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in Spain. What have been some of your scariest experiences? So many scary ones, but all of them exhilarating. My first performance of this show, the first show I have written, in front of an audience was pretty scary. However, I guess the scariest was running with the bulls in Spain. You don’t realize how big and powerful those animals are until you are right next to them. They are so incredibly beautiful, powerful, athletic, and violent at the same time. What was the most rewarding? Most rewarding? I would say the show. Never in a million years did I ever think this show would be as successful as it has been. To receive the positive responses from critics, to be nominated for an Amnesty International Award for theatrical excellence and to be asked to tour the show across the country has been thrilling. But the most rewarding has been receiving the personal messages and letters from veterans thanking me for my work. That has been unbelievable. I have been enriched 100 fold as a person and artist because of this show and will always be incredibly grateful for the lessons of courage I have learned from all of the veterans’ letters. The Next Generation of Rock Radio Listen online at 90.5thenight.org NJ STAGE 2016 - ISSUE 9 INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 30