Season Two, Episode 9.
Synopsis: More than two years after Billy Elliot’s final curtain, Sean learns the truth.

Post Show Talk Back: Sean chats with actor Brian Sheppard about their shared experience with panic attacks.
Post Show Talk Back Content Warning: contains a discussion about passive suicidal thoughts.

Podcast icon designed by Fran Pinter-Parrott.
Produced by Haywood Productions, LLC.
Consulting Producer, Ian Southwood of Southwood Productions, LLC.

Sean Hayden is the CEO of Haywood Productions, LLC. As a professional actor, Sean has appeared in two Broadway national tours and in plays and musicals in theaters across the country. He is a proud union member of Actors' Equity Association. As a mental health advocate, Sean has provided thought leadership on how employers can better support the mental health of their employees. He serves on the advisory board for HR.com for Mental Health and Stress in the Workplace. His op-ed on “Men and Mental Health” appeared in The Economic Times. Sean resides in New York City and upstate New York with his husband, a screenwriter.

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