How to Escape (in LA)

A laugh-out loud, deeply personal one-person show that blurs the line between truth and performance. Fresh from the stages of The Hollywood Fringe, this gripping tale pulls audiences into a world of magic, absurdity, and the on-going fight for collective freedom through consciousness liberation.

Up-and-coming actor, writer and comedian Natalie Slaiman brings the world premiere of HOW TO ESCAPE to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer—a surreal tale about waking up to the dream of life and the wild power of your thoughts. After a psychedelic experience at a music festival and an intimate encounter with a butterfly, a young woman runs off with two hippies who change her world forever. As she encounters mystics, artists, and chaos, she confronts the nature of free will, identity, and what it really means to live a creative life.

Slaiman began writing HOW TO ESCAPE in a workshop in New York, based entirely on true events – about the time a trip at a music festival led to a two month long stay in a mental hospital.

How To Escape is part of a larger project to de-stigmatize bi-polar and psychosis. Check out my show @ the Gilded Balloon this summer! Show Website