Partners That Heal Member Caroline Wagner shares one of the most impactful stories from her service in the community Share a time that you felt your services made an impact in the life of a patient. I will never forget the first time Partners That Heal was requested to be at a dying child’s bedside.…
The chance to engage creatively with kids who are in hospitals got my attention. I jumped at the chance. When we are invited into a kid’s room, my goal is to connect and listen. We Partners are not authorities. We collaborate with the kids we visit. Collectively, we choose an activity that allows the kid…
October 13, 2022 | Sally Jo Bannow This is my twelfth year as a member of Partners That Heal; twelve years made up of hundreds of thousands of moments spent with children and their families. Some of my favorite moments are the times we’ve walked into a room having been told that a child is depressed or…
It was a bright, cool Monday morning, and I was heading to Banner Thunderbird when I received a text that one of the other Partners wasn’t going to make it last minute, leaving only Mike and I to do service that day. Parking my car, I was a little nervous about spending all that…
September 4, 2018 | Jennifer Haaland “Partners That Heal is not about performing; it’s about connecting.” -Brian Sweis, originating member of Phoenix Theatre’s Partners That Heal Partners That Heal. They sound like good companions to have around, people who make it better. They are. For eight years, at crisis care facilities across Arizona, these specially trained Phoenix Theatre artists…
Amanda D’Archangelis and Sami Horneff met in the world-renowned BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. Recent work includes: THE RADIUM GIRLS, co-written with Lisa Mongillo and directed by Tony-Winner Marissa Jaret Winokur, which is eyeing a world premiere production in the 26-27 season (also a 2022 NAMT Finalist, a 2019 Eugene O’Neill NMTC Semi-Finalist, and five-time winner at The 2021 National Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival); SINGLE RIDER (Off-Broadway 2018); COMING ATTRACTION (Wilbury Theatre Group 2019); and THE BREAK (Omaha Creative Institute 2018). Upcoming: BANDIT QUEEN, a new pop-Americana musical about Pearl Hart, the Wild West’s most notorious female bandit, which has been developed through artist residencies at The Legacy Theatre in Branford, CT and Drama Club Camp in Mount Vernon, ME; PANDORA IN BLUE JEANS with book by Adam Morrison, which explores the life of controversial “Peyton Place” author Grace Metalious; and PSYCH, a 90’s spin on the myth of Cupid & Psyche commissioned by Wichita State University. Amanda and Sami’s songs have also been performed at concert venues and educational institutions across the country. They are proud to be 2019 York Theatre Company New/Emerging/Outstanding Writers, 2024 Playbill Songwriter Series Featured Artists, and 2025 Write Out Loud Contest grand prize winners! For more, visit: @darchangelisandhorneff on instagram | www.amandadarchangelis.com and www.samihorneff.com
