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Choices1: Program Facilitators (L to R) Carl DeSantis, Barbara Homan,
and Tristan Weis prepare to discuss
the important issues surrounding
military combat and domestic violence.
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Edison State Community College
An Unholy Union
of Domestic Violence and Military Combat
Domestic violence starts the story, and the horror of combat adds the
second chapter with the third and final one resulting in unspeakable
acts.
The one-act play entitled Choices will be performed at 12 p.m. and 7
p.m. at Edison State Community College on Tuesday, November 10 in the
Robinson Theater at the Piqua Campus.
An additional performance will be held on Friday, November 13 at 7:30
at the Mayflower Arts Center on Main Street in Troy. Admission is free
to all performances.
Adrian Miller, a graduate of The Ohio State University with a degree in
theatre, stars as one of the nameless 22 veterans who kill themselves
each day in the U.S.
Domestic violence rears its ugly head off stage as Edison faculty Debra
Williamson and Thomas Martinez play a couple in a dysfunctional
relationship where the woman and her son, played by Owen Swigert, are
the recipients of violence.
Pianist and Edison professor William Loudermilk will present selections
prior to the play, including one he wrote especially for Choices
entitled “Nobody Cares.”
Area theatregoers know Jayson Grigsby as the actor who has played many
roles skillfully in Shakespeare’s works produced at Edison as well as
more modern fare. This time he is the director, using his extensive
knowledge of theatre through his hands-on experience as well as his
formal education and training.
Choices was written by Morganzie Green, a native of Colorado and an
AT&T employee in the Minneapolis area. She holds a degree in
theatre from Brigham Young University. Green indicates that it is her
hope that the short, one-act play “calls attention to two pressing
issues in the U.S.: veteran suicide and domestic violence.”
Following the performances, executive director of the Family Abuse
Shelter of Miami County, Barbara Holman; Vietnam combat veteran and
Edison faculty member in communication, Carl DeSantis; and Tristan
Weis, Iraq combat medic, will facilitate a discussion with the audience
on the responsibilities Americans have in insuring that these issues
are addressed appropriately.
Choices is being funded by the Miami County Foundation, The Alliance
for Employee Growth, Inc. and Edison State Community College. Only
those ages 14 and older will be allowed admission to this one-act play
For more information, contact Dr. Vivian Blevins at
vblevins@edisonohio.edu or 937-778-3815.
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Choices2: Program Facilitators Pictured L to R: Carl DeSantis,
Vietnam
combat veteran and
Edison faculty member in communication, Barbara
Holman, Executive Director of the Family
Abuse Shelter of Miami County;
and Tristan Weis, Iraq combat medic.
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