CoronaVOX: Stories from the Front

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CoronaVOX: Stories from the Front (in order of appearance)

Ask the Doctor – Game Show with 3 guests who have different beliefs
Written by: Apollo Blue and Maggie Whittum
Inspired by interview with Emily Shupe Talley, MS, PA-C

Tale of Two Pandemics – A man from 2020 has a conversation with a 14th century plague victim
Written by: Jordan Kaplan

Rum Cake is My Friend – Flora tapes herself making rum cake for her Youtube channel
Written by: Sonya Rio-Glick
Inspired by interview with Flora Newton

Mireille’s Intro – Introduction of our interviewee Mireille Bahkos with IRC
Written by: Apollo Blue
Inspired by interview with Mireille Bahkos with IRC

The Wait – Three refugees wait to get to America
Written by: Trenton Schindele
Inspired by interview with Mireille Bahkos with IRC

Picking up the Pieces – How work has changed as a social worker during the pandemic
Written by: James Sherman and Edith Weiss
Inspired by the interview with Brian Polovoy, MS, MSW, LCSW

Who Will Be Remembered? – Introduction of our interviewee Thomas G. Allen with Denver Indian Center
Written by: Maggie Whittum in collaboration with Robert Michael Sanders
Inspired by interview with Thomas G. Allen with Denver Indian Center

Thomas’ Piece
Written by: Daniel Traylor
Inspired by interview with Thomas G. Allen with Denver Indian Center

Echo Chamber – Infomercial for the Echo Chamber APP. Very often people are subject to negative or untruthful feedback in their lives. The echo chamber promises to give the user feedback that they would want to hear from family, friends, and colleagues.
Written by: James Sherman and Sheila Ivy Traister

Two High Guys – Stoner from the future visits and warns his 2016 past stoner self
Written by: Trenton Schindele

Notes on an Epidemic – Poem about the pandemic
Written by: Jessica Goody

Hi Lorrie, This is God – Lorrie has an unexpected conversation with God
Written by: Sonya Rio-Glick
Inspired by the interview with Lorrie A. Koskinski, Director/Interpreter at Denver Office of Sign Language Services

Zoe and Kashundra Intro – introduction of our interviewees Zoe Collins and Kashundra Smith with The Initiative
Written by: Joy Carletti
Inspired by the interview with Zoe Collins and Kashundra Smith with The Initiative

As I Sat Listening – A reaction to the interview with Zoe and Kashundra with The Initiative
Written by: Jordan Kaplan
Inspired by the interview with Zoe Collins and Kashundra Smith with The Initiative

COVID Suspended in Time – A time capsule with pandemic and COVID-19 related items
Written by: Tracy Alverson

Dear 2019 – correspondence between 2019 and Representative of Humanity
Written by: Maria Ciobanu

Search in Still-ness – the story of Tyler and his mom, who became his caregiver
Written by: Daniel Traylor
Inspired by interview with Kouen T. Kelly, caregiver at PASCO

Poopy and Grin – A hard day at the hospital as related to puppets
Written by: Tracy Alverson
Inspired by interview with Jandel T. Allen-Davis, MD

The Masked Dancer – A take off on the Lone Ranger. A Masked man freely dispenses vaccines and covid tests to surprised strangers
Written by: Edith Weiss and Tammy Kik

Fuck the COVID – Parody of Rock the Casbah by The Clash
Written by: Donald Gabenski

The Big Quiet – How the pandemic affected Donna
Written by: Donna Gunnison

Yo, it’s the Corona – The coronavirus personified on vacation
Written by: Edith Weiss
Inspired by the interview with William Taylor, teacher at East High School

Reflections, Interrupted! – A meeting held by a theatre company who is trying to discuss how to adapt to the pandemic, but keep getting derailed by zoom troubles
Written by: Kevin Pettit and Lisa Young

Lucy in the Litterbox
Written by: Lucy Roucis
Reimagined by: Edith Weiss, Regan Linton, POD C writers, and Sheila Ivy Traister