After a sold-out run in Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s LookOut Series, GOA has been reimagined for the big screen. We’re currently nominated for our 4th award! This afrogoth musical blends storytelling, song, dance & visual media to show that even when life leads us to a bad place, we can always make it out alive.
After a sold-out run in Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s LookOut Series, GOA has been reimagined for the big screen. We’re currently nominated for our 4th award! This afrogoth musical blends storytelling, song, dance & visual media to show that even when life leads us to a bad place, we can always make it out alive.
One in four people in the world will be affected by mental or neurological issues at some point in their lives. Yet, mental health and the stigmas around it are a subject that most people don’t want to discuss. In Happy Songs About Unhappy Things, indie artist Nikki Lynette is forcing us to have the conversation.
One in four people in the world will be affected by mental or neurological issues at some point in their lives. Yet, mental health and the stigmas around it are a subject that most people don’t want to discuss. In Happy Songs About Unhappy Things, indie artist Nikki Lynette is forcing us to have the conversation.
Nikki Lynette is a trained Lived Experience Speaker through the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI,) the largest grassroots mental health organization in the country. As part of NAMI Chicago’s Ending the Silence program, Nikki has spoken to over a thousand teens and families about her journey as a suicide survivor. In 2021 she was honored by NAMI Chicago with the prestigious Ambassador of the Year Award.
Since I finished my first film, I’ve won 4 awards, hosted a podcast on iHeartRadio, sang on a song that won 2 Emmys, taught myself to edit movies, got my film into 9 festivals, dropped the trailer for my film on WGN news, performed in Montreal, signed a 19 show run for my play in 2022, dropped a TEDxTalk that went viral, licensed songs to tv shows, did a voiceover for a show that I love on Showtime, entered into distribution talks for my film & docuseries & more… And I did it all with mental health issues.
People like us ain’t waiting around for anyone to respect us. It’s our time right fucking now.
