Stay Alive: The Musical

Stay Alive: The Musical is a musically adapted project developed from a novella by Jasaide Matos.
Exploring themes of PTSD through the story of a 14-year-old Colombian girl, Telah Gonzalez. In October 2007, traveling by boat from Virginia to Colombia, she is thrown into the sea during a hurricane. 
Telah's family splits when the hurricane hits,  showing many different personalities, coping mechanisms, and past experiences through every character, that all eventually connect.
She manages to reach a forest where she spends days journaling her struggles until she meets Neveah Murray, a 16-year-old girl. They form an uncertain, unclear, and unstable bond as they both cope with their struggles.
Throughout it all, the hurricane reveals conflict, trauma, and struggles beneath them all.

This sung-through musical aims to show the diverse aspects of PTSD. 
PTSD manifests itself in many different ways.

⚠️ Contains mature themes: suicide, rape, self-harm, and violence. Viewer discretion advised.