Lynette Sheard Explores ART, Creativity and Mental Health

VIRTUAL GROUP - JOIN US MONDAYs at 5 p.m. for Why The Show Must Go On, a weekly webinar to encourage, inspire and support our creative communities. Host Lynette Sheard, Director of the Mental Health Association in New Jersey's New Jersey Mental Health Players, explores mental health and creativity captivating audiences through insightful interactive discussion and an interview with a special guest from the performing arts community. Zoom in or watch on Facebook Live on the Mental Health Association in New Jersey's Facebook Page for an excellent opportunity to gain valuable information and share collective wellness tips for maintaining emotional well-being. Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89307772391pwd=SVBUdXRSekE0dXU4cVFteG8rMGxUZz09

Meeting ID: 893 0777 2391 Passcode: 986229

Ms. Sheard is excited to welcome Lawrence Dandridge, this Monday, 5/16 at 5pm. Mr. Dandridge is a Newark-based multi-faceted artist. A performer first, Lawrence has a long list of professional theatrical credits, currently headlined by his role as Smokey Robinson/Damon Harris in the 1st National US Tour of the Tony Award Winning Broadway Musical, Ain’t Too Proud : The Life and Times of The Temptations .

He has produced and directed concerts, workshops, readings, and full productions of his original musicals and arrangements throughout New Jersey, New York, and California. As a teaching artist, Lawrence is a professional vocal coach for students and young professional artists, as well as one of the resident choreographers for Vanguard Theater Company in Montclair, NJ. Lawrence is most excited to continue his pursuit of playwriting and composing his own original work while also performing full-time. As the Founder/Artistic Director of Aurway Repertory Theatre in Newark, Lawrence continues to create spaces to highlight the experiences of people of color with a growing repertoire. His award-winning musical Something Like A Fairytale is among many that have been featured at the New York Summer Theater Festival as well as the National Black Theater Festival. Other productions include RED! - A new Musical, What Comes Next? Life Through My Eyes, Coming Home, and Wanga - A Magical Musical.

We hope you can join us!

To contact Ms. Sheard: lsheard@mhanj.org