After each Because You Are Here performance, audience members were invited onto the stage to listen to a story phone line, HEAR HERE WALLA WALLA, which we created in tandem with the performance as another means to in order to share excerpts from the featured interviews. The audience was also invited to talk with representatives from the Walla Walla Immigrant Rights Coalition, a community organization focused on ensuring the rights of immigrants through education, access to legal counseling and moral and social support services. After the Saturday matinee performance, the cast and a few interviewees who were willing to be identified joined the public for a discussion about the making of the work and the impact of the work on their individual and civic lives.
