Review By Beth Toner
To read Beth’s review of Circle of Hope, click HERE.
Beth Toner is a nurse, writer, and erstwhile theater nerd who still hasn’t figured out what she wants to be when she grows up. As a strategic communications professional, she has spent the last 30 years writing other people’s stories, and now she’s writing her own. She worked as a stringer for community newspapers early in her career, when 20 dollars felt like a fortune for sitting through municipal meetings and writing coverage only the township supervisors read. Her nerd’s heart is particularly proud of having her short story, “Homemade,” selected for publication in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds VI. She has written and performed several versions of her solo show, Beautiful Disasters, at the Reading (PA) Five-Minute Fringe Festival, the Harrisburg Fringe Festival, and Caveat in New York City. Beth is also a second-career registered nurse with a passion for exploring how storytelling can prevent professional burnout and improve patient care. When she’s not working her day job or volunteering at the local free clinic, you can find her walking trail races while younger, faster folks greet her with “good job!” and “on your left!” She lives in Pottstown, Pennsylvania with her husband and their son.