Kracking Up | A Crazy Night of Mental Health Comedy brings humor to a subject we don’t often laugh about. Get ready for New York comedians to Krack jokes and destroy stigma while doing so.

MAY 13, 2023 | 9:30PM

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CURRENT LINEUP

Michelle Hammer - HOST

Michelle Hammer is a Schizophrenia Activist. She is an NYC native featured in the WebMD documentary Voices, which was nominated for a Tribeca X Award. At 27, In May 2015, she founded a mental health-focused clothing brand. Schizophrenic.NYC is a clothing brand with the mission of reducing stigma by starting conversations about mental health.

Judy Gold

Two-time ‘Emmy Award’ winner Judy Gold is a veteran of stand-up comedy, known for her edgy wit, sharp timing, and infamous crowd work. Consistently appealing to all generations and backgrounds, Judy can be found throughout most mediums of entertainment: TV, Film, Web-Series’, Stage, Storytelling, Radio/Podcasting, Writing and Music.

Dan Laitman

Dan Laitman is a stand up comic that specializes in one liners. He has had schizophrenia for 17 years so he’s even a veteran of that weirdly enough. What he lacks in auto biographable skills as shown here, he makes up for in wit on stage and general approachability in real life

Sharon Simon

Sharon Simon is not only funny, she’s remarkable. Having learned not only can you have a life worth living with Borderline Personality Disorder, but the pain of recovery can be hilarious. Instead of hiding from the stigma, Sharon lets audiences know who she is and has them laughing the entire time!

Kody Green

Kody Green (He/Him) is a 28 years old with a diagnosis of Undifferentiated Schizophrenia. Kody is also the Founder of a non-profit, a motivational speaker and content creator with over 1 million followers on TikTok. He has struggled in the past with drug addiction, incarceration, and serious mental health issues.

Rachel Star Withers

Rachel Star Withers is a schizophrenic stunt woman. She has appeared in MTV’s Ridiculousness, Black Panther, #shockfight and is the host of Healthline’s Inside Schizophrenia. Sadly she is not the well known porn star by the same name.

Fun Fact: Stunt Rachel has wrestled alligators

Gabe Howard

Gabe Howard is an award-winning speaker, author, and podcast host who lives with bipolar disorder. He’s the host of the #1 educational mental health podcast, Inside Mental Health, for Healthline Media, and the author of Mental Illness Is an Asshole.

PRODUCED BY

Michelle Hammer is a Schizophrenia Activist and spends her time passionately fighting stigma. She is an NYC native featured in the WebMD documentary Voices, which was nominated for a Tribeca X Award at the Tribeca Film Festival. Michelle was diagnosed with schizophrenia at 22 after a misdiagnosis of bipolar at age 18. At 27, Michelle decided to use her fearless personality to do something that could benefit the mental health community. In May 2015, she founded a mental health-focused clothing brand. Schizophrenic.NYC is a clothing brand with the mission of reducing stigma by starting conversations about mental health.

Michelle started her interest in comedy when she was part of a Stand-Up For Mental Health show in New York City. Working with David Granirer, Michelle was able to turn her experiences of living with Schizophrenia into a hilarious comedy set. She says, “Turning past trauma into jokes has been my favorite form of therapy.”

VENUE

21A Clinton Street, Manhattan, 10002. Caveat is fully accessible.

We LOVE smart, joyfully-nerdy comedy. No disrespect to a classic pratfall and cream pie to the face, but that’s not what does it for us. We want our comedy to say something, mean something, punch up. We celebrate quick wits, sharp observations, and fast-thinking with a side-order of silly.

BECAUSE LIFE’S ABOUT LEARNING,
AND LEARNING’S BETTER WITH JOKES.

Schizophrenic.NYC Mental Health Clothing Brand

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