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Mesquite Public Arts Commission backs veterans play, forms small steering committee
Summary
The Mesquite Public Arts Commission voted to support a planned six-show production about Vietnam veterans and to form a three-member committee to work with Commissioner Mitzi Bender on fundraising, veteran outreach and mental-health partnerships.
The Mesquite Public Arts Commission voted Feb. 10 to support a community theater production about three Vietnam veterans and their spouses and to form a small committee to help present and promote the show.
Commissioner Mitzi Bender introduced the project, saying she had been contacted by a playwright-producer whose work had been staged in the Las Vegas area and that the piece "has the capability of closing a chapter, I think." Bender told commissioners she has "a budget that I can show, what we need is fundraising. I know that we don't do fundraising, but I'm hoping to be steered in the right direction, our committee." She said the…
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