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Cache Valley residents contribute their stories to performance about depression

By Jason Walker  The Facing Project came to Logan on Friday with its newest show, “Facing Depression in Cache Valley,” which took aim at stereotypes of people who struggle with depression in their lives. Students from the Utah State University Department of Theater Arts performed short monologues at the school’s Black Box Theater, telling the stories of Cache Valley residents who had sat down with writers to share their story of how they overcame depression. “Our main goal,” said Matt Omasta, the director of the performance, “was to take the stories that we had and portray them as authentic as possible to try to reach a wide audience and create a piece that would be engaging and interesting, but honor the stories we were working from.” The Facing Project is a national nonprofit which works with communities to put on performances to address a variety of issues, including mental health. Jenni Allred, who organized the Facing Depression project, said depression is very...