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"Dr. Frank, Therapy App" to be performed at the 2025 Boston Theater Marathon

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Dr. Richard Grossman:
Hi everybody,

I'm happy to report that "Dr. Frank, Therapy App," the prologue and artistic summary (!) of my book, Voicelessness and Emotional Survival, Notes from the Therapy Underground, will be performed at the 2025 Boston Theater Marathon on May 4th (https://www.bostonplaywrights.org/boston-theater-marathon).

Take care,

Richard

P.S.  For those who haven't read it, the play and my book can be found below.  Remember to put your confirmation bias aside!

 https://www.amazon.com/Voicelessness-Emotional-Survival-underground-therapists/dp/1790164028/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1MQ6CH9R1VHI3&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.SO3t2ljNR0ZyjTeMixApWVdWiVfyJPF1ZqqKj9E8VzPrwFTwtIcW-0YB9SY_IbWUYmbO0_sTcwJBPeN-4U2QRuK1Jt4Gyjs6C4bIbhGkcqIq_X0--FeNdmIqKIUzw1cN1FGmfFceSaiIahLtsKq9lS9XiwAcrqwnYwYjEeE2OHP7LQVKng-C2SvbOJgqgo_02-XkNgRCh17iPDbZ7DmyAHLyrxFPSC-yzDjg1TzNqz4.l6ovDqmJDgknFbYbI6PSGzODwqPMCmOXEyjKEVUAVwM&dib_tag=se&keywords=Voicelessness&qid=1740601600&sprefix=voicelessness%2Caps%2C163&sr=8-1

lighter:
One of 400 to be chosen, congrats Doc G!!!

I'm so excited for you 🥳

Lighter

Hopalong:
Me, too! I'm very excited for you, Doc G!

Just read the whole page about the marathon and loved the concept of "theater endurance." It's just so cool.

Will be thinking of you sitting in the theater and seeing your words and beautiful ideas come to life before your eyes.

I also LOVE the title, "Dr. Frank, therapy app" -- which is brilliant. And funny.

Big congratulatory hugs,
Hops

Dr. Richard Grossman:
Thanks, lighter and Hops!  I very much appreciate your thoughts!  I wish my friend and book editor, Bert Waters, who died more than a year, was still alive so that we could sit together at the performance.  Bert was the one who convinced me to use the play as a prologue because it captures the multiple themes of the book, including therapy as an art, and the character of a therapist being of critical importance.  And the 10-minute play served as a summary of my painful and voiceless early experiences in the field--which, unlike Dr. Frank/Friend (a character in the play), I was able to survive.  But it would have been much easier if Dr. Frank/Friend had been my therapist through it all!

The last thing Bert told me before he died was:  "You can't change the world."  He was right, but at his funeral service, I reiterated his final words to me and added: "But you can make a difference in one person's world--and Bert certainly made a difference in mine."   Thank you again, Bert...

As always,
Richard

Meh:

Gawd, I didn't read it initially and I pictured a RUNNING marathon and actors ACTING theatrically while they are running a marathon. Because running a marathon just isn't thespian enough on it's own.

Well, I suppose if you can do it make sure you get a good copy your segment video recorded and post it on YouTube. Then everybody can see it at some point in the future.

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