"VOICES" is an original drama, written and directed by Cleveland restaurateur David Lombardy (founder of Dave's Cosmic Subs). The play makes its world premiere at PlayhouseSquare's Hanna Theatre, Sept. 8 - 11 at 8 pm nightly and stars seven young Greater Clevelanders. This premiere coincides with September 10th's Worldwide Suicide Prevention Day.
After slashing his wrists, a young man begins to hear "voices"-fragments of his past which drove him to attempt to take his own life. Based on a true story, "VOICES'" main character, Jim, is a young man in search of himself...one who has lived with manic depression and beaten the odds. "I finally faced the mirror and had come to understand the meaning of ‘to thine ownself be true'," he says.
("VOICES" tickets are $50, on sale at playhousesquare.org, 216-241-6000 or the PlayhouseSquare Ticket Office. A portion of the proceeds will benefit The Foundation for Advancement of Brain and Emotion Research (FABER), a project of Dr. Herbert Meltzer, former Professor of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and currently Bixler Professor of Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville.)Videos