"Two years ago my wife committed suicide. Watching this play has helped me understand some of the things that might have been going on for her. And in my family too, about trauma and habit.” - Audience Member
THE STORY
In this coming of age story about a girl and her troubles, this one-woman show uses the lens of neuroscience to help us realize we all have the ability to re-wire our thinking and change our habits because of our incredibly plastic brain. Storytelling and interactive media give even more emotional texture to this moving piece about hope and, ultimately, healing.
In this coming of age story about a girl and her troubles, this one-woman show uses the lens of neuroscience to help us realize we all have the ability to re-wire our thinking and change our habits because of our incredibly plastic brain. Storytelling and interactive media give even more emotional texture to this moving piece about hope and, ultimately, healing.
THE PROJECT
My interest in how a girl comes to know her father was informed particularly by Norman Doidge’s first book, The Brain That Changes Itself. The audience will view the story through several lenses provided by the characters on stage, a live camera feed, sourced imagery and original music. The story has grown and developed over the past five years in collaboration with Marten Berkman, Erin Corbett, and Jordy Walker. I value the encouragement and curiosity I’ve received from the community that has resulted in this story of a girl, her troubles, and her hopes.
My Brain is Plastic is a collaborative exploration-in-progress.
My interest in how a girl comes to know her father was informed particularly by Norman Doidge’s first book, The Brain That Changes Itself. The audience will view the story through several lenses provided by the characters on stage, a live camera feed, sourced imagery and original music. The story has grown and developed over the past five years in collaboration with Marten Berkman, Erin Corbett, and Jordy Walker. I value the encouragement and curiosity I’ve received from the community that has resulted in this story of a girl, her troubles, and her hopes.
My Brain is Plastic is a collaborative exploration-in-progress.
TESTIMONIALS
Feedback written on the Feedback Board during the run at Magnetic North Theatre Festival:
Feedback written on the Feedback Board during the run at Magnetic North Theatre Festival:
- Enjoyed the play. Happy to learn the brain can be reprogrammed to be positive.
- Well done. Both Entertaining and Educational. THANK YOU!
- This will help me in my journey as a parent.
- Great! Wonderful to see the play. I really see a future for this in helping others.
- Good balance of explicit and inferred information.
- Everyone who works with people who have experienced trauma (i.e. social services) needs to see this!
- Beautiful blend of science, info, emotion.
- Well acted! So many characters played by one!
- Thank you Arlin & France and crew. I am touched and helped.
- I loved the combination of theatre/storytelling that engages me and induces understanding, with the factual info and useful tools, very effective! Loved it!
- Well done. Very interesting and informative.
- So much new information and so much feeling, amazing
- Stories like this need to be told.
- I wish everyone could see this.