The Manic Monologues

The Vagina Monologues, but for mental illness. DISRUPT STIGMA. A play, film, and virtual experience showcasing diverse true stories of mental health and illness. In theaters, schools, healthcare systems, churches, companies, and medical conferences from Los Angeles to London to Iowa, Dallas to Nairobi to New York, Silicon Valley to Sydney to Florida, Phoenix to Michigan to Maryland, and many more. Film screenings with California Hospital Association, The World Bank, NAMI, Stanford School of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Columbia-WHO Center for Global Mental Health, AdventHealth, and more. And, a groundbreaking interactive virtual experience featuring Tony Award-winning Broadway and film stars, via McCarter Theatre, Princeton University, 24 Hour Plays, One Mind, and others. 2023 Kenya Theatre Awards winner, 2022 NASPA Excellence Awards winner, 2022 Artios Awards nominee, 2021 Drama League Awards nominee, 2021 BroadwayWorld Awards nominee, 2020 Cloris Awards winner. Brought to you by a passionate team including a bipolar Stanford PhD, a playwright and Pulitzer Prize finalist, a Canadian mental health advocate and actress (acted alongside Johnny Depp, John Travolta), a Stanford associate dean/professor/psychiatrist and advisor to Netflix's "13 Reasons Why", an editor of two Pulitzer-winning pieces and numerous NYT bestsellers, a professor of psychology at UC Berkeley and psychiatry at UCSF, an activist featured on the cover of Teen Vogue and on BET’s Future 40 list, an Emmy Award-winning journalist and doctor, a Broadway producer and winner of multiple Tony Awards, and, most importantly, dozens of brave storytellers.