Madhouse Rhythm

Written and performed by Joshua Walters, Madhouse Rhythm is an autobiographical collage based on one man’s experience with madness. Walters spills forth the inner workings of the mind as he recreates psychotic breakdowns and copes with the aftermath of recovery onstage. The piece stitches together a variety of styles, including hip hop theater, standup comedy and spoken word.

Walters performed a work-in-progress version of the play in March at the JCC, and returns in May for the full-length premiere. Joshua Walters is a member of the Berkeley Poetry Slam Team, the San Francisco State Speech Team and the Bay Area Beatbox collective The Vowel Movement. Madhouse Rhythm is his first full-length solo production."Joshua Walters finds the absurd in the everyday, magic in the mundane and playful humor in basic biological functions." -Charles Ellik, Slammaster