"COPING THROUGH YOUR MEDIUM."

About |  The HOW DO YOU COPE (HDYC) Project, a project that advocates for mental health and domestic violence awareness, was founded by Gabriela  Zucckero Prise and officially launched on October 4th, 2024, with a Multimedia Experience and Resource Lounge set at Attack Theatre Studios. The HDYC Project continues now through events and workshops around the Pittsburgh area, encouraging people to "COPE through their medium".

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Mission

The How Do You Cope Project exists to create a space and share resources through which people can learn to safely “COPE through their medium” 

Vision

HDYC hopes to destigmatize important conversations regarding mental illness and domestic violence through art, advocacy and accessible resources

Values 

HDYC values the human at any step in their experience, and believes that everyone deserves the space and resources to express themselves.

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COPE: The Multimedia Experience: Featuring the LIVE MUSIC of Rainstick Dreams with Kevin Varga, this stage show uses originally composed music, dance, spoken word, and projections to immerse the audience in the writer's mind from age 15 to the present day. With the aid of each medium, they are guided through the process of how this neurodivergent young woman navigates the concepts of love, life, and sanity. Each trauma and triumph is told through the medium/s (music, dance, spoken word, and/or projection) that the writer used to “COPE” in that stage of life.

The COPE Resource Lounge: Adaptable to any venue, this is a “space” where mental health and domestic violence awareness organizations will gather before and after the production to, network, promote, and help others through their missions. The main goal of this project is to help others by destigmatizing mental illness and raising awareness of domestic violence. This "COPE Resource Lounge" will help enforce and extend that mission beyond the production showings.

Premiere: Friday, October 4th and Saturday, October 5th | Attack Theatre Studios

Trigger Warning

*These performances contain material that may be triggering, disturbing, or harmful to some audiences. Viewer discretion is advised*

Triggers to look out for:

*Photosensitivity (projector and lighting effects used), Audio Sensitivity (live music and projected spoken word)

Triggers mentioned in the material:

*Language, Violence, Sexual Content, Domestic Violence, Death, Suicide, Drug Use, and Mental Illness

*LIVE SCREENING AND ON-DEMAND VERSION TO COME!