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Happy Spring!

Hope you’re getting out and enjoying the blooming flowers and the warmer weather.

I love my morning walks in Riverside Park, seeing the beautiful cherry blossoms in different shades of pink and white.

I’m in rehearsals for a performance of my critically acclaimed solo show, The Road Back: One Woman’s Journey From Depression To Recovery at The United Solo Festival at Theatre Row on Saturday, April 20th, at 2pm. (410 W. 42nd St.)

Written and Performed by Adina Taubman

Directed by Padraic Lillis

“Candid and Informative”
~Bob Criso, Hi! Drama

“Stigma-breaking” “A lesson in empathy” “A valuable, eye-opening piece of theatre”
~Erin Kahn, StageBuddy

This is the very personal story of my journey from depression to recovery 15 years ago. With humor and honesty, I share the experience that transformed my life for the better and led me down a road of discovery to a new, more enlightened sense of self. This entertaining and courageous new play includes helpful strategies for managing depression and anxiety that will inspire anyone who has ever struggled with their mental health.

For Tickets:  https://festival.unitedsolo.org/show/1705551211521x569529599601672200

Please get your tickets in advance. 

Tickets are limited.

Scroll down this page to watch the trailer, and to learn more about The Road Back go to chrysalistheatrecompany.com.

Hope to see you there!

Warmly,

 

REELS

 
Acting Reel
 
 
Trailer for The Road Back (Solo Show) 
 

Photo by Melissa Hamburg

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME…

I live in New York City with my husband and two daughters. I was raised in San Diego, and I grew up riding horses. I got my MFA in acting from American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. After I graduated, I started writing, producing, teaching, and marching for gun violence prevention.

Most recently, I performed my critically acclaimed new solo show, THE ROAD BACK, about my journey from depression to recovery, directed by Padraic Lillis (The Farm Theater) at The Reel Mind Festival in Rochester, NY this fall. I performed the play for a successful three week run at The Chain Theatre in New York City in the spring. The play was developed in Judy Gold’s Solo Performance class at ESPA/Primary Stages and with Padraic in several staged readings and a workshop production in 2019.

I have performed my solo docudrama, A Line in the Sand, about the Columbine High School massacre, in nine theater festivals, including The Planet Connections Theatre Festivity in NYC (Outstanding Production of a Solo Show award), The Midtown International Theatre Festival (Outstanding Production of a Solo Show), United Solo Festival, The New York Fringe, The Edinburgh Fringe, and PortFringe (Portland, Maine), and in many high schools across the U.S. and in Tangier, Morocco.

For my first play, Tell Me About Adina, a solo show, based on the life of my grandmother after whom I was named, I was nominated for a Bay Area Theater Critics Circle award for Best Solo Performance. I am the artistic director of Chrysalis Theatre Company. For our inaugural production, Barking Girl by Susan Bernfield, I played the main character, Rae. I have worked at a number of theaters in New York, including Ensemble Studio Theatre, Manhattan Theater Source, Looking Glass Theater, Pulse Ensemble Theatre, and The Gallery Players. 

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