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Media Contact: Angie Bertucci | 805.679.6010 | abertucci@lobero.com
Tickets: Lobero Box Office | 805.963.0761 | Lobero.com
Lobero LIVE and Lexikat Artists in association with Chapman University
present
“IF ALL THE SKY WERE PAPER”
Wednesday, November 11 at 7:30 PM
 A Play That Brings Battlefront Letters to Life
 Presented on Veteran’s Day in support of the Military Order of the Purple
Heart
 Written by bestselling author Andrew Carroll and Directed by John Benitz
40 COUNTRIES. 6 CONTINENTS. 1 MISSION:
To Find the World’s Most Extraordinary War Letters
Santa Barbara, CA, February 7, 2016 – The Lobero Theatre in association with Lexikat Artists
and Chapman University are proud to announce the performance of “If All The Sky Were
Paper” at the Lobero Theatre on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 7:30 PM in honor of
Veteran’s Day. Written by award winning author Andrew Carroll and is based upon his New
York Times bestselling books WAR LETTERS and BEHIND THE LINES, “If All The Sky Were
Paper” is based on a vast collection of wartime letters by soldiers, Marines, Sailors and Airmen
and their loved ones at home. From the incredible drama of the human experience in battle to
the pathos and humor of everyday life on the front and the home front, audiences will be
moved and inspired by the correspondence of those caught up in the American Revolution,
Civil War, World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Lobero LIVE in association with Lexikat Artists and Chapman University present If All the Sky Were Paper,” November 11,
2015
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Carroll’s books include the bestsellers Letters of a Nation, War Letters and Behind the Lines.
Carroll also edited Operation Homecoming, which inspired the Oscar-nominated and Emmywinning PBS documentary of the same name.
“These letters are intimate, deeply personal portraits of the courage, sacrifice,
and sense of duty that made this country.” – Tom Brokaw (on WAR LETTERS)
Watch a preview of the play here: https://youtu.be/GwaWHUdzLCI
Press coverage of these extraordinary letters include NBC Nightly News, ABC’s Good Morning
America, CBS Sunday Morning, Fox News, This American Life and the play itself has been
featured on CNN, Seattle Times, Albany Times Union, Washington Post, Stars and Stripes,
NPR, as well as many other national publications.
The performance will benefit the local chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, which
provides a variety of services to our veterans.
Tickets are on sale now at Lobero.com, or by calling the Lobero Box Office at 805.963.0761
with options to purchase a ticket for a veteran. Ticket prices are: $130 - VIP plus a donation of
one ticket to a veteran / $105 – VIP / $70 - Section A plus a donation of one ticket to a veteran
/ $45 - Section A / $25 - Veterans. VIP tickets include premier seating and post-performance
reception with the cast. All prices subject to facility fees.
Complete calendar listings can be found at Lobero.com.
This performance sponsored by the The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation
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Lobero LIVE in association with Lexikat Artists and Chapman University present If All the Sky Were Paper,” November 11,
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Calendar Editors, please note:
Wednesday, November 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Lobero Theatre
Lobero LIVE presents
“If All the Sky Were Paper”
Wednesday, November 11, 7:30 PM
In honor of Veteren’s Day, the Lobero Theatre presents Andrew Carroll’s compelling drama about the wartime
experience, taken from actual letters penned by troops and their loved ones.
http://www.lobero.com/events/if-all-the-sky-were-paper/
Ticket prices are: $130 - VIP plus a donation of one ticket to a veteran / $105 – VIP / $70 - Section A plus a
donation of one ticket to a veteran / $45 - Section A / $25 - Veterans. VIP tickets include premier seating and postperformance reception with the cast. All prices subject to facility fees.
Lobero Box Office: www.Lobero.com, 805.963.0761, 33 East Canon Perdido Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Lobero LIVE in association with Lexikat Artists and Chapman University present If All the Sky Were Paper,” November 11,
2015
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