Group Therapy Janelle Lawrence
About This Show
Do you believe Group Therapy will be right for you? Group Therapy is a semi-immersive safe space where different types of people come together and work to reassure each other they shouldn’t feel isolated by their mental conditions and join together by sharing ideas and different points of views. Dr. Marlene Kender navigates the space to keep in perspective one very important message, “You are not alone.” While Mental Health is beginning to enter into our dialogue, it is still very uncommon to feel comfortable talking about it. Isolation and oppression take on different forms and Dr. Kender promotes conversations to be positive, proactive and geared towards understanding and accepting each other! This eccentric group tries takes the whole session out of her hands which could make even the strongest leaders crack. It’s hilarious, chaotic, and honest as it deals with some of the deepest problems we all share.
About the Artist
Janelle Lawrence received their B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Manhattanville College. In their performance career they have appeared in VIEUX CARRE with direction and appearances by Austin Pendleton,The Lobby Project for DON’T BOTHER ME I CAN’T COPE* at Encore! City Center, IT WILL ALL WORK OUT* by Chris Wells songs by Jeremy Bass , PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT* with Piper Theatre Productions and more. As a writer, composer, and lyricist Janelle has had their musicals SUBLIMINAL, ‘TIS THE SEASON, and GROUP THERAPY at various Theaters in the NYC area such as Club Cumming, Teatro La Tea, and Joe’s Pub. Their operetta GOD KILLER (formerly MIXING MARX WITH MADNESS) was presented at Dixon Place on the Main Stage. Janelle Lawrence is the Artistic Director of Broad Views on Broadway, a non-profit Theatre Company dedicated to providing equal opportunity and representation of new theatre pieces. They just finished their residency with the 92nd St Y Musical Theatre Development Lab: Collective and is the Co-Moderator of Musical Theatre Factory’s Women/Trans/Gender Non-Conforming Roundtable. They are a 2019 Greenhouse Residency SPACE on Ryder Farm resident and a 2019 Barn Arts Hamilton Project Resident