Laugh or cry? When those are your only two options, wouldn’t you rather laugh?
The Pain Diaries: A Love Story takes a comedic look at how lives are changed by chronic events, and how the human spirit can survive almost anything. Laugh until it hurts, there will be doctors in the house.
The Pain Diaries: A Love Story is the first play by Calgary author, Deborah Nicholson and has won a national award. Directed by David LeReaney and starring Karen Johnson Diamond.
Starting May 4 get your tickets at Theatre Junction GRAND box office!
(403) 205-2922 ext 1
or
April 26 - May 2 for tickets or donations visit www.thetrust.ca/thepaindiaries
As healthcare professionals we typically engage in didactic educational processes, both for our patients and for the general public, which have a modest impact. Theatre, on the other hand, which engages audiences at an emotional rather than intellectual level, has the potential to have a far greater impact, both on the public, in terms of their understanding of the nature of the suffering of chronic pain, and for patients themselves in terms of the validity of their experience and the hope for rebuilding a meaningful life.
Paul Taenzer, PhD, R.Psych