You Don't Know Crazy - A One-Woman Musical
(Formerly Know as "Balancing Act - the Musical")
written and performed by Wambui Bahati
"Bahati presented a tour de force that galvanized the room."
-John Hoglund (BACK STAGE - New York)
-John Hoglund (BACK STAGE - New York)
Some said she was dead.
Others said she was on drugs.
She was told she would spend the rest of her life in and out of mental institutions.
She went from Broadway star to welfare mom.
She has been homeless.
She has dined with a former president of the United States.
Wambui Bahati, a.k.a. John-Ann Washington, tells the real story in
YOU DON'T KNOW CRAZY - THE MUSICAL
Others said she was on drugs.
She was told she would spend the rest of her life in and out of mental institutions.
She went from Broadway star to welfare mom.
She has been homeless.
She has dined with a former president of the United States.
Wambui Bahati, a.k.a. John-Ann Washington, tells the real story in
YOU DON'T KNOW CRAZY - THE MUSICAL
Show Excerpt - Nashville, TN
Show Excerpt - New York, NY
This is the story of how mental illness stole her life and how she took her life back!
". . . a sometimes humorous, yet always honest true story of how mental illness (severe bipolar disorder) stole Wambui's life - and how she took her life back!" - The inspiration for the book,
You Don't Know Crazy
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You Don't Know Crazy
In this one-woman musical, Wambui shares her powerful story of growing up in Greensboro, North Carolina and launching a theatrical career on Broadway, only to have her success cut short by mental illness.
At times hilariously funny and always relentlessly honest, Balancing Act presents an intelligent, informative portrayal of bipolar mood disorder and its effects on Bahati's self-esteem, career, relationships and day-to-day coping.
From her ordeal, she emerges with strength and awareness of an inner power she did not know she had. Wambui 're-invents' herself, becomes healthy, happy, and an inspiration for others.
(Drawing by Charlotte Harrel)
At times hilariously funny and always relentlessly honest, Balancing Act presents an intelligent, informative portrayal of bipolar mood disorder and its effects on Bahati's self-esteem, career, relationships and day-to-day coping.
From her ordeal, she emerges with strength and awareness of an inner power she did not know she had. Wambui 're-invents' herself, becomes healthy, happy, and an inspiration for others.
(Drawing by Charlotte Harrel)
You Don't Know Crazy (formerly Balancing Act - The Musical) is the equivalent to a one-woman off-Broadway show.
* The show is performed with four musicians - Piano, drums, bass and saxophone / reed instruments and one assistant.
* Size and types of venues have varied widely. General lighting is okay. However, the sound equipment must meet requirements for the four musicians and Wambui.
* The show is performed with four musicians - Piano, drums, bass and saxophone / reed instruments and one assistant.
* Size and types of venues have varied widely. General lighting is okay. However, the sound equipment must meet requirements for the four musicians and Wambui.
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