Scroll through the timeline to learn more about the evolution of the project "Chasing The New White Whale
After all, what was Ahab, but an addict really, and what was Moby Dick but an allusion to opium, and heroin, its contemporary scourge.”
— M. Gorman
Our Art & Advocacy Model In Action:
Watch a short documentary about a collaborative performance/outreach event in Belfast, Maine.
"Phantoms" Tell Their Stories On Stage in a Performance of "In Ahab's Head—Chasing Phantoms"
(Watch the full video below).
Watch a short documentary about a collaborative performance/outreach event in Belfast, Maine.
"Phantoms" Tell Their Stories On Stage in a Performance of "In Ahab's Head—Chasing Phantoms"
(Watch the full video below).
“It just connects with the fishing industry and every bit of it is exactly how it is.....How the drugs interplay with fishing, and the lives and the people it destroys. I know, I was in that sad, deep, and dark place for years until I pulled my way out of it. I think of the friends in this industry that I have lost.”
—Response from Robbie Roberge—a commercial fishing captain and recovering addict after attending a performance at Portland’s Fish Exchange (Portland, Maine)
Watch: Fedallah & The Phantom's. Mike Gorman's Chorus of "invisible" People.
Mike Gorman, Playwright, in New Bedford, MA.
Chasing The New White Whale is an on-going project dedicated to bringing awareness to the issues of addiction
and recovery within the commercial fishing industry and other working communities.
The Forty Hour Club will be producing many exciting events in association with this project.
Please check our event calendar, sign up to receive our newsletter (below), or contact us for more information.
We hope you can join us on The Chase!
and recovery within the commercial fishing industry and other working communities.
The Forty Hour Club will be producing many exciting events in association with this project.
Please check our event calendar, sign up to receive our newsletter (below), or contact us for more information.
We hope you can join us on The Chase!
Help Support "Chasing The New White Whale—Harpooning Addiction"
We are a 100% volunteer-run organization, and your donation will help us to continue to bring our programs
and performances to communities in need.
THANK YOU for supporting this important project!
We are a 100% volunteer-run organization, and your donation will help us to continue to bring our programs
and performances to communities in need.
THANK YOU for supporting this important project!
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