I loved the show! The music and lyrics were wonderful. The entire cast was so talented and performed beautifully. The idea of writing a musical comedy successfully dealing with anxiety was both brilliant and Uplifting. Congratulations!
Robin Tyler, Producer
The Women’s Philharmonic
at The Kennedy Center, 25
Outdoor Music and Comedy Festivals, the first International
LGBT Comedy Festival in Sydney, Australia, The Bloomsbury Theatre, London.
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Monkey Mind reminds us to live in the NOW--and what power and happiness and calmness that decision means. Weiss delivers a personal philosophy that has been her mantra in a spirit-driven musical in an imaginative and engaging way. It brought to mind a sort of a modern Alice in Wonderland of the psyche!...
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A thoroughly entertaining exploration of a motherless teen's quest to convince her shell-shocked-by-life father to support her singing dreams and in so doing the love of Dad-to-daughter reignites in heartfelt ways....
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Monkey Mind is a delightful yet deeply moving musical that touches its audience's heart with a simple but poignant message. The story centers around a family struggling with the loss of the mother, lacking the words, time and luxury to heal. Father and daughter, played beautifully by Corey Page (Frank) and Darcy Rose Byrnes (Lacey), are at an impasse in their relationship. Lacey courageously decides to enter a singing contest in an effort to win $100,000 to alleviate her father's stress, but her inner voices, her Monkey Mind, try to sabotage her at every step. Terri Weiss' ingenious use of the characters Monkey Positive, Monkey Crazy, Monkey Negative, provides an acutely painful yet utterly relatable portrayal of the destructive and often...
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