ONE MINUTE OF HAPPINESS – a tale of sisterhood and baking, written and performed by Nanci Christopher. This one-person play is a poignant, tragic and often humorous account of Ms. Christopher’s relationship with her severely bipolar sister Gloria. Each story flows naturally into the next as Nanci and her family try to survive the upheaval of Gloria’s mental illness as it rips apart any semblance of normal family life. It is also a story of redemption and healing through the sisters’ attempt to stay connected via their shared passion for baking. From disorder to order, from chaos and mess to nurturing, from confusion and anger to acceptance and love, this recipe for recovery is an honest and authentic look at mental illness from the inside out. In Loving Memory and Honor of Gloria Ellen Neidorf.

Nanci Christopher is an actress and playwright whose career spans forty years working in film, television and theatre. She performed her last solo show, AND BABY MAKES TWO – an adoption tale, at the Santa Monica Playhouse for over three months. It was nominated for the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and published by Samuel French. Nanci is a member of SAG/AFTRA,  Actor’s EQUITY Association, Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights and The Dramatists Guild of America. She was a long time member of Theatre West and was Co-Founder of The Joint Theatre Company at CBS. Nanci has also been an invited guest at the Humana Festival at The Actors Theatre of Louisville and the O’Neill National Playwrights’ Conference in Connecticut. Nanci is currently an Associate Member of Pacific Resident Theatre in Venice, California.