Cathy Plourde discusses her career and Add Verb Productions on the Dr. Lisa Radio Hour

On Sunday, July 28, 2013, Cathy Plourde, director of of UNE's Add Verb Productions, appeared as a guest on the Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast for a program on "Finding Voice" that ran on WPEI and WLOB Portland.

Dr. Lisa Belisle, host of the show, explains that "If we have the strength to keep using our voice, we may have the chance to use it to help others—perhaps those who have no voice, or whose voices are not like ours. Our voice is our gift, and we can give it to others. Through the human voice, the breath of the world can flow."

Plourde describes her early career, her founding of Add Verb Productions, and its role as a unit of the University of New England.  Listen to the podcast.

Add Verb was founded in 2000 with a mission of using theatre in health and wellness education, and is currently a program of the University of New England's Westbrook College of Health Professions. Add Verb Productions' programming is a unique and carefully researched hybrid of theater, education, community action, and local resource collaboration designed to foster discussion on difficult social issues and find ways to make communities safer, stronger, and healthier. Issues addressed include eating disorders, bystander intervention, domestic violence, sexual identity. 

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.