A Wider Circle

BY MARY ELLEN HEDRICK

NHTP’s Elephant-in-the-Room Series®

The Opioid Crisis Effect on Families: Playreading & Community Discussion

Featuring A Wider Circle by Mary Ellen Hedrick
WAS LIVE Thursday, October 22, 6:30-8:00 pm
FREE | VIRTUAL WEBINAR

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I want to express my appreciation… The play was impactful and insightful, and the discussion afterward engaging and useful. I support your effort to provide opportunities for folks to come together to talk about what needs to be talked about. The use of a theatre piece to create an atmosphere of understanding and empathy is terrific.

– Audience Member

Network4Health will present a reading of the play A Wider Circle by Mary Ellen Hedrick, and a community discussion on the topic of The Opioid Crisis Effect on Families. Co-sponsored by South Central Public Health Network and Derry Community Access Media.

Immediately following the reading ,facilitator Tim Barretto will lead a community discussion with the audience and panelists:

Dean Robbins, a clinician with DMC Primary Care;

Chuck Hemeon, Director of Emergency Medical Services for the Derry Fire Department;

Natacha Davis, Outreach Coordinator for Revive Recovery Center.

About New Hampshire Theatre Project

About Elephant in the Room Series

About Mary Ellen Hedrick

A playwright and civics teacher from New Hampshire, Mary-Ellen Hedrick’s previous work, Throw Away People, focused on the devastating consequences of heroin addiction for both individuals and the community. New Hampshire Theatre Project commissioned Ms. Hedrick, as an advocate for the recovery community, to address the topic of addiction as a family disease. A Wider Circle has toured to communities throughout New Hampshire, including Gorham, Concord, Manchester, Brentwood, Rochester and Portsmouth.

About South Central NH Public Health Network

Public health is any initiative that protects and improves the health of the community, including initiatives that promote a healthy lifestyle, prevent injuries, and control infectious diseases.

The South Central Public Health Network has a vision of a region with the healthiest and safest communities in New Hampshire. Our mission is to collaborate with partner agencies to identify public health priorities and to implement solutions that improve health and safety in our communities. Click HERE to learn more

About Network 4 Health

Network4Health (N4H) is a 43-partner integrated delivery network (IDN) established as part of NH’s 1115 Transformation Waiver. IDN Region 4 is comprised of 18 communities surrounding Greater Manchester, Derry and Salem. The region has a total population of more than 320,000, however, the target population to be served is estimated to be about 48,000 individuals; more than 25% of the state’s Medicaid population. Click HERE to learn more.

About DerryCAM