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Endorsements:

From the moment She Has A Name began I was powerfully aware that I was being brought into the violent and evil reality of human trafficking. The play continues to accurately display the  complexities of those who are victims of sexual exploitation in the sex trade as well as the challenges of those who are working to rescue these victims. Andrew Kooman has created a very realistic and brutally honest portrayal of the life of one young girl ensnared in human trafficking. She Has A Name will open your eyes to the reality of millions of victims in the world today who live in these brutal conditions, but more importantly it will hopefully open the hearts of those who attend to become engaged in seeing human trafficking end. This play brings the nameless victims of trafficking into our western world and makes them all too close and real to ever forget. You must see it!

Mark Wollenberg, Regional Representative, Western Canada
International Justice Mission Canada

As a professional working in the field of counter human trafficking in Canada and abroad, I found She Has A Name chilling in its proximity to reality.  By demonstrating the many challenges and complexities of providing effective assistance and support to a victim of trafficking, the play reminds all of us about the heinous nature of the crime and why we should all keep working hard to put a stop to it.

Lara Quarterman, Calgary Coordinator
Action Coalition on human Trafficking (ACT) Alberta

She Has A Name provides candid and authentic insight into human trafficking in South East Asia. The content of this play will make you feel uncomfortable, upset and enraged. As a young lawyer working in Cambodia, She Has A Name inspired me even more to dedicate my life to the thousands of children who are trafficked every year.

Rebekah Armstrong,
Solicitor Te Nahu Lovell & Co Executive Director of Prescha.org

Personal Endorsements

I truly had no idea of the reality of these injustices or maybe I just didn’t want to know… [Kooman is] a talented writer telling a difficult story. The cast and crew are courageous and frightening in their portrayal of your work.

Kristin Peila

I saw She Has A Name and I will never be the same…. I can’t tell you how I was moved, pissed off, wrecked and encouraged all at the same time (but mostly wrecked). I’m gonna wrestle with this for a long time I think and I pray that moves me into action some how.

Dave Grobe, Musician

She Has A Name is a veritable triumph for [Kooman] and Burnt Thicket Theatre.

Bob Forbes, Red Deer College Instructor (retired)

She Has A Name was more moving for me than I anticipated. Gripping indeed – an exceptionally haunting play. An incredibly important message.

Faith Campbell, Educator

Intensely written with a passionate performance, She Has A Name captures your heart from start to finish with a gripping reality and a hope to do something about it. As a viewer, it’s a story that I would desire to share with everyone.

Stephanie Loewen, Artist and Activist

Very powerful, and encouraging to see the responsiveness of the audience to engage in the heavy subject matter of human trafficking (specifically for the sex trade) during the post show panel. I recommend that everyone try to make it to one of the shows.

Max Robutka, Musician

She Has A Name is a story that haunts me.  This play’s emotional journey will grip our audiences by the heart, offering them a meaningful encounter with the art of theatre.  But it is their live experience of Jason and Number 18?s powerful story that will inspire and stir them to lasting action.  I believe She Has a Name will be a force that moves many Canadians to become ‘new abolitionists.’

Director, Stephen Waldschmidt