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Coming to the Winnipeg Fringe Festival 2025!
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Venue 3: Théâtre Cercle Molière: -Wednesday, July 16th @ 7:45 PM -Friday, July 18th @ 12:45 PM -Saturday, July 19th @ 6:45 PM -Tuesday, July 22nd @ 11:00 AM -Wednesday, July 23rd @ 4:45 PM -Thursday, July 24th @ 10:15 PM -Saturday, July 26th @ 2:45 PM -Sunday, July 27th @ 9:00 PM |
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About the Show
How do you pursue an art form you love when you no longer feel that you belong?
In NERVOUS BREAKDOWN IN G MINOR, Lewis recounts grappling with his queerness, addiction, and mental health while being raised in the Mormon religion in Montana, pursuing classical cello performance at a competitive conservatory, and facing the realities of the modern-day musician. In this solo show, Lewis reenacts his journey in segments with storytelling then musically expresses them through a live performance of a four movement sonata, a tumultuous piece that mirrors the progression of his story.
By sharing an unfiltered range of experiences from discovery, joy, doubt, calamity, to rebirth, this show is a practice of exploring identity and reclaiming one’s own narrative in order to make a more personal, honest, and thus universal connection to music.
In NERVOUS BREAKDOWN IN G MINOR, Lewis recounts grappling with his queerness, addiction, and mental health while being raised in the Mormon religion in Montana, pursuing classical cello performance at a competitive conservatory, and facing the realities of the modern-day musician. In this solo show, Lewis reenacts his journey in segments with storytelling then musically expresses them through a live performance of a four movement sonata, a tumultuous piece that mirrors the progression of his story.
By sharing an unfiltered range of experiences from discovery, joy, doubt, calamity, to rebirth, this show is a practice of exploring identity and reclaiming one’s own narrative in order to make a more personal, honest, and thus universal connection to music.
Testimonials
“Lewis Rawlinson’s Nervous Breakdown in G Minor is a beautifully devised and deeply moving performance that weaves musical virtuosity, humor, and drama while drawing parallels between the great composer Sergei Rachmaninoff and Mr. Rawlinson’s own journey as a promising classical musician and his nearly devastating struggles with religious upbringing, identity, and mental health. Funny, heartbreaking and uplifting, Nervous Breakdown in G Minor is the kind theatrical performance that inspires one to truly believe in the transformative power of music.”
-Henry Godinez, Artistic Associate at Goodman Theatre
“In this autobiographical piece, Rawlinson inhabits the most courageous of theatrical spaces: reliving his own pain so that an audience might have an easier time navigating with their own. He does so with extraordinary aplomb through moments alternately both hilarious and heartbreaking. And then, when words are either too much or not enough, he continues the storytelling through his virtuosic musicianship. It is a truly a masterful and cathartic evening of theatre.”
-Chris Pazdernik, Jeff Award-winning director and producer
"Lewis Rawlinson has created an exceptional journey of a show. It traverses the darkest lows and the grandest highs of a Mormon-raised classical music savant who, inconveniently, happens to be queer. Lewis performs his true stories with gut-wrenching passion and humor while captivating the audience with amazing musicianship. Even while working with Lewis closely as his director, I felt my breath taken away many times."
-Stephanie Rogers, director of NERVOUS BREAKDOWN and producer of Story Jam Chicago
-Henry Godinez, Artistic Associate at Goodman Theatre
“In this autobiographical piece, Rawlinson inhabits the most courageous of theatrical spaces: reliving his own pain so that an audience might have an easier time navigating with their own. He does so with extraordinary aplomb through moments alternately both hilarious and heartbreaking. And then, when words are either too much or not enough, he continues the storytelling through his virtuosic musicianship. It is a truly a masterful and cathartic evening of theatre.”
-Chris Pazdernik, Jeff Award-winning director and producer
"Lewis Rawlinson has created an exceptional journey of a show. It traverses the darkest lows and the grandest highs of a Mormon-raised classical music savant who, inconveniently, happens to be queer. Lewis performs his true stories with gut-wrenching passion and humor while captivating the audience with amazing musicianship. Even while working with Lewis closely as his director, I felt my breath taken away many times."
-Stephanie Rogers, director of NERVOUS BREAKDOWN and producer of Story Jam Chicago
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