What To Do When You're Suicidal But You Can't Fight Fascists When You're Dead

by Natalie Valentine

Slam poetry play on the super fun battle of mental illness and living in a present day dystopia.

Slam poetry play on the super fun battle of mental illness and living in a present day dystopia.

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What To Do When You're Suicidal But You Can't Fight Fascists When You're Dead

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  • Renee Calarco: What To Do When You're Suicidal But You Can't Fight Fascists When You're Dead by Natalie Valentine
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    Gorgeous, urgent, raw, and essential. This piece is a journey full of pain *and* hope—-and I look forward to seeing this in production. Beautiful.

    Gorgeous, urgent, raw, and essential. This piece is a journey full of pain *and* hope—-and I look forward to seeing this in production. Beautiful.

    ”
  • Lee R. Lawing: What To Do When You're Suicidal But You Can't Fight Fascists When You're Dead by Natalie Valentine
    “

    Wow! And then triple that. This play is so powerful. So raw and real and just speaks to how many people feel in the world right now. The people who don't understand the the realness of disenfranchisement should have this play tattooed on their souls if they can find them. What a beautiful piece of writing that just carries into a song of hope for us all. I want to jump into your river of tears. I want to swim with you to the new and promised land!

    Wow! And then triple that. This play is so powerful. So raw and real and just speaks to how many people feel in the world right now. The people who don't understand the the realness of disenfranchisement should have this play tattooed on their souls if they can find them. What a beautiful piece of writing that just carries into a song of hope for us all. I want to jump into your river of tears. I want to swim with you to the new and promised land!

    ”
  • Shea King: What To Do When You're Suicidal But You Can't Fight Fascists When You're Dead by Natalie Valentine
    “

    To put the anguish, rage, hopes, and anxiety of a minority nation into an eight page play is remarkable. It is painful to read but feels purifying to have read. Now I need to experience it through the connection of performance.

    To put the anguish, rage, hopes, and anxiety of a minority nation into an eight page play is remarkable. It is painful to read but feels purifying to have read. Now I need to experience it through the connection of performance.

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Development History

  • Reading, Theater Alliance, 2018

Production History

  • Workshop, Keegan Theater, 2018