What this was
From 2013 to 2019, the organization ran a recurring open mic series creating a consistent space for people living with mental health conditions to share their experiences through performance. It started as A Stand Up Mind in 2013 — stand-up comedians speaking from personal experience about mental health. It evolved into Open Mic Open Minds in 2014, opening the format to any medium. By 2017 it had found its name and its rhythm: Leave it at the Mic. Monthly. Any format. Any person with a story to tell. Seven years of showing up because the need never went away.
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— 2013: A Stand Up Mind —
Lucky Chaos Theater Projects presents:
A Stand-Up Mind!
Friday Nov 8th, 8pm at Salvage Vanguard Theater
Come experience a night of stand-up comedy about mental health by Austin’s stand-up comedians and friends!
Line-up includes:
Amber Bixby
Barrett Goldsmith
Jacques Ntonme
and others!
$7 suggested donation. Seats are limited so get yours online here.
— 2013: A Stand Up Mind: Holiday Edition —
Lucky Chaos Theater Projects presents:
A Stand-Up Mind — Holiday Edition!
Saturday Dec 14th, 8pm at Salvage Vanguard Theater
Come experience a night of stand-up comedy about mental health by Austin’s stand-up comedians! Back by popular demand, now specifically around the theme of holiday stress and pressures!
Line-up:
Jay Whitecotton
Katie Pengra
Jacques Ntonme
Chris Sebilia
Joe Hafkey
Allyson Randall? > 6min
Mitch Mekulsia
John Rabon
Line-up includes:
Jacques Ntonme 10mins
Chris Sebilia <csebilia@gmail.com> 10mins
Joe Hafkey <ejhafkey@gmail.com> 10mins
Allyson Randall ajrandall01@gmail.com > 6min
Mitch Mekulsia Mitchmekulsia@gmail.com 10mins
John Rabon <Smokepuppet@gmail.com> 10mins
Katie Pengra <Katiepengra@gmail.com> PRE-HEADLINER 12 minutes
Jay Whitecotton <jaywhitecotton@hotmail.com> HEADLINER 15 minutes $8. Seats are limited so get yours online here.
— 2014: Open Mic Open Minds —
Lucky Chaos Theater Projects presents:
Open Mic. Open Minds.
Thursday Feb 6th, 8pm at Salvage Vanguard Theater
The Mind Me Series
Thursday 2/6 Open Mic . Open Minds. (Mental Health Series)
An open mic format where Austinities share how they use using the creative arts as a tool to live with mental health conditions (depression, bipolar, ADD, PTSD, anxiety, etc.). Please email info@luckychaos.com if you want to sign up. Any medium, any length up to 10 minutes. Already signed up – Share excerpts from a book-in-progress about their journey, doodles, text messages of poetry to a friend while in crisis, research into famous people with mental health conditions, etc. Come share or come listen, come with an open mind and an open heart.
This is to continue the dialogue started in 2013’s 6-month theatrical production of “Normal Like Us – The Depression Chronicles,” and the StandUp Mind series (standup comedy around mental health).
Creative Outlets. Mental Health.
An open mic format where we share how we use creative outlets in dealing with mental health conditions including depression, bipolar, ADD, PTSD, anxiety and others. From the folks who brought you the theatrical show, “Normal Like Us – The Depression Chronicles” last year (a show by and about artists living with mental health conditions), we are continuing our commitment to create a space for dialogue about mental health.
Come share or just listen, but do so with an open mind and an open heart.
If you are interested in sharing, please let us know ahead of time by emailing us, or you can just show up and sign up. You can read a poem you wrote, or share doodles, or share story about some artist who inspired you. If you wrote something but prefer someone else to read / perform it, please let us know ahead of time so we can arrange actors for you.
— 2014: Open Mic. Open Minds.“Journey Through Time” Edition —
Lucky Chaos Theater Projects presents:
Open Mic. Open Minds.
“Journey Through Time” Edition
Friday, Sept 12th at 8.30pm at Salvage Vanguard Theater
The Mind Me Series
We continue the Open Mic. Open Minds. Mental Health Series with this “Journey Through Time” Edition. The general theme is dealing with the illness over time. The cycles, the good years, the bad years, the bad, bad years, however you interpret the theme. In light of the world’s recent loss in Robin Williams, please also feel free to use this night to process that tragedy and how it affected you.
As always, this is an open mic format where Austinites share how we use creative outlets in dealing with mental health conditions including depression, bipolar, ADD, PTSD, anxiety and others.
Please email info@luckychaos.com if you want to sign up. Any medium, any length up to 10 minutes. If you are interested in sharing, please let us know ahead of time by emailing us. You can read a poem you wrote, or share doodles, or share story about some artist who inspired you. If you wrote something but prefer someone else to read / perform it, please let us know ahead of time so we can arrange actors for you., etc.
Come share or just listen, but do so with an open mind and an open heart.
From the folks who brought you the theatrical show, “Normal Like Us – The Depression Chronicles” last year (a show by and about artists living with mental health conditions), and the StandUp Mind series (standup comedy around mental health), we are continuing our commitment to create a space for dialogue about mental health.
This night is part of a whole night of performance arts dedicated to mental health hosted by Lucky Chaos:
8:30pm – Lucky Chaos Mental Health Series — Open Mic. Open Minds. “Our Journey Through Time” Edition including tribute to Robin Williams.
9:30pm – Dystheatre’s preview of ALL THE TIME TRAVELS ALL THE TIME which includes an experimental piece of two artists ‘mapping’ their battle with depression through time and space
10:00pm – Penfold Theatre’s preview of the Texas Premier of “Now Then Again,” a quantum screwball romantic comedy set at the FERMILAB particle accelerator, opening September 18th, the preview scenes deal specifically with depression.
Suggested donation: $10
—- 2017—2019: Leave it at the Mic —
—- 2017 — 2 shows 11/9, 12/7/2017
This is a show supporting mental health and bringing awareness to a taboo subject. We will have artists show how they cope with day to day life through their creative outlet. The format is open to stand up, poetry, singing, dancing, improv, storytelling, as well as other performance genres. While most performers will have mental health issues others will be friends and allies. Please come out and join us in saying there is no shame in mental health topics.
Our monthly Open Mic for Mental Health.
A safe space for those living with mental health conditions to share and support each other via performance arts. Open to any format including stand up, poetry, singing, dancing, improv, storytelling and performance art. Share, express yourself, leave it at the mic.
—- 2018— 5 shows 1/4, 2/1, 3/1, 5/3, 6/7/2018
Open Mic for Mental Health!
Starting in June 2018, our monthly Mental Health open mic, Leave it At the Mic, will have focus on a specific theme.
The theme for this upcoming Leave It At The Mic is “Loving Someone.”
Mental health challenges are tough to deal with if you are someone that has been diagnosed, but the pain that occurs isn’t only limited to the sufferer. Family and friends also carry the burden. The theme of this month’s show is loving someone with mental health challenges.
Come out and share your story with us on how you as a loved one copes. We are also using this to tell our support systems how much they mean to us. Please come out and support us and our loved ones in Loving Someone.
—- 2019— 2 shows 2/20, 4/3/2019
Our monthly Open Mic for Mental Health.
A safe space for those living with mental health conditions to share and support each other via performance arts. Open to any format including stand up, poetry, singing, dancing, improv, storytelling and performance art. Share, express yourself, leave it at the mic.
Our monthly Open Mic for Mental Health.
A safe space for those living with mental health conditions to share and support each other via performance arts. Open to any format including stand up, poetry, singing, dancing, improv, storytelling and performance art. Share, express yourself, leave it at the mic.
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