Playbill for This Is My Brave - The Show in New Hampshire
Riverbend Community Mental Health presents This Is My Brave - The Show in New Hampshire on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. This show features a cast of 11 individuals who will share stories of their lived experience with mental health conditions and/or substance use disorders using the performing arts. You will laugh and you will cry as you hear their inspiring stories. Most of all, you will walk away with a sense of hope for yourself -- or for someone you love -- that help is available and recovery is possible.
Riverbend Community Mental Health presents This Is My Brave - The Show in New Hampshire on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. This show features a cast of 11 individuals who will share stories of their lived experience with mental health conditions and/or substance use disorders using the performing arts. You will laugh and you will cry as you hear their inspiring stories. Most of all, you will walk away with a sense of hope for yourself -- or for someone you love -- that help is available and recovery is possible.
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Photo credit: Alicia Bruce<br />
JENNIFER MARSHALL<br />
Co-Founder<br />
Board of Directors<br />
Jessica Kennedy, Chairperson<br />
Dr. Kyaien Connor<br />
Tammy George<br />
Ric Waldman<br />
Jenn (she/her) was diagnosed with Type 1 Bipolar Disorder <strong>in</strong> 2006<br />
at the age of 26. She’s had four hospitalizations with<strong>in</strong> five years<br />
– two <strong>in</strong> 2005 be<strong>for</strong>e any diagnosis was reached, and two more<br />
because she was try<strong>in</strong>g to protect her newborn son (postpartum<br />
psychosis) <strong>in</strong> 2008 and her unborn daughter <strong>in</strong> 2010 – and all<br />
were because she was unmedicated at the time. Writ<strong>in</strong>g her way<br />
through life with a mental illness became her way of heal<strong>in</strong>g, and<br />
her award-w<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g blog BipolarMomLife became an <strong>in</strong>spiration to<br />
many. Jenn created <strong>This</strong> <strong>Is</strong> <strong>My</strong> <strong>Brave</strong> because she learned first<br />
hand how powerful and therapeutic it was to live openly and not<br />
hide her diagnosis. She wanted to give brave <strong>in</strong>dividuals from<br />
the community a plat<strong>for</strong>m through which to creatively share<br />
their stories of liv<strong>in</strong>g with mental illness to educate and <strong>in</strong>spire<br />
others. After lead<strong>in</strong>g <strong>This</strong> <strong>Is</strong> <strong>My</strong> <strong>Brave</strong>, Inc. <strong>for</strong> seven years, Jenn<br />
stepped down from her role as Executive Director <strong>in</strong> 2022. She<br />
lives outside Wash<strong>in</strong>gton, DC with her husband and two children.<br />
Advisory Board<br />
Doreen Gentzler<br />
Dr. Mark Komrad<br />
Dr. Robert Post<br />
Hayley Sherwood, PhD<br />
Photo credit: Shoot Photo Inc.<br />
ANNE MARIE AMES<br />
Co-Founder<br />
Anne Marie held a variety of PR and strategic communications<br />
positions throughout her career, but her favorite job was creat<strong>in</strong>g<br />
and produc<strong>in</strong>g <strong>This</strong> <strong>Is</strong> <strong>My</strong> <strong>Brave</strong>. She found her passion and her<br />
mission – to help others share their stories – and made tremendous<br />
contributions to the organization from launch<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>itial concept<br />
to strategiz<strong>in</strong>g on growth and expansion over the four years of her<br />
tenure. Anne Marie’s sudden pass<strong>in</strong>g on August 23, 2017, was a shock<br />
to the many who loved her, and she is deeply missed.<br />
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