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2022 Video "Warm Healing Waters" (22 min)

RECENT NEW VIDEO (2022) 

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“ACT OUT of the Clutter Closet!"

Public talk & creative workshop on cluttering and collecting behavior. Georgetown Library, outside on terraced lawn amphitheater behind library, Saturday, August 28, 2021, 2 PM. Free. 
https://www.dclibrary.org/node/68710

A scene or two performed from the play, creative audience participation interaction, short discussion and Q&A. More info:

http://DisordRThePlay.blogspot.com/

Talk About Collecting: HD, the Diagnosis "Hoarding Disorder"

Friday, September 13, 2019
11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Shine Light on
Collecting Behavior

More info here.

Please RSVP!


Email:
DisordRThePlay@gmail.com


Opening Keynote @ MHASF Awesome! http://mentalhealthsf.org/joinus-18th-conference-on-hoarding-cluttering/     http://mentalhealthsf.org/18-ichc-conference/

VIDEO

"DisordR, The Play" Demo Video 
Please click this link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKQGCnHO7P8

• "DisordR, The Play," about Pakrat Patty, the self-identified Hoarder, uses humor to 
• Raise Awareness,
• Educate about Mental Health,
• Stop Stigma,
• Advocate & Empower for Recovery!
• (& it's Funny.)

Thanks for Great Media Attention

We've been really busy, and we've had some great media coverage! http://www.womanaroundtown.com/locations/new-york/woman-around-town-hilary-kacsers-play-disordr-shines-a-spotlight-on-hoarding-as-a-mental-illness

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/44275/disordr-at-st-elizabeths-hospital-saturday-may-11

https://www.facebook.com/WomanAroundTown/posts/10151636487281919

Photo:  "Patty Picks Up" by Kristy Simmons

Read a One-Sheet about the show:    
https://www.box.com/s/khip2qshk6grd6c1pxz9 

Event eFlyer:  http://mad.ly/309693      18 May 2013

Funded in part by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Washington Post in October termed "DisordR" creator and performer Hilary Kacser “particularly amusing," and also gave more breathless praise earlier in the year.

"First Rate!" "Marvelous! Superb!"

Read More Reviews

Contact Patty @ "DisordR"

Click here: CONTACT

Show: Monday, May 4, 2015, National Association of Professional Organizers Washington, DC

NAPO-WDC -- National Association of Professional Organizers Washington, DC -- present
“DisordR, The Play,” -- Monday, May 4, 2015

Discussion of the topic with the actor to follow the performance:
Rock Creek Mansion
5417 W. Cedar Lane
Bethesda, Maryland 20814

Please plan to arrive by 7 p.m. sharp!

The NAPO-WDC organizers are very organized, and they cordially request all "guests" to arrive by 7 p.m. sharp.

The play begins at 7:15; however, these organized organizers want no disruption to the preliminary proceedings, beginning at 7 p.m. promptly.

After the play is a 30 minute discussion of the topic, which should be very interesting! 

Then there is 15 minutes more of organized organizers' business, and they again do not want this to be disrupted by "guests," so you are therefore asked to remain seated until 8:30 p.m., when the formal portion of the meeting breaks up into networking.

Thank you for your understanding and support!

NAPO-WDC state:  "Meetings begin at 6:30 pm with registration, networking and an “Ask the Expert” session, an informal gathering of new organizers who receive free advice on owning an organizing business from members of the Golden Circle, a prestigious designation within NAPO for experienced organizers.The performance, an educational program, begins at 7:00 p.m. and focuses on organizing practices and topics, with audience and actor/creator Discussion of the topic to follow. The evening ends with a chapter business meeting and networking from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

• $25 per meeting for non-members

• Business attire is appreciated"

http://dcorganizers.org/news-and-events/meetings/

About NAPO - http://dcorganizers.org/about-2/about-napo/

CONTACT

Please email DisordRThePlay@gmail.com to be in contact with Pakrat Patty, the self-identified Hoarder and to receive “DisordR, The Play,” Email Alerts.

Out of the Clutter Closet: Shine Light on the Diagnosis "Hoarding Disorder"

Out of the Clutter Closet:

Shining Light on the Diagnosis Called
"Hoarding Disorder"

Please RSVP! 
Email: DisordRThePlay@gmail.com

Friday, September 13, 2019, 11:15 a.m.to 12:15 p.m.
Location:
Dreamers and Achievers Community Wellness Center
Anacostia Professional Building
2041 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE 
Washington, DC 20020
Across V St from the Big Chair, Metro 10 minutes walk

Fighting in the open on behalf of people living with this largely closeted issue also opens up conversation about more mental health, across the spectrum. 
 
The American Psychiatric Association in 2013 defined "Hoarding Disorder" (DSM-5)." Terms like "HD," "Collecting Behaviors," or "Finders Keepers," carry less stigmatizing, so make it easier for people to talk about what the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments in 2006 called, "Hoarding: A Dangerous Secret."

"Chronic disorganization," for people who live with significant clutter, may put their physical, financial and mental health at risk and strain personal relationships.

Ongoing advocacy rallies to get support services for residents. Training is available, and care providers and peers with lived experience in the District deserve to receive the available training and get help to address this potentially serious health issue. This community round table discussion starts opening up this important conversation.

The presenter returns from recently attending the 18th Annual Conference on Hoarding and Cluttering in San Fransisco, where she presented the Opening Keynote, "DisordR, The Play," the original, solo show, performed live on stage, and in July, 2018, attended the 6th Annual Hoarding Meeting (part of the International OCD Foundation's 25th Annual Conference) and the Pre-Conference Hoarding trainings.

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For Background Information, please see:
https://wtop.com/prince-georges-county/2017/09/1-dead-fire-hillcrest-heights/slide/1/
and
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/hoarding-is-serious-disorder--and-its-only-getting-worse-in-the-us/2016/04/11/b64a0790-f689-11e5-9804-537defcc3cf6_story.html

Out of the Clutter Closet: Shining Light on the Diagnosis Called "Hoarding Disorder"

It is a great honor to invite you to attend

Out of the Clutter Closet:

Shining Light on the Diagnosis Called
"Hoarding Disorder"

Please RSVP! Reply by email to:
DisordRThePlay@gmail.com

Friday, August 24, 2018, 11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Deanwood Recreation Center
1350 49th Street, NE
Washington, DC, 20019

Fighting in the open on behalf of people living with this largely closeted issue also opens up additional mental health conditions.

The American Psychiatric Association in 2013 defined "Hoarding Disorder." Instead, using terms like "HD," "Collecting Behaviors," or "Finders Keepers," may be less stigmatizing and so make it easier for people to talk about what the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments in 2006 referred to as "Hoarding: A Dangerous Secret."

"Chronic disorganization," for people who live with significant clutter, may put their physical, financial and mental health at risk, and strain personal relationships.

With ongoing advocacy trying to get support services for residents and training for care providers in the District to address this potentially serious health issue, this community round table discussion makes a start at opening up the conversation.

The presenter returns from recently attending the 18th Annual Conference on Hoarding and Cluttering in San Fransisco, where she presented the Opening Keynote, "DisordR, The Play," the original, solo show, performed live on stage, and in July, 2018, attended the 6th Annual Hoarding Meeting (part of the International OCD Foundation's 25th Annual Conference) and the Pre-Conference Hoarding trainings.

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For Background Information, please see:
https://wtop.com/prince-georges-county/2017/09/1-dead-fire-hillcrest-heights/slide/1/
and
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/hoarding-is-serious-disorder--and-its-only-getting-worse-in-the-us/2016/04/11/b64a0790-f689-11e5-9804-537defcc3cf6_story.html

Thanks to All who Attended our DisordR Audience Feedbacks!

May is National Mental Health Awareness Month.  We had a couple great developmental readings at Saint Elizabeths Hospital May 11 & 13.  Many thanks to all who attended, including the individuals in care, and a Huge and Heartfelt Thank You to the great staff who made it all happen. 
Read the Media Advisory about the May events here. 

Click here for DC Arts project details.  

Read the April 2013 events Media Advisory. 
Please Sign Up for “DisordR, The Play,” Email Alerts!

Framing Positive & Recovery based Language

Following is the "old" language used to describe the show:

• "DisordR, The Play," humorously and humanely brings Pakrat Patty the Hoarder's Collector-itis and Disposophobia out of the Clutter Closet.
  
  
•  An obsessive-compulsive's must-see!

However, benefiting from participating in various excellent conferences, including WRAP Around The World 2015 (https://copelandcenter.com/wrap-around-world-2015), Alternatives 2014 (http://alternatives2014.mhasp.org), and Alternatives 2013 (http://www.power2u.org/alternatives2013/), we are Framing the show description in Positive & Recovery based Language!

• "DisordR, The Play," about Pakrat Patty, the self-identified Hoarder, uses humor to 
• Raise Awareness,
• Educate about Mental Health,
• Stop Stigma,
• Advocate & Empower for Recovery!

VIDEO

Click here for a short Video from DisordR

2013 DC ARTS GRANT & FREE EVENTS

Hilary Kacser is highly honored to have been awarded a DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (dcarts.dc.gov/) Community Arts Grant for FY 2013 to develop her solo show,“DisordR, The Play,” about Pakrat Patty the Hoarder.  Born in Laura Zam's solo performance lab,“DisordR” will evolve through a series of developmental community collaboration workshop events.

Big Success with our First Free Event
Saturday, December 15, 2012, 2:30 p.m.

Second event, on April 20, 2013 -- our Height/Benning Library Return Engagement by Popular Demand -- was equally stunning.

Thank you to all who came and gave such great feedback at our third event Saturday afternoon, April 27, MLK Main Branch, 1 p.m. -- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library -- in the basement theatre, Room "A5,"  1:00 p.m.
Awesome Library event page:  http://www.dclibrary.org/node/35239

TheseAudience Engagements are an 
Ongoing Series of Free Public Events.
Please join in ”DisordR” public audience engagements presented free of charge in DC through summer 2013:
Check back here for Updates.The next public events are planned for April and May 2013.
DisorderThePlay.blogspot.com

 
Corbis Bettmann Archive Image:  The Collyer Brothers' home 

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"DisordR, The Play", is proud to have been selected by the International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation to be presented at their Annual Conference in Washington, DC (Hyatt Regency Crystal City) this July.
Click for more information on the
International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation (IOCDF) http://www.ocfoundation.org
and the presentation.
http://www.ocfoundation.org/About_Conference.aspx#Program_Details

July 2010 @ 5th Anniversary Capital Fringe Festival:

2 Reprises: "In PURSUIT of the ENGLISH" / "DISORDr"

DisordR @ Capital Fringe PRESS RELEASE
(April 27, 2010) https://docs.google.com/View?id=dhmdkhfk_24gj3qdjdr

DisordR @ OCD Conference PRESS RELEASE
(DOWNLOADABLE)
(June 16, 2010) http://www.box.net/shared/f62lmgftre

A workshop of "DisordR" was presented in 2009.

For an experience in DisordR, visit: myspace.com/2showsdisorderplantpsychic

OUR ADDITIONAL PRODUCTIONS.

Location: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (MLK Main Branch) -- basement theatre, Room "A5"

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Main Library, Room A-5
901 G Street NW, Washington, D.C., 20001
(202) 727-0321
dclibrary.org/mlk
Metro: Metro Center (Red, Blue, Orange),
Gallery Place (Red, Yellow, Green)

Enter the library foyer, and do not proceed into the main lobby, but turn immediately right at the guard desk and take the elevator to the "A" level.

Go through the door marked "A-1 Exhibit Hall," and go all the way to the far end of that room, through the door marked "A-5."

You will see signs directing you to the "A-5" Theatre Space.

Location: Dorothy I. Height/Benning Neighborhood Library

This public event, presented free of admission fee, takes place at the beautiful, new, Dorothy I. Height/Benning Neighborhood Library, 3935 Benning Rd. N.E., Washington, DC 20019, 202-281-2583 http://www.dclibrary.org/benning

Free Admission, Ample Free Parking, Metro Accessible.
Metro:  Minnesota Avenue (Orange), Benning Road (Blue).  

Join us at 12:00 Noon for this return audience interaction collaboration to develop "DisordR, The Play!" 

Reservations requested.  RSVP: 
HilaryK.Actor@gmail.com
202-553-5695 
or https://www.facebook.com/events/631949006821575/

Funded in part by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

1st FREE EVENT 2012-2013: "Holiday Shopping Stuff!" December 15

Our first public developmental audience engagement and collaboration workshop was held
Saturday, December 15, 2012, at 2:30 p.m. 

Video and news will be posted here soon about our highly successful first, developmental, audience interactive collaboration and play reading.  For now, a huge "Thank You!" to the great staff at the Dorothy I. Height/Benning Neighborhood Library for not only giving us a wonderful, warm welcome, but for facilitating our having, as a great and honored guest at this event, the Chief of Staff from the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, Beatriz "BB" Otero! 

In this, the biggest shopping season of the year, with her acute awareness of our consumer society's drive for acquisition of material objects, Pakrat Patty tells the story of her struggle to manage and divest herself of TOO MUCH STUFF.

This public event, presented free of admission fee, took place at the Dorothy I. Height/Benning Neighborhood Library, 3935 Benning Rd. N.E., Washington, DC 20019, 202-281-2583 http://www.dclibrary.org/benning

Free Admission, Ample Free Parking, Metro Accessible. 

Many thanks to all who joined us at 2:30 p.m. for this inaugural audience interaction collaboration to develop "DisordR, The Play!" 

Reservations requested.  RSVP:  HilaryK.Actor@gmail.com   or  https://www.facebook.com/events/174388152704097/

Funded in part by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.


 


















Please click here to read the Media Advisory for the December 15, 2012, event.

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