Simon and Schuster/Strebor Books national best-selling author and playwright Laurinda D. Brown's fourth theatrical production,"Sometimes It Snows in Atlanta," addresses mental illness in both the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) and African-American communities. While society stigmatizes mental illness, these communities often suffer multiple stigmas inclusive of race, gender, and socioeconomic pressures. Homosexuality, in and of itself, is considered a taboo topic in the African-American community; however, mental illness is often given the same treatment.
In "Sometimes It Snows in Atlanta," three couples - one lesbian, one gay and one transgender - confront issues associated with depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and anxiety. Once each of the couples arrives for therapy, it is discovered that there is more at issue than just mental illness.
