The Tru show
A new musical about mental illness provided its creators a chance to confront their own struggles. Mental illness as woman: It's a trope that keeps on giving. From Blanche DuBois (A Streetcar Named Desire) to Bertha Mason (Jane Eyre) to Norma Desmond (Sunset Boulevard) and beyond, writers have used female characters to embody the myriad manifestations of mangled synapses and misfiring neu…