Therapist Zero at Playground Solo Performance Festival

Therapist Zero is a raw, darkly comic solo performance written and performed by Brian Leonard. This deeply personal one-man show explores the complexities of parenting a brilliant but emotionally intense daughter through two decades, 28 therapists, and a mental healthcare system that often felt more confounding than supportive. The story unfolds in sharply observed vignettes—some heartbreaking, others unexpectedly hilarious—as Leonard interweaves his daughter’s journey with searing memories of his own unconventional upbringing. Raised in a chaotic, often neglectful home, he slept on the couch until high school, started smoking at age seven, and was once forgotten during a family trip to Niagara Falls. These formative experiences resurface in surprising and poignant ways as he tries to parent differently—yet finds himself questioning everything he thought he knew about love, responsibility, and repair. Balancing unflinching honesty with warmth and wit, Therapist Zero asks: What do you do when nothing works? And how do you keep showing up anyway? A story of generational echo, fierce persistence, and the slow, imperfect path toward healing, Therapist Zero is both uniquely personal and deeply universal. Monday Jan19 – 7:00pm Sunday Jan 25 – 5:30pm Saturday Jan 31 – 12:30pm

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