website

by andrewkooman on July 8, 2011

I’m pleased to announce the launch of a newly designed website for the 2012 Tour of She Has A Name. www.shehasaname.net – check it out!

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More than a Memory

by andrewkooman on April 30, 2011

Raise Their Voice has uploaded more video from The Trafficked + Exploited event, including Braden Scharfenberg’s song “More Than A Memory.” Braden’s currently in studio recording this song. I’m looking forward to the future of this song especially as it connects with our upcoming campaign to bring She Has A Name on tour. Will keep [...]

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Risking, planning, eventing

by andrewkooman on April 6, 2011

I’ve been busy at work with my team at Raise Their Voice to create space for a two-day event in April called Raise Their Voice: The Trafficked + Exploited. It’s been a real example for me so far of stepping out in faith and taking a risk.  In the lead up to the production of [...]

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Lend some power to that voice

by andrewkooman on March 22, 2011

Have you ever felt so deeply about something you don’t know what to say?  You know something in your guts, and yet you can’t shape the knowing into a word. It’s often how I feel about the big questions – about life and what it means, the things of faith, and big words so easily [...]

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Here’s a great write up by James Wilt of the Calgary Journal for the paper’s February 4 edition: ## Number 18 is a prostitute. Deprived of her name and of her freedom, the 15-year-old girl is enslaved in Thailand’s sex trade. But, a Canadian lawyer has arrived at the brothel where she is forced to [...]

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New SHN Poster

by andrewkooman on January 6, 2011

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Calgary world premiere of She Has A Name by Alberta playwright Andrew Kooman at EPCOR CENTRE’s Motel Feb. 23- March 5 ‘11 Calgary, Alberta (December 20, 2010) — Haunted by anguished voices, a Canadian lawyer (Jason) poses as a “john” to build a legal case against a ring of brothels trafficking girls into Bangkok. Can [...]

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Playwright + Director Interview for She Has A Name

by andrewkooman on December 17, 2010

Here’s an interview with Steve Waldschmidt, director of the world premiere of She Has A Name, and myself. I’m so thankful he’s on board – he’s an amazingly creative and visionary man.

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