Today we talk with Extreme States co-founders Carol TenBrink and Stephanie Lawrence. Extreme States is a spoken-word show that deals with a woman's mental breakdown and healing. The Fringe Festival in Montreal, where this show was performed in 2016, resumes the play in the following words:

"Extreme states; rupture or rapture? A young woman experiences a mental breakdown and breakthrough, a rebirth from her own body. An older woman turns from outer reality to inner images and psychedelic voyages. Both remember the voice from the depths, the beat from the ground. "

Listen to hear them talk about their show and its basis in real life. They even perform little bits and pieces of poetry here and there!

Summary and image source: http://2016.montrealfringe.ca/index.php/spectacle/extreme-states/