Tim Anstett
Founder and Artistic Director
So here I am ... still making wheels!
Tim Anstett is the ideal person to have founded and to oversee The Broken Shoulders Project. His plays have been produced in three cities, he has managed several theatres, arts organizations, and corporate training firms, he currently manages a homeless prevention program in Chicago, he has worked previously in a shelter and two prisons, he has provided private counsel to dozens of individuals, and he has led circles of personal growth for the past eighteen years. He contributed a chapter to Pearls of Wisdom and his books include Honorable Work and The Tao of Laughter & Desire.
Melissa Anne Marie
Managing Director
Melissa Ann Marie brings a great depth and breadth of business experience to Broken Shoulders, having created and sold her own award-winning artwork, worked in Development for a non-profit company, managed a homeless prevention program for a Social Services agency, and provided a host of financial, management and administrative services for companies such as Alpine Realty and Chicago Title & Trust.
Our Heart
The People Who Bring
Broken Shoulders to You
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Kintsugi Circle Members
Individuals who've read
and many who continue reading in the many plays of
The Broken Shoulders Project.
Tim Anstett
Mike Bauman
Leslie A. Blau
Deborah Fullilove
Ric Gudell
Caprice Jones
Sara Kleinman-Blau
Gabrielle Lavigne
Melissa Anne Marie
Jeff Nelson
Binyomin Sheiman
Kia Walker
William Watson
Board of Directors
Tim Anstett, President
Melissa Anne Marie, Secretary/Treasurer
Mike Bauman
Leslie A. Blau, LLD
Ric Gudell, PhD
Jeff Nelson, PhD
William Watson
Donors
2022
Tim Anstett
Sarita Blau Trust
Ric Gudell
Melissa Anne Marie
2023
The Walder Foundation
Tim Anstett
Mike Bauman
Leslie A. and Sara Kleinman Blau
Melissa Anne Marie
Kathryn and Jeffrey Nelson
Tracy and William Watson
2024
Tim Anstett
Mike and Melissa Bauman
Leslie A. and Sara Kleinman Blau
Deborah Fullilove
Ric Gudell
Melissa Anne Marie
Kathryn and Jeffrey Nelson
Final Note
I write plays for people who are hurting.
I tell stories about real individuals who overcame a similar adversity and made a choice that changed their life and affected hundreds and even millions of others.
I let those whose shoulders are breaking beneath the weight of too much misfortune and loss know they are not alone, not here and now and not in history.
Let's be inspired by their wounds so you can be inspired by your own and we can walk this path together.
Tim Anstett