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Theatre without Walls:
We play where story lives.
Kathleen Coudle-King
May 1, 20231 min read
Catharine Beecher - 1840s-1850s
Excerpted from "Retail Therapy" - Voiced by Ruby Lamb Castle Once committed, my physician determined I suffered from “humors of the...
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Kathleen Coudle-King
May 1, 20232 min read
Anna P Brinkle - 1880s - Committed to an Asylum
Excerpted from "Retail Therapy" - Voiced by Kate Preszler I don’t think any woman in America is better qualified than I to supply the...
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Kathleen Coudle-King
Apr 30, 20231 min read
Florence Nightingale, 1850s
Excerpted from "Retail Therapy" - Voiced by Meghan Perry As a very young child I had an obsession that I was not like other people. I was...
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Kathleen Coudle-King
Apr 29, 20231 min read
1970's Woman - A Positive Experience
Excerpted from "Retail Therapy" - Voiced by Meghan Perry Okay, so I’m going to tell you the other side of it, the side you don’t usually...
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Kathleen Coudle-King
Apr 29, 20231 min read
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard - 1860s
Excerpted from "Retail Therapy" - Voiced by Becca Cruger It was in a Bible-class in Manteno, Illinois that I defended some religious...
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Kathleen Coudle-King
Apr 28, 20231 min read
1960's Woman
Excerpted from the play Retail Therapy, by Kathy Coudle-King Voiced by Kate Preszler This took place in the nineteen sixties. We lived...
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Kathleen Coudle-King
Apr 27, 20231 min read
1950's Woman Who Went in and Out of Institutions
Excerpted from the play Retail Therapy by Kathy Coudle-King Voiced by Kathy Coudle-King I grew up hearing Sylvia stories. Sylvia was...
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Kathleen Coudle-King
Apr 26, 20232 min read
1940s Woman Who Was Committed in Jamestown State Hospital
Excerpted from the play Retail Therapy by Kathy Coudle-King Voiced by Becca Cruger It was forty-three-forty-four, my grandmother had four...
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Kathleen Coudle-King
Apr 25, 20233 min read
1930s Woman from ND Who Was Committed
Excerpted from the play Retail Therapy, by Kathy Coudle-King I remember her sitting quietly in a rocking chair, just rocking back and...
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Kathleen Coudle-King
Apr 24, 20232 min read
MT Mining Woman - early 1930s
Excerpted from Retail Therapy – Voiced by Julia Harris MONTANA MINING TOWN WOMAN – early 1930s, as shared by Julia Harris (material has...
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