Los Angeles (May 28, 2013) – Are we all a little crazy? Is abnormal the new normal? Michael Carnick’s original one-act play, Anchor, which premieres at the 2013 Hollywood Fringe Festival, raises these themes as it chronicles the struggles of psychiatrist Leon Gold.
Faced with a teen guilt-ridden over his best friend’s death, the amorous overtures of a former student, a mother angered by her son’s suicide, and his own son’s apathetic response to his efforts at connection, Dr. Gold questions whether his attempts at therapy can make these people’s lives better when his own life is falling apart.
Winner of the Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award for his screenplay, Who’s Driving Doug, Carnick has an MFA in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts from the University of California, Riverside. Carnick’s latest endeavor, Anchor examines the need for an anchor to keep people grounded, to help them survive.
