Cracked Open Off Broadway
by Gail Kriegel

May 27th – June 25th, 2025

Theatre Row
410 W 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036

A powerful new play exploring mental illness and family resilience. With a cast of 11 actors portraying 32 characters, CRACKED OPEN is a story of love, struggle, and the power of family.

A loving family is broken apart with the onset of mental illness in their 17 year old daughter.  And the whole family enters the wilderness: the absurd, comical and nightmarish maze of doctors, psychiatrists, social workers, a super market variety of diagnoses and medications. As they grope through the darkness, the violent consequences of a poorly run state facility, and the fierce stigma of mental illness – the family finds a new way to come together again.