UpStage Stigma

press release: May is Mental Health Month. Come see UpStage Stigma, a medley of song, dance, theater, and other performances that link the challenges of mental illness to our universal experience.

7:00: Doors Open with Jazz by the John Christensen Group and free pizza!

7:30 : THE UPSTAGERS (in no particular order)

Tally Moses, M.S.W., Ph.D.: Stigma and Mental Illness Today

Andrew J. Archer, L.C.S.W., author of Pleading Insanity

Stacey Garbarski & Dave Durbin: Ella

Kassy Coleman & Melanie Cain: Flight

Kooy Buie: Dances

Asias Johnson: Underneath my Mask

Alexander McMiller: The Beast

Katy Briggs: Untitled

Verge Manyen: Back From the Verge

Amber Swenor and Morningstar

Amber Sebastian et al: Vocal Stylings

Liz Rachel Todd: original poetry

Simone Bernadette Williams: original poetry

10:00 – 12:00: Celebrate with The Big Payback!

$10 Suggested donation. All proceeds benefit the Friends of PACT, the Program of Assertive Community Treatment. PACT is a community support program for people with mental illness.

Also, like our page! facebook.com/upstagestigma

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UpStage Stigma is a dynamic, collaborative project that allows artists to tell stories of mental illness and emotional struggle with performance art. Together, we break the barriers of stigma that divide us through self-expression, empathy, and advocacy.