Album Notes

"Truly Dually" is a musical unlike any other - musically uplifting, emotionally powerful, lyrically intense - a statement of hope and a belief in the humanity of all individuals. A TRULY amazing CD!!

"Truly Dually" is a play about the respect and dignity that all individuals deserve and that all fight to maintain even in conditions of despair. It is a play that addresses stereotypes and misconceptions about the population of individuals who experience homelessness and mental illness. It is a play about the system of care that is winning the war against homelessness and helping to bring full recovery to people in need of assistance.

The musical depicts the interaction between an individual living in the park and a typical family (husband, wife and child), and the engagement of a dually diagnosed person (an individual with mental illness and substance abuse) who is homeless by a new, inexperienced outreach worker. Above all, Truly Dually is a simple morality tale layered in metaphor and wit that depicts the spirit, generosity and humanity of those living on the streets, and the responsibility that all citizens share in understanding their plight and working to end this grave social problem.

Dedicated to individuals who have experienced homelessness and mental illness and the service providers who assist them.

It is estimated that between three to four million individuals experience homelessness each year in the United States. On any given day, between 500,000 and 800,000 may be homeless including an estimated 200,000 to 250,000 who are experiencing long-term homelessness. These individuals have a high prevalence of mental illness and co-occurring substance abuse (Dual Diagnosis) in addition to other physical disabilities.

100% of all profits from CD sales support homeless and mental health services. Visit ourwebsite at www.trulydually.org for more information. Learn how you can bring the musical to your area!!

Michael Ullman has worked in the fields of homelessness, disability and policy for the last ten years in North Carolina and Hawaii. For three years, he served as Director of Programs for the Institute for Human Services (IHS), Honolulu's only emergency homeless shelter. His experiences at IHS served as inspiration for the musical. He currently provides research, planning and grant consulting services to a wide variety of organizations including Waianae Community Outreach, United States Veterans Initiative-Hawaii, QED Research LLC, the Center on the Family at the University of Hawaii-Manoa and the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. This is his first musical.

Original music composed by Roslyn Catracchia. Arrangement by David Kauahikaua.