Christle Henzel on Addicted: Alex's Story - From Tragedy to Hope

Rich Bennett 0:00
Thanks for joining the conversation. I'm sitting here with my lovely. 

Christle Henzel 0:03
Who's Wendy Beck? 

Wendy Beck 0:04
Hello. 

Rich Bennett 0:05
We have a special guest, Crystal Hensel, who. And correct 

Christle Henzel 0:11
correct 

Rich Bennett 0:11
me 

Christle Henzel 0:11
me if. 

Rich Bennett 0:11
if I'm wrong, has written the play. The first one was addicted and they got addicted. Alex Story. 

Christle Henzel 0:16
Yes. 

Rich Bennett 0:17
Okay. And you wrote both. 

Christle Henzel 0:19
I did think. 

Rich Bennett 0:20
Enacting both or just. 

Christle Henzel 0:21
I don't act or write, direct and produce it. 

Rich Bennett 0:24
Right. Direct and wow. Okay, 

Christle Henzel 0:26
Okay. 

Rich Bennett 0:27
man, that's a lot. So it's. But it's just a play. 

Christle Henzel 0:31
In. 

Rich Bennett 0:31
For now. 

Christle Henzel 0:32
Yes, it's a play for now. 

Rich Bennett 0:34
Because if it becomes film and you start doing all you're wearing all the hats, you're. 

Christle Henzel 0:39
I need them up. 

Rich Bennett 0:41
Yeah. You would definitely need some help. 

Christle Henzel 0:42
So. 

Rich Bennett 0:43
But Wendy told me, he said Richie got burned crystal on so issues. What he tells me, I got to bring somebody all over every society on. 

Wendy Beck 0:52
All right. Well. 

Rich Bennett 0:52
We've never. You've never brought on a big guest. 

Wendy Beck 0:56
Oh, well, you know, what we do here is, you know, part of the conversation 

Christle Henzel 1:00
Companies 

Wendy Beck 1:01
with Rich 

Christle Henzel 1:01
Companies 

Wendy Beck 1:02
is that 

Christle Henzel 1:02
that 

Wendy Beck 1:02
we 

Christle Henzel 1:02
we have. 

Wendy Beck 1:02
have rage talk. So I like to. 

Christle Henzel 1:03
To. 

Wendy Beck 1:04
You know, recommend people that have stories that are with regard to addiction. So that's why this is a perfect segment to just kind of, you know, get to know a little bit about what you're doing in the community. And I will say that. 

Christle Henzel 1:17
That I have. 

Wendy Beck 1:18
Seen addicted twice. And it's very powerful. Very, very powerful. Me personally, having lost child to addiction, it was it was hard to watch. It really was. 

Christle Henzel 1:31
Yeah, it's pretty raw and intense and emotional. So. But thank you. And thank you for having me. 

Rich Bennett 1:37
Oh. 

Wendy Beck 1:37
Absolutely. Well, we know that, you know, as Rich said, that we had addicted and then now we 

Christle Henzel 1:43
We 

Wendy Beck 1:43
have. 

Christle Henzel 1:44
have Alex. 

Wendy Beck 1:44
Story. Can you tell us a little bit about how that differs and why you're branching off from 

Christle Henzel 1:50
Sure. 

Wendy Beck 1:50
the original to something else? 

Christle Henzel 1:52
So in 2016, I wrote Addicted, and that play was about three individuals who were struggling with a variety of addictions. We covered prescription pills, alcohol and heroin and the play revealed not only the devastating impact to the user, but also on one's friends and family members. And so that play was performed for seven years and had a wide audience and received pretty positive feedback. And one of my goals then and still remains is prevention and awareness. So I want to use these performances as a tool for dialogue, for families to have difficult conversations about drugs and alcohol with their loved ones. And I really want you to feel like they don't have to hide this topic from their parents, like fear of consequences. I think it's important that we have open conversations and I think that addicted and addicted, Alex, the story can really assist in those conversations. So currently Addict is now on film and so people can host that host to screening for that. But addicted Alex's story. One of the characters in Addicted was Alex, and he was a 24 year old who was addicted to opioids and the audience members really resonated with his character. So I decided to write an entire play just about his journey. 

Rich Bennett 3:08
Wow. 

Christle Henzel 3:10
Yeah. And so addicted. Alex The story takes a closer look at what opioid addiction feels like and its impact on his relationships and his family members. And I the goal here is really to break stigma, to provide the audience understanding about what addiction is and really to provide empathy and compassion for those that are struggling. And they want people that are struggling to know that they're not alone. 

The story is multimedia, so it's told through music, through film and through live acting. And I think what makes addicted Alex is, yeah, what makes you addicted? Alex As unique as that, it's an interactive component. So at the end of the show, the audience is going to vote among three choices for where they want Alex to go back in time to a pivotal moment and make a different decision that's going to impact the outcome of his life. So we'll then see on film Alex making a different choice, seeing his life in a new direction, and then afterwards Alex comes out on stage and speaks to the audience about the choice, and each element will include an educational component. That way, the audience gets to experience firsthand the power of choice. 

Wendy Beck 4:21
Wow. I love it. 

Rich Bennett 4:23
How did you come up with that idea? I love that. 

Christle Henzel 4:25
Well, two years ago, I wrote some films for the sheriff's office called The Core Project. And in those films, it was a ten minute film, and it showed a person going down the path of addiction. And then they got to choose where they wanted to make a different choice for the character and then the end. Then you got to see the outcome. So I use the same concepts in this play. 

Rich Bennett 4:44
All right, So listeners have an idea because we were talking before we started recording. You said you're a psychologist, right? 

Christle Henzel 4:53
You school psychologists and a therapist. 

Rich Bennett 4:56
Where does your, I guess, your love. Film and producing. 

Christle Henzel 5:00
In all that come from. I have always been creative. That's really my passion. So in college I was an English major and a psychology major, and I would write poetry and stories and do talent shows. And so I always loved writing and storyteller. And I think that there's power in storytelling and. 

Rich Bennett 5:18
Yes. 

Christle Henzel 5:19
You know, story connect story creates connection. So I, um. My love of creativity and writing where. 

Rich Bennett 5:27
Wow. Okay. I mean, because addicted. And then you said the one for the sheriff's office as well. 

Christle Henzel 5:34
Mm 

Rich Bennett 5:35
Any other ones you that we don't know about. 

Christle Henzel 5:38
Well, nobody really knows about this, but when I first started working in the schools, I wrote a play, I think that was 22 years ago, and that was my first play. I don't even remember what it was called. 

But I wanted to keep the kids after school to be. 

Rich Bennett 5:56
Right. 

Christle Henzel 5:56
Because they were going through some difficult times. And I thought, well, what can I do to keep them after school? And so what I did was I was like, Oh, I'm going to write a play about a character who goes through similar things, and then we can talk about resiliency and use it for coping mechanisms. And so I wrote a play and bounce ideas off them, and then the drama kids performed it and we did it during the school day, and then we did a night performance and then 13 years later, I wrote Addicted. 

Rich Bennett 6:21
The schools have ever asked you to be a drama teacher. 

Christle Henzel 6:24
Now. 

Rich Bennett 6:26
Now you. 

Wendy Beck 6:26
She has her hands full I. 

Rich Bennett 6:27
Well, I know, but I'm just amazed by, you know, about these plays and films as she's done. But you. 

Christle Henzel 6:36
Look at what she you know what? Her job. It's like they're. 

Wendy Beck 6:40
Well, I hope that you can come and see one of the. One of the performers. 

Rich Bennett 6:44
Oh, the place I want to 

Wendy Beck 6:45
Yeah. So. 

Rich Bennett 6:45
come and see them. I want to get them booked. 

Wendy Beck 6:49
Okay. 

Rich Bennett 6:49
Some of which we'll talk about. I'm sorry. Go ahead. 

Wendy Beck 6:51
No, no, no, no. 

Rich Bennett 6:52
No, I'm just a man. I'm. 

Wendy Beck 6:53
Honestly like I want the very. 

Christle Henzel 6:55
The first time I 

Wendy Beck 6:55
I saw 

Christle Henzel 6:55
saw 

Wendy Beck 6:56
it. It was very early after 

Christle Henzel 6:57
after 

Wendy Beck 6:57
my 

Christle Henzel 6:57
my. 

Wendy Beck 6:58
my daughter had passed away. So, like, to me, that was really emotional. The second time I was able to have a little bit of a different perspective. And I am planning to come to, I think, the third performance in June. 

Yeah. So, I mean, I will be there as well. So I'm excited to see this different, you know, story being told and the people that 

Christle Henzel 7:24
They're 

Wendy Beck 7:24
are doing 

Christle Henzel 7:24
doing. 

Wendy Beck 7:24
it, it's not high school students. Correct. 

Christle Henzel 7:27
No, they're all professional film actors. And so. 

Rich Bennett 7:30
What? 

Christle Henzel 7:32
Yeah. So we have Julio Fernandez, who has been through he has been in the shows addicted for many years. Right now he's playing professional hockey in Spain. So our practices have been 

Rich Bennett 7:42
Wow. 

Christle Henzel 7:43
via Zoom. But he'll be back. He'll be back this weekend and we'll do our first live rehearsal. So there's been a lot of challenges. But yeah, so Julio is performing as Alex, which the audience should be familiar if they've seen Addicted. And we have Nicole Yang, who's a very talented actress, she will be here doing the live performances and then she's moving to Korea in August. So we'll have her roles on film. But for these performances, she'll be a live actress. So. 

Rich Bennett 8:13
So it's only two. 

Christle Henzel 8:14
There's two live actors and then the rest of the actors are on film. 

Rich Bennett 8:19
How did you find these actors? 

Christle Henzel 8:22
So actually, Coolio helped us with some of the casting because he's in the professional film world. 

Rich Bennett 8:28
Okay. 

Christle Henzel 8:29
So he helped us with casting calls and things like that. 

Rich Bennett 8:32
Wow. 

Wendy Beck 8:33
What's the real deal? 

Rich Bennett 8:34
Yeah, I'm surprised. No. I don't know if it'd be movie companies or what. You know, nobody's contacting you yet about you. You're doing something. Have it on Netflix or. 

Wendy Beck 8:49
You never know. 

Christle Henzel 8:49
You never know. 

Wendy Beck 8:50
No, no, it's really quite brilliant. I loved it. The original. Not the original, but the first, because it. 

Christle Henzel 8:58
Really didn't touch 

Wendy Beck 8:59
On 

Christle Henzel 8:59
my 

Wendy Beck 8:59
all the components. You had the 

Christle Henzel 9:00
family. 

Wendy Beck 9:00
family support group, you had the friend who had experienced loss and then you had the people that were struggling. So it really it really shows, you know, all the different like facets of addiction, which I don't think people really understand. 

Christle Henzel 9:14
Yeah. So and and and since this is only one story, but it really does kind of show the impact of what opiate addiction feels like. From the best of my ability to tell that story and then the impact that it has on his girlfriend and on his mother and his journey of what led to that and the choices that he made and his struggle going through it and, you know, attempts to break down the stigma of addiction, because I think that there is a lot of stigma with addiction. 

Wendy Beck 9:42
Still there is. 

Christle Henzel 9:43
Yeah and people who use feel it and a lot of shame and you know feelings of lack of self-worth and I really want to change that. 

We address a little bit of that in the play. 

Rich Bennett 9:58
If you don't mind me asking, what what made you decide to write this? 

Christle Henzel 10:03
So my brother Jason struggled with addiction throughout most of his life. He ended up taking his own at the age of 19. 

Rich Bennett 10:09
Gonzales. 

Christle Henzel 10:10
So, but it was through his story and our experience that I really wanted to make something good in the midst of tragedy. 

Rich Bennett 10:16
Hmm. 

Christle Henzel 10:16
And so all of my shows are dedicated to my brother and when my brother was going through addiction, I felt like nothing accurately portrayed what it was like for a family going through, loving someone who was addicted. And I felt like the movies glorified it. And the only movie that I could resonate with was Basketball Diaries. And 

Rich Bennett 10:36
Oh, wow. 

Christle Henzel 10:37
I thought that that was the only movie out that that really I was like, Wow, that's what this feels like. And to be honest, I felt a lot of shame at that time. And I didn't feel like there were a lot of people that I could talk to that understood. I felt like a lot of people were judging me. 

Rich Bennett 10:51
Yeah. 

Christle Henzel 10:51
And so I wanted to create something that was honest, that was real, and that really highlighted what families go through that are using that have someone that they love, that's using. And again, I wanted to break the stigma and create space for conversation and understanding. And so I drew upon my own family experience and that of others and created both addicted and addicted. 

Wendy Beck 11:14
Right now. Can I ask, how long ago did he. 

Christle Henzel 11:16
That was 27 years ago. 

Wendy Beck 11:18
He 

Rich Bennett 11:18
27 

Wendy Beck 11:19
passed 20. 

Rich Bennett 11:19
years ago. 

Christle Henzel 11:20
Yes. 

Wendy Beck 11:21
Okay. So you can obviously. 

Christle Henzel 11:24
Make a very accurate statement of how it was done versus how it is now. Yes. And 

Wendy Beck 11:29
And we've 

Christle Henzel 11:29
we've 

Wendy Beck 11:29
come 

Christle Henzel 11:29
come. 

Wendy Beck 11:30
a long way. I know 

Christle Henzel 11:31
We have. 

Wendy Beck 11:31
you keep saying stigma, stigmas, and it's still there. 

Christle Henzel 11:34
We 

Wendy Beck 11:35
We as 

Christle Henzel 11:35
as a 

Wendy Beck 11:35
a community 

Christle Henzel 11:35
community community 

Wendy Beck 11:36
are 

Christle Henzel 11:36
are 

Wendy Beck 11:36
learning. 

Christle Henzel 11:36
learning. Yes, some. 

Wendy Beck 11:38
And I know I think the. Originally. When? 

Christle Henzel 11:41
I saw the play. You were, like, 

Wendy Beck 11:44
I guess, 

Christle Henzel 11:44
guessing 

Wendy Beck 11:45
the 

Christle Henzel 11:45
in the. 

Wendy Beck 11:45
Office of Drug Control 

Christle Henzel 11:46
The in our county as 

Wendy Beck 11:48
to 

Christle Henzel 11:48
you posted 

Wendy Beck 11:48
host 

Christle Henzel 11:48
it. Is 

Wendy Beck 11:49
a 

Christle Henzel 11:49
that correct? 

Wendy Beck 11:49
correct. 

Christle Henzel 11:49
So that's how. Yeah. So right now we have many sponsors, but the Office of Drug Control Policy is one of our sponsors. 

Wendy Beck 11:57
Okay. Okay. 

Rich Bennett 11:59
Yeah, because I remember. Oh, my God, That was some years ago. Because I remember we were at a meeting, I think it was at Magnolia Middle School, if I'm not mistaken. And Joe Ryan was there talking about it. 

Wendy Beck 12:13
About the play. 

Rich Bennett 12:14
Yeah. 

Wendy Beck 12:14
Okay. 

Rich Bennett 12:15
I believe so, 

Wendy Beck 12:16
And if I'm and you said that that was probably about seven years ago. 

Rich Bennett 12:19
too. 

Wendy Beck 12:19
Is that correct? 

Christle Henzel 12:19
Yeah. Yeah, 

Wendy Beck 12:21
Yeah, 

Christle Henzel 12:21
we 

Wendy Beck 12:21
because. 

Christle Henzel 12:22
we stopped performing right before COVID. I think covered have been. 

Wendy Beck 12:24
Well, I when I saw it, my daughter had been gone less than a year and she'll be gone eight years in December. So, yeah. So it was right. It was right there when everything was really just kind of coming out. I hate to say it like that, but, you know, the the dark. 

Christle Henzel 12:41
Dark secret of. 

Wendy Beck 12:43
Those. 

Christle Henzel 12:43
Those of us who. 

Wendy Beck 12:44
You had a child that was you, 

Christle Henzel 12:45
Using. 

Wendy Beck 12:46
and 

Christle Henzel 12:46
We 

Wendy Beck 12:47
we didn't. 

Christle Henzel 12:47
didn't know what was. 

Wendy Beck 12:47
Happening. That was kind of like the catalyst because they were. There was a lot of them dying right then. That's when we had the sign outside the sheriff's office. That's when, you know, rage kind of like 

Christle Henzel 12:58
Like 

Wendy Beck 12:58
hit this, you know, visibility along with other organizations as well. So you were kind of right there on the. 

Christle Henzel 13:05
the. 

Wendy Beck 13:05
You know, at the when it was all happening. And now. What changes do you see? Like even being in the schools is 

Christle Henzel 13:13
Yeah, I think there's 

Wendy Beck 13:14
as. 

Christle Henzel 13:14
there is more awareness. And I do think we are, you know, working on the stigma and things like that. And I think there's a lot more resources. There is. I think our community, quite frankly, does a great job and. And working toward that. I mean, 27 years ago, you just trying to find help and trying to find something. My brother also struggled with mental health. So finding the combination of help for mental health and addiction was very difficult for. 

Wendy Beck 13:41
It's still very difficult. Very tricky. 

Christle Henzel 13:45
And we and and I grew up in upstate New York, so that is a different state and things like that. But at that time, I just felt like we were really struggling and finding the help and 

yeah, but I think we, we and we can have conversations about it now. And I do think and those you mentioned the the sheriff's office and and the numbers when they had the number 

Wendy Beck 14:06
Mm hmm. 

Christle Henzel 14:07
of overdose and things, that was one of the things that honestly we call them emotional buttons 

when I wanted to give up because, you know this is very difficult to do. And every time I would see that sign, I would remind me of why I'm doing this. 

Wendy Beck 14:24
And, you know, I agree with that 100%, because that was something that for me was like showing the community that this isn't going away. 

Christle Henzel 14:33
Yes. 

Wendy Beck 14:33
And when they took them down, which I don't know the reasoning for that, I was really disappointed. I was like, you know, not and years ago, like when I was you know, I grew up. Area, but there used to be the drunk driving signs that were in front of the state police. 

Christle Henzel 14:48
And. 

Wendy Beck 14:48
Stuff like that. You know, and even then when I would see, like the numbers, like for that as a teenager, like it was like kind of like just an awareness that you didn't even realize, like, you're not asking for it. You drive by, you see it, and then you're like, boom, okay, this is a problem. And that's how I felt with those signs. And then taking that down is like, we're not really taking it down because it doesn't exist. It still does. 

Rich Bennett 15:15
They need to put the signs back up there. 

Wendy Beck 15:18
And it's changing. I mean, and we've talked about it. 

Rich Bennett 15:20
Oh, 

Wendy Beck 15:20
I mean, 

Rich Bennett 15:21
yeah. 

Wendy Beck 15:21
there's you know, there's they're putting. 

Christle Henzel 15:22
Putting different. 

Wendy Beck 15:23
Things in the drugs like Xylene, and it's coming down from, you know, the Philly area. And we've had some really in-depth conversations about that kind of stuff. And it's. 

Rich Bennett 15:31
A lot of heroin, if any. 

Wendy Beck 15:33
No, there's really not at. And and and it's changing. And, you know, people need to kind of be aware of that as well. 

Christle Henzel 15:41
Yes, for sure. 

Rich Bennett 15:42
With addicted Alex's story because you have the two actors, but you said the ones going 

Christle Henzel 15:49
Back 

Rich Bennett 15:49
back to. 

Christle Henzel 15:49
to South Korea. 

Rich Bennett 15:51
The other ones would be playing hockey. 

Christle Henzel 15:54
So the one place hockey professionally now in 

Rich Bennett 15:56
Oh, 

Christle Henzel 15:56
Spain. 

Rich Bennett 15:56
okay. 

Christle Henzel 15:56
I don't know what his plans are for next year. 

Rich Bennett 15:58
All right. 

Christle Henzel 15:59
So if 

Rich Bennett 15:59
If. 

Christle Henzel 16:00
because people 

Rich Bennett 16:00
People can 

Christle Henzel 16:01
can. 

Rich Bennett 16:01
go on the website and actually. 

Christle Henzel 16:02
Really? 

Rich Bennett 16:03
Is that right? 

Christle Henzel 16:04
Book the play. They can contact me to do it. They can contact me. And they can either do a screening of the film. 

Rich Bennett 16:13
Right. 

Christle Henzel 16:14
Or they can host us coming to perform for them. 

Rich Bennett 16:18
I served 

Christle Henzel 16:18
If these two aren't available to act. 

Rich Bennett 16:21
back. 

Christle Henzel 16:21
So, Julio, we will always find a way if Julio is willing. Be have Julio. But the other thing is that we are going to film. Nicole plays the role of Sarah, so we will film her role. So it will be a one man show after August and we will also put the entire thing on film as well. 

Rich Bennett 16:39
Okay. So it's 

Christle Henzel 16:41
Something 

Rich Bennett 16:41
important 

Christle Henzel 16:42
important. Tell 

Rich Bennett 16:42
to. 

Christle Henzel 16:42
everybody how. 

Rich Bennett 16:43
How they can get in touch. 

Christle Henzel 16:44
If you 

Rich Bennett 16:45
You to have it. You know, so you can. And it doesn't 

Christle Henzel 16:49
matter. 

Rich Bennett 16:49
matter. 

Christle Henzel 16:49
You. 

Rich Bennett 16:49
You'll perform basically anywhere, right? Whether it be schools, churches. 

Christle Henzel 16:53
Sure. Yeah. Other states. 

Rich Bennett 16:55
Broadway. Yeah, whatever. 

Wendy Beck 16:58
off-Broadway. 

Christle Henzel 17:02
Yes. So they can go to addicted the play, dawg. And that has all my contact information, my phone number and my email, and they can just get in touch with me. 

Rich Bennett 17:10
I. All right. 

Christle Henzel 17:13
Important here? Yes. 

Rich Bennett 17:14
And you said the talk is at a nonprofit. 

Christle Henzel 17:16
It is not a nonprofit at this time. 

Rich Bennett 17:17
Why 

Christle Henzel 17:18
Why 

Rich Bennett 17:18
not? 

Christle Henzel 17:18
not? Well, we've been talking about that. I have a lot of jobs and so I have not. 

Wendy Beck 17:25
A whole nother can of worms. I mean, that's a lot of work in itself. 

Christle Henzel 17:30
Well, it takes money that 

Rich Bennett 17:31
Put 

Christle Henzel 17:31
way. 

Rich Bennett 17:32
this on. So 

Christle Henzel 17:32
So 

Rich Bennett 17:32
how 

Christle Henzel 17:32
how 

Rich Bennett 17:32
do 

Christle Henzel 17:32
do 

Rich Bennett 17:32
you. 

Christle Henzel 17:32
you raise the money? It does take money to put this on. So right now we are relying on our sponsorships. So. 

Rich Bennett 17:40
Okay. 

Christle Henzel 17:41
The Harford County Office of Drug Control Policy, Rage Against Addiction, APC. You 

voices of hope and addiction connection resources. So they have all helped in sponsorship. 

Rich Bennett 17:58
So you're always looking for sponsors to write. 

Christle Henzel 18:00
I am always looking for sponsors because the show is free. And I also want to mention because you had brought this up. It is intense and emotional and it is intended for ages 14 and older and it does contain sensitive content, active substance use and overdose. So I just want to let the audience know and you don't need a ticket. You just show up and. 

Rich Bennett 18:23
It's free. 

Christle Henzel 18:25
For. 

Rich Bennett 18:25
For people to come and see. 

Christle Henzel 18:26
See it, correct? 

Rich Bennett 18:27
But let's say. 

Christle Henzel 18:28
Say I want to host the show. 

Rich Bennett 18:30
There's 

Christle Henzel 18:30
So for me, 

Rich Bennett 18:31
host 

Christle Henzel 18:31
there's a fee for you to host 

Rich Bennett 18:32
good. 

Christle Henzel 18:32
it. Yes. 

Wendy Beck 18:35
Sure. You know, the actors need to get. 

Rich Bennett 18:36
Yeah. 

Christle Henzel 18:37
The film. Yeah. Filming is very. We have brilliant filmmakers. Fluid Theory production is our filmmakers and they are amazing and they live while they were in Arizona and now they're in Virginia. So. 

Wendy Beck 18:49
Okay. 

Rich Bennett 18:50
So we're. 

Christle Henzel 18:51
Where. 

Rich Bennett 18:52
And everything. Your performances here in Maryland, or have you gone to other states yet? 

Christle Henzel 18:56
We haven't gone to other states. We have been in Harford County, in Baltimore County. 

Rich Bennett 19:01
Okay. 

Christle Henzel 19:01
So it's just a matter of getting people to see it and spreading the word. And this is our first production of Addicted Alex's story. So kind of starting from scratch. No. 

Wendy Beck 19:11
Not really. 

Christle Henzel 19:12
Well, 

Wendy Beck 19:12
I mean. 

Christle Henzel 19:12
if people are familiar with addicted. But it's been some years. 

Wendy Beck 19:15
Right? 

Christle Henzel 19:15
Yeah. 

Wendy Beck 19:16
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 19:16
So what's your goal for? 

Christle Henzel 19:19
For this. 

Rich Bennett 19:20
As far as performing. 

Christle Henzel 19:21
Otherwise, where would you like to go? I would love to get the message. I mean, I'm dreaming big, but across the U.S. and I think that having it on film will also be another avenue to make it more easily accessible. Accessible. But I think that I would love to perform with whoever wants us. 

Rich Bennett 19:41
Those of you listening, especially if you've been on the show, if you have one of these. 

Christle Henzel 19:51
Now 

Rich Bennett 19:51
Nonprofits or whatever. When 

Christle Henzel 19:53
when 

Rich Bennett 19:53
it 

Christle Henzel 19:53
it 

Rich Bennett 19:53
comes 

Christle Henzel 19:53
comes. 

Rich Bennett 19:54
to addiction. 

Christle Henzel 19:55
Got your. 

Rich Bennett 19:56
We've had tons. Throughout the country. Contact Crystal I think it would be. That's one way to start to get her going out everywhere. Oh, are you limited to how often you can travel? 

Christle Henzel 20:11
I will make it work. 

Rich Bennett 20:13
Even those of you up in Canada and everything. I mean, this is something. 

Christle Henzel 20:17
Yeah. I'm thinking outside the United. 

Rich Bennett 20:20
Crystal. I hope I didn't hurt you. 

Christle Henzel 20:21
All over the world. Sure. 

Rich Bennett 20:24
Important message. 

Christle Henzel 20:25
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 20:25
And when you and I have talked to different people throughout the world and it's 

in some areas, they're still not talking about it and they need to. 

Even here, I just 

get old social media I saw post the other day and I hate the term halfway house can't stand it but somebody was. 

Wendy Beck 20:49
I do, too. 

Rich Bennett 20:50
Yeah, somebody was complaining because they're looking to put a halfway house in the area we don't need that is going to bring down the value of our home. I'm sorry. 

Wendy Beck 20:57
It's. 

Rich Bennett 20:57
Bullshit. Right. Thank you. 

Wendy Beck 21:00
There's. 

Rich Bennett 21:00
It's not. 

Wendy Beck 21:01
Is it going to know it? 

Rich Bennett 21:02
Yeah, 

Wendy Beck 21:03
Bring down the. 

Rich Bennett 21:03
they people feel like, oh, they're going to be having nothing but parties there. No, that's. 

Wendy Beck 21:09
Well, that's the misconception. 

Rich Bennett 21:11
It is. 

Wendy Beck 21:11
And I. 

Rich Bennett 21:12
It is. 

Wendy Beck 21:12
We'll need to be educated, you know, 

Rich Bennett 21:14
Yep. 

Wendy Beck 21:14
us having, you know, three sober living houses for women. You know, there's there's a no tolerance policy. So, you know, they're 

Christle Henzel 21:21
They're 

Wendy Beck 21:21
not 

Christle Henzel 21:21
not 

Wendy Beck 21:21
doing 

Christle Henzel 21:21
doing 

Wendy Beck 21:22
anything 

Christle Henzel 21:22
anything. 

Wendy Beck 21:22
in our houses. I mean, we are a non-profit, so we have an obligation to our supporters and the community to make sure that we're doing what 

Christle Henzel 21:29
Well, 

Wendy Beck 21:30
we 

Christle Henzel 21:30
we. 

Wendy Beck 21:30
say we're doing. Now, if it's something it's a for profit house, you know, I can't speak for them and how they're governed. But here in Harford County, with the help of ACR and the help. 

Christle Henzel 21:42
Of of rage against 

Wendy Beck 21:43
Addiction and some 

Christle Henzel 21:45
some 

Wendy Beck 21:45
of 

Christle Henzel 21:45
of the 

Wendy Beck 21:45
the other 

Christle Henzel 21:45
other. 

Wendy Beck 21:46
sober living community. We have a Sober living oversight committee. And so what 

Christle Henzel 21:51
What 

Wendy Beck 21:51
that 

Christle Henzel 21:51
that 

Wendy Beck 21:51
means 

Christle Henzel 21:51
means. 

Wendy Beck 21:52
is, is that you it's is voluntary to be a member, but you are abiding by the standard of, you know, regulations that. 

Christle Henzel 22:03
That like 

Wendy Beck 22:04
ACR 

Christle Henzel 22:05
you? 

Wendy Beck 22:05
who funds requires in terms of like is the house like capped nice. Do they have like what your rules are. All of that kind of stuff. So for the community that is fearful, you can get this information and you can see what these houses are all about if you really care to take that step. 

Christle Henzel 22:26
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 22:27
So, Chris. 

Christle Henzel 22:29
With this. 

Rich Bennett 22:30
With the play. And you mentioned earlier that you also. 

Christle Henzel 22:32
Also. 

Rich Bennett 22:33
Oh, you're directing. You're producing. The only thing you're not doing is. Have you thought about writing a book? 

Christle Henzel 22:42
I have thought about it. I just haven't thought much about it. 

Wendy Beck 22:45
Well, I feel like writing a play is just as relevant, honestly. 

Rich Bennett 22:49
Yes or no? I mean, it's definitely wrong. 

Christle Henzel 22:51
Relevant. 

Rich Bennett 22:52
No matter what, because. 

Christle Henzel 22:53
Because people go and see it. But 

Rich Bennett 22:55
But I think with as a book as 

Christle Henzel 22:56
as. 

Rich Bennett 22:57
well, people always have it 

Christle Henzel 22:59
Don't 

Rich Bennett 22:59
on. 

Christle Henzel 22:59
have. 

Rich Bennett 23:00
And a lot of times, you know, for books, a lot of times people go back and read again. With the play, they can only go back and see it again when it's around. But I think as the book and I think it would jump start you getting out to other states. 

Wendy Beck 23:16
He's giving you more work to. 

Mm 

Christle Henzel 23:20
One of my favorite books about addiction was my Isn't My Beautiful Boy. 

Wendy Beck 23:23
hmm. 

Christle Henzel 23:24
That was I thought that book was 

Wendy Beck 23:26
I have a hard time. I'm going to be honest, reading like stuff because I lived it 

Christle Henzel 23:30
right. 

Wendy Beck 23:31
and I don't. Oh, 

Christle Henzel 23:32
Yeah. 

Wendy Beck 23:33
it's hard. Yeah, so I get it. But like, to me, the play, I 

Christle Henzel 23:37
I 

Wendy Beck 23:37
love 

Christle Henzel 23:37
love 

Wendy Beck 23:37
the 

Christle Henzel 23:37
the 

Wendy Beck 23:37
multimedia 

Christle Henzel 23:37
multi-media. 

Wendy Beck 23:38
because it's it's a it's just different, you know what I mean? You're getting a whole different kind of feel and. It's live, it's interactive, and you're sitting there with with other people. So I feel like that whole experience, just it there's an energy to it. You know, your book is self-directed, like you're sitting here and you are like entrenched in what's happening with these actors and they're very good. I mean, I don't know if it's the same ones that I've seen, but they're very, very good. 

Rich Bennett 24:09
Hmm. Actually, because of the play. There's a script, right? 

Christle Henzel 24:15
There is. 

Rich Bennett 24:17
And even though some of the video. 

Christle Henzel 24:19
News already reported. 

Rich Bennett 24:23
The writing part's easy. It's already written. You just got to transcribe it to book for. 

Christle Henzel 24:31
Are you going to be my editor? 

Rich Bennett 24:34
If you want me to. But now, seriously. 

Wendy Beck 24:38
The possibilities are endless. 

Rich Bennett 24:39
Yeah. 

Wendy Beck 24:39
Trying to say so. 

Rich Bennett 24:40
Yeah, I mean, as a book, as a podcast. 

Christle Henzel 24:45
We do have. I did want to mention that. So the audience will also be given a QR code that's going to lead to the program. And in the program I have written up reflective journal questions with information and resources, so the parents can use that as a guide to have discussions with their loved ones, or even participants can use it for their own reflection on, you know, their thoughts and feelings. And then there's some information there, too. So there's just like a companion that goes with the play. 

Rich Bennett 25:16
So what's the next one? 

Christle Henzel 25:18
The next play. 

Rich Bennett 25:19
Yeah, because you had to. 

Christle Henzel 25:19
Well. 

Rich Bennett 25:20
Addicted and addicted. 

Christle Henzel 25:22
I was thinking about writing each person's story 

Rich Bennett 25:25
Yeah. 

Christle Henzel 25:25
and making a play out of each one. I. 

Rich Bennett 25:28
I'm just giving you more work on the highway. Wendy's like, Shut up, Rich. 

Wendy Beck 25:33
I'm not. No. 

Rich Bennett 25:35
We. I mean, if you have a. You got to have the other one. 

Wendy Beck 25:38
Well, and honestly, like everybody has a different, you know, piece that they connect with. So, you know, you have someone that you know is. 

Christle Henzel 25:46
Is this how? 

Wendy Beck 25:47
Sibling or child or the actual person that the. 

Christle Henzel 25:50
The French. 

Wendy Beck 25:50
Friend, the loss, the overdose, all of it. I always say that there's so many sides to addiction. 

Christle Henzel 25:56
Yes. 

Wendy Beck 25:57
So many there's so many people that are affected. 

Rich Bennett 26:02
I'm shutting up now. I'm giving. Back to you 

Wendy Beck 26:04
Why 

Rich Bennett 26:04
guys. 

Wendy Beck 26:05
I did not shut you down. 

Rich Bennett 26:06
Because I keep giving him more work. 

Christle Henzel 26:09
Do you have a sneak peek? If you 

Wendy Beck 26:11
Yes. 

Christle Henzel 26:11
want me to read a monologue. 

Rich Bennett 26:13
Yes, 

Christle Henzel 26:14
Okay, great. 

Rich Bennett 26:15
I'm. 

Christle Henzel 26:15
So. So this is a monologue from Alex, and he is talking about the stigma for him. So 

I see the way people look at me. I can see that disgust in their eyes. feel their judgment. It hurts. That's when that feeling of loneliness sits so heavy on my shoulders and makes it hard to breathe. You know, I try to smile at people so they aren't scared, but they look away quick and try to avoid me. I guess I don't blame them. It makes me feel sad though, like I'm invisible. I once heard somebody say that we're all connected. You know, I was thinking about that the other day. We aren't all that different, are we? We all want the same things. Love, connection, security. You know, addiction can happen to any one of us. Sometimes I wonder if people knew that. 

Because I try to believe that if they did, then maybe they wouldn't look at me the way they do. 

Rich Bennett 27:28
And you do act. 

Christle Henzel 27:30
I do not. 

Rich Bennett 27:34
I think you're in the wrong. That was also. You're in the wrong field. That was. 

Wendy Beck 27:40
She's right where she needs to be. 

Rich Bennett 27:42
No. Would she read it the way she read? It was like. I mean, I could picture Alex on stage. Saying it the way you read it with the 

Wendy Beck 27:51
Well. 

Rich Bennett 27:51
emotion in every. 

Wendy Beck 27:52
You know, just taking that and thinking about it like you have so many different 

perspectives that you can take being a therapist. 

Christle Henzel 28:04
Meaning in 

Wendy Beck 28:04
In 

Christle Henzel 28:04
this. 

Wendy Beck 28:05
the schools and then also being having a loved one. So, you know, she's got a lot of it coming from a lot. 

Rich Bennett 28:12
Right. 

Wendy Beck 28:12
Directions, and that's what gives you the ability to be able to storytel so well. 

Christle Henzel 28:18
And that's why I love directing the show, because as a writer, I know what I want it to sound. 

Rich Bennett 28:23
Right. 

Christle Henzel 28:24
And so and then the fun part for directing is there's a lot of education that goes into the directing. Talking about like what it feels like for somebody or, you know, what somebody goes through with that and then that helps them do the character even better. 

Rich Bennett 28:38
How hard is that to direct a play? Because with a movie, I mean, you can say cut. No, of that. The play. You really can't do that because it's life. 

Christle Henzel 28:48
Well, it's rehearsals. We do that in rehearsals and 

Rich Bennett 28:51
Okay. 

Christle Henzel 28:51
then we get it right so that when they're on stage, they have practice and practice and practice. 

Wendy Beck 28:57
And they're professionals as well. And I'm sure they're perfectionists. 

Christle Henzel 29:00
Yes, my actors and actresses are extremely talented. 

Rich Bennett 29:06
You sure You never. 

Christle Henzel 29:08
I took an acting class in college. That was about it. 

Rich Bennett 29:11
I mean, I mean, just you reading that, just. 

Christle Henzel 29:16
Who? 

Wendy Beck 29:17
Well, it resonates because there's a lot of truth behind it. And I think that actually hearing the person that struggles speak from their heart is not something that we all get, get a chance to experience, you know? I will say like getting to know the women in the recovery houses gives me a perspective because like I may not know exactly 

Christle Henzel 29:40
Exactly. 

Wendy Beck 29:41
what they're going through, but I can see, you know. The struggles of just trying to fit in that, you know, they were tossed away. They were rejected from family. They were rejected from peer groups because of what they were going through. And now coming back, they've got to learn all of that confidence and all of these new life skills all over again. And that's a struggle in itself. So to be able to hear like the raw, like thoughts of someone that's going through something like that, I feel it's really important because it can happen to anyone. Like I've always said a million times over and over. No family is immune. And I truly mean it because I would have never thought like I didn't even I would have never thought that that would have happened to my family. I mean, how would I. Like, I didn't grow up with people. Maybe drinking would have been like, my only perspective. But, you know, as a child and going, you know, maybe to the city for going to the zoo or the aquarium and seeing like homeless people or seeing this type of thing was not in my everyday life. And now, you know, it's reaching everyday life. 

Christle Henzel 30:51
I think it affects us all directly or indirectly. You know, when I start the shows, I say, raise your hand if you or someone you know has been negatively impacted by, you know, drugs or alcohol and almost every hand is raised. 

Rich Bennett 31:02
Yeah. Oh, yeah. 

Wendy Beck 31:03
Mm hmm. 

Rich Bennett 31:05
With this because it's 

Christle Henzel 31:07
Addicted now to stories. They 

Rich Bennett 31:09
the new. 

Christle Henzel 31:09
do. Yes. 

Rich Bennett 31:12
How and with 

Christle Henzel 31:13
It's 

Rich Bennett 31:13
the. 

Christle Henzel 31:13
addicted. 

Rich Bennett 31:14
Well, let's go over 

Christle Henzel 31:15
Addicted 

Rich Bennett 31:15
that. 

Christle Henzel 31:15
first. 

Rich Bennett 31:16
How 

Christle Henzel 31:16
How 

Rich Bennett 31:16
many 

Christle Henzel 31:16
many times of the year 

Rich Bennett 31:18
was 

Christle Henzel 31:18
was 

Rich Bennett 31:18
that? 

Christle Henzel 31:18
that being performed? That was probably two or three. I think we had about 6500 people see it total over the past seven years. 

Rich Bennett 31:27
Wow. And with a degree. 

Christle Henzel 31:30
Alex's story. 

Rich Bennett 31:32
How are you? So far, it's going to be with your schedule for three. 

Christle Henzel 31:37
We have three performances, one coming up in shortly, like two and a half weeks. 

Rich Bennett 31:42
Okay. 

What? 

Christle Henzel 31:45
What? How many times? 

Rich Bennett 31:46
And the year. Would you like to perform that? 

Christle Henzel 31:48
Or refrain three times that I have show dates. But I mean, we can we'll have the live actress all the way through August, so. 

Rich Bennett 31:57
Okay. 

Christle Henzel 31:58
I would love to perform all summer. 

Wendy Beck 32:00
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 32:01
I would like to. 

Wendy Beck 32:01
Have you reached out to any of the local playhouses or anything like that? I'm just saying that might be and, you know, I don't know. That might be something 

Christle Henzel 32:10
You need to schedule 

Wendy Beck 32:11
like 

Christle Henzel 32:11
like 

Wendy Beck 32:11
a 

Christle Henzel 32:11
a 

Wendy Beck 32:11
year 

Christle Henzel 32:11
year 

Wendy Beck 32:12
or 

Christle Henzel 32:12
or 

Wendy Beck 32:12
so. 

Christle Henzel 32:12
so, right? 

Wendy Beck 32:13
But. 

Christle Henzel 32:14
Yeah, I've been really focusing on just trying to get the message here for these shows. To be honest, I do have a lot on my plate, so I wish I could make this a full time job. 

Rich Bennett 32:25
Okay. So somebody wants if somebody wants 

Christle Henzel 32:27
So 

Rich Bennett 32:27
to. 

Christle Henzel 32:27
go ahead and book it. 

Rich Bennett 32:29
How much room do they? 

Christle Henzel 32:30
I'm 

Rich Bennett 32:30
I'm 

Christle Henzel 32:30
not. 

Rich Bennett 32:30
not talking about for the audience, but for the state. 

Christle Henzel 32:34
Oh, there's. There's hardly any props. Not much room for a stage at all. There's just two actors, and there is a mattress. 

Rich Bennett 32:42
With a screen to it as well right from. 

Christle Henzel 32:43
They need a screen. Yes, they do need a screen. 

Rich Bennett 32:45
I mean, is there like a certain slot because you don't want somebody have like a little 32 inch screen TV? 

Christle Henzel 32:51
Now we'd like a projector screen. 

Rich Bennett 32:54
Okay, So about a foot screen. 

Wendy Beck 32:55
So school's auditorium, 

Rich Bennett 32:57
Yeah. 

Wendy Beck 32:57
some someplace like the armory, something like that. 

Rich Bennett 33:02
The armory. 

Wendy Beck 33:04
Maybe. 

Now you have. 

Christle Henzel 33:07
I just 

Wendy Beck 33:08
Because 

Christle Henzel 33:08
because 

Wendy Beck 33:08
I 

Christle Henzel 33:08
I 

Wendy Beck 33:08
know 

Christle Henzel 33:08
know 

Wendy Beck 33:09
what 

Christle Henzel 33:09
what the schedule is, you're going to be, if I can 

Wendy Beck 33:10
can say. 

Christle Henzel 33:11
say 

Wendy Beck 33:11
At Hartford 

Christle Henzel 33:12
yes. 

Wendy Beck 33:12
High School. You're going to be a. 

Christle Henzel 33:13
Have Boston High School, 

Wendy Beck 33:14
And then you're going to be at Mt. Zion, 

Christle Henzel 33:16
correct? 

Wendy Beck 33:16
is that correct? So your target audience are are 

Christle Henzel 33:18
Are 

Wendy Beck 33:19
we 

Christle Henzel 33:19
we trying 

Wendy Beck 33:19
trying 

Christle Henzel 33:19
to 

Wendy Beck 33:19
to target? 

Christle Henzel 33:19
target the. 

Wendy Beck 33:20
The students and the parents at this point. 

Christle Henzel 33:24
Anyone who wants to learn about addiction, anyone that wants to have a conversation, anybody who, you know, wants, like I feel like we're giving voice to families who have been through it. We're giving voice to educating about addiction. So really, anybody can benefit from it. I do want to stress it is for 14 and above. 

Rich Bennett 33:46
Right. So somebody let's say a local lions. 

Christle Henzel 33:49
Club. 

Rich Bennett 33:50
Once you have it, 

Christle Henzel 33:51
Perform somewhere, 

Rich Bennett 33:52
where 

Christle Henzel 33:52
which, 

Rich Bennett 33:52
would 

Christle Henzel 33:53
of course, we're not working. 

Rich Bennett 33:54
Most of your. 

Christle Henzel 33:56
Quite 

Rich Bennett 33:56
Clubhouses. But love 

Christle Henzel 33:58
lot of 

Rich Bennett 33:58
them, 

Christle Henzel 33:58
them 

Rich Bennett 33:58
do 

Christle Henzel 33:58
do. 

Rich Bennett 33:58
stuff. Shit. Churches, 

Christle Henzel 34:01
Yeah, we just need lights, sound and a projector. And 

Rich Bennett 34:04
but 

Christle Henzel 34:04
they 

Rich Bennett 34:04
they 

Christle Henzel 34:04
all 

Rich Bennett 34:04
also. 

Christle Henzel 34:04
have to have the. 

Rich Bennett 34:05
The fee to. 

Christle Henzel 34:07
The actors in. All right. 

Rich Bennett 34:10
Or is that what the sponsors do? 

Christle Henzel 34:14
The sponsors took care of this year's these shows. 

Wendy Beck 34:16
If you wanted to do it, let's say like a club. 

Christle Henzel 34:19
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 34:19
Yeah. 

Christle Henzel 34:19
And they would be the sponsor, they would be sponsoring it and they would pay for 

Wendy Beck 34:23
For what? 

Christle Henzel 34:23
whatever. 

Rich Bennett 34:24
Okay. 

Christle Henzel 34:25
Okay, well, if 

Rich Bennett 34:25
If you 

Christle Henzel 34:25
you 

Rich Bennett 34:26
don't. 

Christle Henzel 34:26
don't mind me. So how much is it to sponsor the play? How much would it be for a show? 

Rich Bennett 34:32
Yeah. 

Christle Henzel 34:33
It would be 5000 for a show. But we. 

Rich Bennett 34:34
That's it. 

Christle Henzel 34:35
We could work with you if you needed. 

Rich Bennett 34:39
Only 5 hours is not a lot. I don't think it is. I mean, and especially for. 

Christle Henzel 34:47
For the. 

Rich Bennett 34:48
The message alone. That's not bad 

when you consider everything is going into it. All right. So those of you listening, 

but you look at all the churches around here that had the room, they had the projection screens already. There's a ton of them around here. The schools well, the schools are already having in there, 

Christle Henzel 35:15
The 

Rich Bennett 35:15
more 

Christle Henzel 35:15
we 

Rich Bennett 35:15
or less. 

Christle Henzel 35:16
we rent the use of facilities. 

Rich Bennett 35:17
Okay. But I think with the churches 

Christle Henzel 35:19
Getting 

Rich Bennett 35:20
in 

Christle Henzel 35:20
it out to the 

Rich Bennett 35:20
general, 

Christle Henzel 35:20
general public because 

Rich Bennett 35:22
you 

Christle Henzel 35:22
you 

Rich Bennett 35:22
got 

Christle Henzel 35:22
got 

Rich Bennett 35:22
to 

Christle Henzel 35:22
to get a 

Rich Bennett 35:23
allow 

Christle Henzel 35:23
lot of the 

Rich Bennett 35:23
them 

Christle Henzel 35:24
adults 

Rich Bennett 35:25
to. 

Christle Henzel 35:25
to see this. 

Rich Bennett 35:28
Because not everybody's going to go to a school to see it, that once it comes out, once you turn it into film like Addicted Now. But for the film, Addicted, that's strictly a showing. People have to book that for showing, right? 

Christle Henzel 35:40
Yeah, we can just, like, host a showing like the church. Want to just do it for their for their congregate. 

Rich Bennett 35:48
How long is that? 

Christle Henzel 35:50
90 minutes. 

Rich Bennett 35:50
90 minutes and Netflix hasn't picked that up yet. 

Christle Henzel 35:55
Not yet. 

Wendy Beck 35:56
Hashtag Netflix. 

Rich Bennett 35:58
Actually. Have you talked to any of the movie? What do they call it? What do they call them? Movie arenas. Movie centers. 

Wendy Beck 36:05
The cinema. 

Rich Bennett 36:06
Cinemas, movie theaters. Cinemas. I love drive. Yeah, the cinemas about. 

Christle Henzel 36:14
You're doing. 

Rich Bennett 36:14
In special presentations there. Like Horizon or anything like that. 

Christle Henzel 36:20
I 

Rich Bennett 36:20
I think 

Christle Henzel 36:20
think 

Rich Bennett 36:20
that 

Christle Henzel 36:20
I could 

Rich Bennett 36:20
could be. 

Christle Henzel 36:20
be. 

Rich Bennett 36:23
Finally contact for. 

Christle Henzel 36:25
Thank you. 

Rich Bennett 36:26
I mean this. Be out there. 

Wendy Beck 36:28
Well, and you know, I if you ever need anyone to volunteer for anything, let me know, because I would be very interested in helping. 

Christle Henzel 36:35
That. 

Wendy Beck 36:35
Yeah, that would be something that would be. I would get a lot out of. I know we're going to have a. 

Christle Henzel 36:40
Our resource table. We are going to have a resource table in the lobby. We're going to have Rage Against Addiction, Addictions, Connection Resources, Voices of Hope and the Clubhouse by Ashley. In addition, the Harford County Sheriff's Hope House, which is a mobile educational tool used to raise awareness and show caregivers the warning signs of drug misuse. That will be at two shows and that will be from 6 to 7. 

Wendy Beck 37:05
You've never seen that. 

Rich Bennett 37:06
I've never heard of it. 

Wendy Beck 37:08
It's actually. It's it's it's quite interesting. It's like kind of set up as a bedroom and it kind of gives parents you can tour it where to look for things, you know, where people might hide drugs, what, you know, just signs that parents might want to, you know, you don't know what you're looking for. 

Rich Bennett 37:26
This is the sheriff's office that has. 

Wendy Beck 37:28
Yeah. Mm hmm. They take it around to different things, like they'll take it to this. They've done. We had it at our walk one year. Yeah. So? it is interesting. And for a lot of parents that don't know, I 

Christle Henzel 37:39
I 

Wendy Beck 37:40
mean. 

Christle Henzel 37:40
mean, I'm just going to say. 

Wendy Beck 37:40
Say, like you know where to. And it could be like, you know, in a hoodie hanging in the closet. In a pocket. It could be. You know, there's just like a lot of things that are tried and true that people, you know, when you're searching a room where to look that you might not normally. 

Christle Henzel 37:57
I think it's. 

Wendy Beck 37:58
It's out. A you know, it might seem obvious to the person that's hiding it, but the person that's looking or might not have any clue that that would be where you would hide something like that. 

Christle Henzel 38:09
Very informative. 

Rich Bennett 38:10
I would think too now, especially with the way things are changing. Yeah. And like. 

Christle Henzel 38:15
Marijuana becoming legal gummies and all of. 

Rich Bennett 38:18
Some of it may be right out in the open and some people may not even realize it. 

Wendy Beck 38:23
Yeah, that's a thought. 

Rich Bennett 38:25
Wow. 

God. 

Yeah. This. This has got to go through all the states. Everybody's got to see this. No matter what and book it. Um, 

I'm just. 

Christle Henzel 38:46
Just surprised that you had it. 

Rich Bennett 38:49
Been through all the other states yet. Seriously. 

Wendy Beck 38:52
Only so many days in a week. 

Rich Bennett 38:54
One? No, but because when the dictator came out, I mean, everybody heard about. 

Christle Henzel 38:59
Around here. 

Rich Bennett 39:00
Here. Everybody heard about it. And the response I saw was phenomenal. They have good. 

Wendy Beck 39:07
Well, yeah. I mean, it 

Christle Henzel 39:08
It 

Wendy Beck 39:08
was. 

Christle Henzel 39:08
was 

Wendy Beck 39:09
To me at the time, 

Christle Henzel 39:10
time 

Wendy Beck 39:10
it was very relevant in my life. You know, I had the organization. 

Christle Henzel 39:13
organizing 

Wendy Beck 39:14
I had just 

Christle Henzel 39:15
just 

Wendy Beck 39:15
experienced 

Christle Henzel 39:15
experience. 

Wendy Beck 39:15
a great loss. So, yes, that was in. 

Christle Henzel 39:18
My. 

Wendy Beck 39:19
You know. You know, community. But not everyone 

Christle Henzel 39:22
One 

Wendy Beck 39:23
is. 

Christle Henzel 39:23
is in that community and. 

Wendy Beck 39:24
And that's they're the people that need to see 

Christle Henzel 39:26
See 

Wendy Beck 39:26
it 

Christle Henzel 39:26
it because 

Wendy Beck 39:26
because they 

Christle Henzel 39:26
they 

Wendy Beck 39:27
don't. 

Christle Henzel 39:27
don't know. 

Rich Bennett 39:28
Okay. So for. Let's talk about the movie. 

Christle Henzel 39:30
Me first addicted to if somebody wants to book a show. 

Rich Bennett 39:33
Is 

Christle Henzel 39:33
Is 

Rich Bennett 39:33
there. 

Christle Henzel 39:33
there a minimum number of seats that you need to have for first showing of the. 

No. Okay. 

Rich Bennett 39:43
Now. What about. 

Christle Henzel 39:43
As far as the play. Is there a minimum? No, they would they would pay the sponsorship. 

Wendy Beck 39:50
Yeah, you have. 

Rich Bennett 39:51
Okay. So then. 

Wendy Beck 39:52
It would 

Rich Bennett 39:52
Yeah. 

Wendy Beck 39:52
be their responsibility. 

Rich Bennett 39:54
Prices are the same no matter what. The bulk of that, and they cannot charge a fee for people to come. 

Christle Henzel 40:00
They can do that if they like, but. 

Wendy Beck 40:03
Sure. I mean, let's say a nonprofit wanted to do it as a fundraiser. 

Rich Bennett 40:06
Fundraiser. Oh, 

Wendy Beck 40:06
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 40:09
good thinking. When. 

Wendy Beck 40:10
All right, 

Rich Bennett 40:10
We're 

Wendy Beck 40:10
well. 

Rich Bennett 40:11
of that. 

Wendy Beck 40:11
Where could we have it? 

Rich Bennett 40:13
Any church. 

You just said one earlier. Bel-Air Armory. 

Wendy Beck 40:19
Well, isn't there a playhouse in HAVERTY Grace? 

Rich Bennett 40:22
State Theatre and the Opera House. 

Wendy Beck 40:26
Okay, we'll talk. 

Rich Bennett 40:27
The Star Center. 

Wendy Beck 40:28
Yeah that would be really that 

Rich Bennett 40:29
Do 

Wendy Beck 40:29
would. 

Rich Bennett 40:29
I need any more? 

No, I mean, yeah, that's. There's a lot of places that this could be held at, but I love that idea about fundraiser. And 

you know, you're raising awareness. You're mad. See, that's why you're the brains of this outfit. 

Wendy Beck 40:54
No. 

It was really great to see you. And I'm I'm I'm excited to see this. And I'm going to try to bring as many people as I can. 

Christle Henzel 41:03
Thank you. 

Wendy Beck 41:04
US. 

Rich Bennett 41:04
And tell everybody your sponsors and. 

Christle Henzel 41:06
Yes. So my sponsors are Harford County Office of Drug Control Policy, Maryland Center for the Arts Addictions, Connection Resources, Raids against Addiction. And Don MATTHEWS from Voices of Hope and AB eight, PG FCU. And our website is addicted to play dot org. And you can follow us on Facebook. Addicted the play. 

Rich Bennett 41:27
Anything else you want to add before we wrap it up? 

Christle Henzel 41:29
I look forward to seeing everyone at the show. 

Wendy Beck 41:32
Sure dates and times. 

Christle Henzel 41:33
Show dates are May 30th at 7 p.m. and North Harford High School, June 6th at Folsom High School at 7 p.m. and June 8th 7 p.m. at Mt. Zion Church. 

Wendy Beck 41:48
And that's where I will see you. 

Rich Bennett 41:50
June 8th. 

Wendy Beck 41:51
Yes. 

Christle Henzel 41:52
Saturday. 

Wendy Beck 41:57
You've got to come to one of them. I want the commitment. Right. 

Christle Henzel 42:00
Now when you come back. 

Rich Bennett 42:03
Look at my calendar. 

Wendy Beck 42:05
All right.