Read full article.  Before giving birth at 40, Melissa Bangs never even had a panic attack. Read more.

"During her first class at the comedy New York City club Upright Citizens Brigade, Melissa Bangs’ teacher gave her two tasks. One. Every time you get on stage, have the guts to make a fool of yourself. Take risks. Find out what’s on the other side of the more intimidating (more interesting) action." read more

"When Melissa Bangs signed up for motherhood, the last place she expected it to take her was a psych ward.

And, it’s probably safe to say that she sure didn’t think her crisis would be fodder for her own one-woman show, “Playing Monopoly With God & Other True Stories...” read more

"When Melissa Bangs talks about one of the scariest moments in her life, she makes it sound funny. Not necessarily laugh-out-loud funny, at least not at first. But it sounds accessible and normal, even though it was frightening and surreal..." read more

"Melissa Bangs did an unusual thing after she'd recovered from postpartum depression and mania.
The Missoula visual artist, a self-described storyteller with a big mouth and no sense of shame, kept talking about it..." read more

"Four-week-old Adelaide Banginson slept soundly while her parents’ happy world shattered like the glass her mom threw against the kitchen floor..." read more

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"The light was too bright. The walls too baby blue. There were three cameras on the ceiling, each from a different era. I tried to imagine what the 1950s model, still encased in its bulky wire cage, must have seen. Had it witnessed women strapped to beds with bits in their mouths to save their tongues?..." read more