In September 2012, at 40 years old, Bangs gave birth to her beautiful daughter, Adelaide. One

month later, profoundly sleep deprived, Bangs was admitted to the Providence Psychological

Inpatient Unit. What came next was an extraordinary journey, one she has transformed into a

non-fiction storytelling experience that is both wildly funny and terribly tragic.

A reported 15 - 20% of women will experience a postpartum mood disorder of some kind. The

true number is much larger due to the fact that stigma and fear leave women feeling isolated and

simply enduring, rather than seeking help.

While this show is definitely for parents that have experienced a rough postpartum patch, it is

equally for anyone that has experienced loss. Bangs says, “We’ve all had our postpartum

psychosis. Yours might have been cancer, divorce or the death of a dear one. For anyone that has

ever arrived in a moment in life in which the bottom momentarily drops out and there is no

instruction manual, this story is for you.”

She hopes that by telling this story with a large dose of truth, humor and self-love, she will give

others permission to tell their stories, shed shame, overcome paralysis and follow their guts.

Join Melissa for an evening of true stories full of bewilderment, chaos and hilarity. Bangs has a

knack for telling true stories that cut to the bone of our shared, vulnerable human condition. Her

true gift, however, comes in the moments in which she’s able to strip away the shame or agony

of an experience and transform the room into an uproar of laughter.