tHE film
A raw, cinematic nonfiction work told entirely through live performance centered around mental health.
BY: CHRYSSIE WHITEHEAD
Through movement, stillness, and emotionally charged text… She rewrites the silence around mental illness and survival—not with reenactment, but with presence.
More than a personal reckoning…
Broadway and screen actor Chryssie Whitehead (Broadway’s Chicago, A Chorus Line Revival and West Side Story Film) confronts a diagnosis by stepping into herself—literally. Using her own voice, body, and story, she unpacks decades of family secrets, societal stigma, and inherited trauma.
IN MY OWN LITTLE CORNER is a cinematic act of testimony.
Performance becomes truth.
Vulnerability becomes craft.
healing becomes the film’s form.
Mission:
Open up conversations about mental health
Whitehead’s genuine and brave storytelling leaves an INVITATION for viewers to feel less alone and, perhaps, see themselvEs SOMEWHERE in her story.
Photos by Josh Davis from live capture filmed in New York City, 2025.
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Performer
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Piano and Vocals
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Voiceover Psychiatrist
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Voiceover Jake
THE BAND
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Keyboard 2
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Percussion
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Viola
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Cello
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Guitar
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Violin
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Violin
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Bass Guitar
CREATIVE & tech TEAM
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Director/Choreographer
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Associate Director
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Dramaturg
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Music Director, Orchestration, & Arrangements
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Associate Music Director & Copyist
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Costume Designer
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Stage Manager & Technical Supervisor
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Assistant Stage Manager
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Lighting Designer
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Associate Lighting Designer
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Sound Engineer
FILM TEAM
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Film Director
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Assistant Director
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Editor
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Color Correction
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Producer
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Photographer
Director of Production
Matthew Schroeder
Live Audio Mixer
Nich Jones
Production Coordinator
Nic Bernardine
AC
Jimmy Kwan
Stella Royo
RIVERSIDE THEATRE team
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General Manager
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Technical Manager
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House Audio Engineer
ushers
Christy Fischer
latoya wilkinson
SPECIAL THANK YOU
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Mental Health Consultant
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Medicine/Script Consultant
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Recording Studio/V.O. Associate