{"id":860,"date":"2012-06-07T10:42:11","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T17:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/66.147.244.222\/~cohoprod\/?page_id=860"},"modified":"2013-07-31T13:59:24","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T20:59:24","slug":"mormon-redneck-thespian-how-to-overcome-a-life-of-drugs-abuse-and-being-a-redneck","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/solo-summer-2013\/solo-summer\/mormon-redneck-thespian-how-to-overcome-a-life-of-drugs-abuse-and-being-a-redneck\/","title":{"rendered":"Mormon Redneck Thespian: How to Overcome a Life of Drugs, Abuse, and Being a Redneck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/solo-summer\/mormon-redneck-thespian-how-to-overcome-a-life-of-drugs-abuse-and-being-a-redneck\/attachment\/coryhuff01\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-880\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-880\" title=\"CoryHuff01\" src=\"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CoryHuff01-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CoryHuff01-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/CoryHuff01-580x386.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Written and Performed by Cory Huff<br \/>\nDirected by Lynne Duddy &amp; Lawrence Howard, Portland Story Theater<br \/>\nJune 21 \u2013 24, 2012<\/p>\n<p><em>Mormon Redneck Thespian<\/em> is Cory Huff&#8217;s inspirational one man show about growing up a redneck, converting to Mormonism, and overcoming abuse, drugs, and anger to start on the path to enlightenment. Called &#8220;funny, yet thoughtful and poignant&#8221; by <em>The Oregonian<\/em>, Huff\u2019s show has played to sold out audiences in Portland since it appeared in the Fertile Ground Festival in January.<\/p>\n<p>Opening for Cory Huff will be Lynne Duddy and Lawrence Howard of Portland Story Theater. Lynne will perform &#8220;\u00c9ist! Is \u00c9ireannach m\u00e9!&#8221; (that&#8217;s Gaelic for <em>Listen I&#8217;m Irish!<\/em>), a true story of how fate brought the love child of one father under the protection of another, and Lawrence Howard will perform &#8220;Bird in the Dojo,&#8221; a story about his brilliant but short-lived career in the martial arts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-860\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/solo-summer-2013\/solo-summer\/mormon-redneck-thespian-how-to-overcome-a-life-of-drugs-abuse-and-being-a-redneck\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener 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