Michael Mack was a little boy when his mother was first diagnosed with schizophrenia – becoming convinced that she was the Virgin Mary.
One in every five families faces a major mental illness, and the stunning transformation of a loved one can strike a child mute. But Michael Mack has found his voice, and he shares it with others in his feature-length, solo play Hearing Voices (Speaking in Tongues). Over a decade in creation, Mack's multi-character, one-man show is a lyric, memoir of his mother's odyssey through state hospitals, halfway houses, jails, and homelessness, until she finds recovery through an unexpected grace. Exploring the shadowy landscape between psychosis and religious illumination, Hearing Voices (Speaking in Tongues) is one family's journey of deliverance.
Mack has toured with the show nationwide; excerpts have been published in major publications. For more information, visit www.michaelmacklive.com
In celebration of Poetry (April) and Mental Health Month (May) Crotched Mountain is please to welcome Michael Mack on Thursday, April 22nd, 3:30-5:00 with a Q&A after the show.
The performance is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Crotched Mountain Hilliard Series which honors Clint Hilliard, former head of the Speech and Language Department.
Please RSVP if you wish to attend to Joan Crooker by April 15th at 603-547-3311, ext 1481 or email joan.crooker@crotchedmountain.org.
Crotched Mountain is a charitable organization whose mission is to serve individuals with disabilities and their families, embracing personal choice and development, and building communities of mutual support. Crotched Mountain provides specialized education, rehabilitation, community, and residential support services for more than 2,000 individuals living in New England and New York. For more information about the Crotched Mountain Foundation, please visit http://www.crotchedmountain.org/.
