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Mentoring and inspiring has not been a
one-way affair. The professional artists
engaged in Haven have been profoundly
affected by their experiences as is evinced
by the following comments:
“A lifetime mission of mine is to prove
that theater heals, and so many young
people I worked with, and a surprising
number of artists who worked [with
Haven], were renewed. For the adult
artists, it was an education every day.
That’s one of the reasons you’ll hear over
and over again from the artists that it was
a real “haven” for them as well. We were
put through incredible challenges that
taught us so much about ourselves and
Haven camp 2004
Camp Caldera near Sisters, Oregon. Thespians closed
a series of one-act plays with a group song (pictured
above). They returned to Portland for another week of
rehearsal before performing the plays for the public.
about our sense of what true theatre is.”
Victoria Parker, actor and director
“I was amazed at these kids and how
they were able to accomplish what adult
artists often find pretty daunting—creating
something. These kids didn’t know that
it was hard. They were asked to do
something, and they just did it. It’s amazing
to watch these kids work through issues.
These plays are metaphors for their lives.”
Tim True, actor
“I enjoyed the freshness, the directness, of
their voices unencumbered by adult rules
about how they were supposed to write.
Their voices came through, and these