Litvak to perform in NYC

NORTH SHORE NEWS

Van­cou­ver, British Colum­bia, Canada

Erin McPhee, North Shore News

Sun­day, Sep­tem­ber 28, 2008

Elly Lit­vak will be per­form­ing her one-woman play Now Who’s Crazy Now? at Per­form­ing the World 2008, an inter­na­tional con­fer­ence and fes­ti­val in New York City, Oct. 2–5.

Lit­vak has worked with North Shore com­mu­nity mem­bers for more than 12 years as the co-ordinator of vol­un­teer access at North Shore Com­mu­nity Resources, a sup­ported pro­gram for peo­ple with men­tal ill­ness. She’s also the co-ordinator of the peer sup­port train­ing pro­gram at Com­mu­nity Psy­chi­atric Services.

Accord­ing to Lit­vak, Per­form­ing the World 2008 is co-hosted by the East Side Insti­tute for Group and Short Term Psy­chother­apy and the All Stars Project, both of which are based in New York City.

In Now Who’s Crazy Now? Lit­vak chron­i­cles her expe­ri­ences liv­ing with and recov­er­ing from a seri­ous men­tal ill­ness. She wrote it to enter­tain as well as edu­cate and it includes the mes­sage that there’s hope for recov­ery for everyone.

The con­fer­ence is expected to attract more than 400 grass­roots prac­ti­tion­ers, activists, schol­ars and researchers from around the world. Per­for­mances and pre­sen­ta­tions will address com­mu­nity, orga­ni­za­tional and busi­ness devel­op­ment, edu­ca­tion, men­tal health, med­i­cine, poverty, vio­lence, drugs, HIV/AIDS, healing/personal growth and theatre/improvisation.

For more infor­ma­tion on Lit­vak and her play, visit www.whoscrazynow.com.