Stand Up for Mental Health

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Artreach, Inc. will present Stand Up for Mental Health on Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 7:30 pm in the Oasis Room at the Garde Arts Center. 

The program will feature Stand Up for Mental Health's founder, award-winning comic and counselor David Granirer, along with stand up sets featuring Artreach members. The comedy performances will be followed by a fireside chat moderated by Artreach's executive director, Becca Atkins. 

The Garde Arts Center is located at 325 State Street, New London, CT. 

Tickets are $15 and may be purchased through the Garde at https://gardearts.org/events/stand-up-for-mental-health/.

For more information about the program and Artreach, Inc., visit www.ArtreachHeals.org. 

Artreach has been collaborating with Stand Up for Mental Health (SMH) for over 15 years; and is pleased to bring its mental health-focused stand up comedy back to the region. What’s so funny about mental health? As far as Stand Up for Mental Health and Artreach, Inc. are concerned– everything! Founded by award-winning counsellor and stand-up comic David Granirer, who himself lives with bipolar, SMH teaches stand-up comedy to people with mental health challenges as a way of building confidence and fighting public stigma. Granirer, in partnership with Artreach, Inc. has trained three first-time comedians to do stand-up comedy about their mental health journeys.