Andrew Kooman: Connecting to Danger
What happens when we dare, as individuals, communities and societies to go to the dangerous places and open our eyes to human need, then reach out our hands with compassion? Andrew Kooman suggests a starting point is to connect individuals to stories, both real and imagined, that open our eyes and hearts and move our feet into life-changing, meaningful action.
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ABOUT Andrew Kooman
“Andrew Kooman is an Award-winning writer who writes for the page, stage, and screen. He is based in Red Deer, Alberta.
He is the author of ‘She Has A Name’ a full-length play for the stage that had a critically acclaimed sold out World Premiere February 2011 in Calgary, Alberta followed by a sold out run in Red Deer, Alberta in March of 2011.
Burnt Thicket Theatre, in partnership with ‘Raise Their Voice’ have planned a multi-city North American tour of the show in 2012. ‘She Has A Name’ was given the 2009 SAW/APN Award.
Andrew’s writing has been published around the world and translated into ten languages. It has been described as “A siren call [that] will forever take us from our complacency to the plight of so many lost, lonely and hurting.”
Andrew is also the author Ten Silver Coins: The Drylings of Acchora (Xulon), Disappointed by Hope: Migrants and Refugees in Search of a Better Country, God/he a collection of poetry released in a limited edition hand-crafted book and now available as an ebook. He recently finished work on the forthcoming biography (2012) with career missionary Kel Steiner, and a new full length play that takes place during the Nazi occupation of Holland.
Andrew is an avid blogger, freelances, writes regular articles on the web, a weekly poetry feature called Fridge for Thought, and conducts frequent interviews with bold thinkers, artists, and activists.”
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