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Wrap Both Arms Around Hope
I’m celebrating this week with a heart that is full of hope, especially after the Braver Angels Convention in Philadelphia that I attended last week.
It was an experience like I’ve never had before. I gathered with approximately 800 others who believe that our differences are not as important as our belonging to each other and that our very future depends on our learning to embrace each other and problem-solve together.
Rebecca Burnham
Jul 26 min read


Musicking for Peace
It’s impossible to separate the sounds that we call “music” from the processes of creation and their social impact. So Zork uses “musicking” to describe the whole parcel. It's a term that sums up his daily life. And his song, "The Sound of Us" encapsulates his collaborative and inclusive philosophy.
Rebecca Burnham
May 21, 20257 min read


Collaborative Theatre for the Courageous
Mind the Gap participants enact an ideological tug-of-war Collaboration across all sorts of divides is one of Summit Stages’ core...
Rebecca Burnham
Apr 16, 20256 min read


When the Dream is Big Enough to Intimidate
Hold an elephant-eating party! Last week, I wrote about my goal to launch a global, intentional and organized movement to build the...
Rebecca Burnham
Feb 27, 20254 min read


Let's Change the World!
When the world gathers to Salt Lake City for the 2034 Winter Olympics, the city will be flooded with living proof of musical theatre's power
Rebecca Burnham
Feb 20, 20256 min read


A Solution That Sings
On the night of August 23, 2020, the streets of Kenosha Wisconsin filled with an angry mob. Earlier that day, Jacob Blake, an African...
Rebecca Burnham
Nov 14, 20246 min read
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