MT. JULIET, Tenn. (WTVF) — Performers in Mt. Juliet are utilizing their craft to showcase psychological well being points as they create a Broadway musical to life in Center Tennessee.
“I believe this musical is so well timed proper now as a result of extra folks than ever are coping with psychological well being points and this kind of sheds a highlight on that,” mentioned Daniel Vincent who portrays ‘Dan’ within the manufacturing of ‘Subsequent to Regular’. The musical follows the story of a household dealing with grief and psychological sickness.
For Vincent, performing within the musical has been a cathartic expertise, confronting his personal historical past of psychological well being. “I really feel like I have been in a few of these conditions so I associated a lot to it,” he mentioned.
Reminiscence Robust takes on the function of Diana- Dan’s spouse and a mom combating bipolar dysfunction. “She offers with delusions, melancholy, a suicide try,” mentioned Robust.
The Pulitzer Prize profitable Broadway musical attracts consideration to the psychological well being disaster confronted throughout the nation, together with domestically.
“There may be only a devastating lack of psychological well being counselors in Center Tennessee proper now,” mentioned Robust. “There is a three month ready checklist and if anyone’s in crisis- considering suicide- you possibly can’t afford to attend three months.”
Solid members are bringing the subjects entrance and middle, within the hopes audiences can relate.
“I believe that we will all establish with the grief and the anxiousness and the isolation that has been such a giant problem during the last two years and dwelling by the pandemic and I believe the power to precise that in a protected area with individuals who care about you, and concerning the neighborhood, and concerning the materials is only a great, cathartic expertise,” mentioned the present’s director, Matt Smith.
Performances are Friday’s, Saturday’s and Sunday’s and run by February 27.
Robust mentioned, “the largest factor is creating normalcy across the problems with psychological well being and the way they affect- not solely the one that’s coping with them- however the folks round them.”
Anybody experiencing a psychological well being disaster in Tennessee can name the TN Statewide Crisis Phone Line at 1-855-CRISIS-1. These combating suicidal ideas can name National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
