The best narrative change happens in person.
Culture doesn’t change through memos or white papers. It changes when the people writing the scripts and the people studying human behavior get together to talk, build, and challenge each other.
StoryWell Summit
Our signature invite-only creative retreat for the visionaries funding, studying, and shaping a culture of human flourishing.
Every two years, we bring 125–150 creators, clinicians, and funders into creative engines like Fifth Season in LA. No keynote marathons. No panel loops. Just real working sessions, live script labs, and new collaborations that actually make it to screen.
The 5-Stage StoryWell Experience
- Setting the Stage
An authoritative landscape analysis on the national state of mental health, cultural mindsets, and public health data. - True to Life
Immersive storytelling salons centering real, lived-experience journeys, unvarnished clinical insights, and community resilience. - Signals & Tools
Deconstructing current storytelling codes using cultural diagnostics (e.g., The Caring Men in Media Test, Supportless Resilience Tropes). - The Translation Layer
Working script labs pairing showrunners, digital video creators, and neuroscientists to workshop active storylines. - Collaboration & Commitment
Where new co-productions, creative fellowships, and philanthropic seed investments are announced.
Driving the Conversation Across Entertainment, Policy, and Culture
Here’s what to expect at StoryWell 2027. [draft]
Flagship Gathering
StoryWell: The Summit
Intimate, cross-sector working retreat bringing showrunners, clinicians, and impact investors together inside Hollywood production engines.
125–150 curated leaders; hosted at Fifth Season, Los Angeles.
Thematic Working Labs
The Assembly Series
Focused working sessions addressing specific narrative frontiers impacting young people, backed by direct micro-grants for creator-expert collaborations.
Assembly: Stories of Boyhood & Belonging ($60K+ invested in creator-expert teams tackling modern male vulnerability).
UN CSW70 Roundtable
Global Policy Stages
Connecting cultural storytelling with global public health infrastructure to move youth and gender wellbeing beyond dry policy papers.
Adventures in Boyhood roundtable with Equimundo, Paramount, and the Government of Iceland.
Activations
Industry Screenings & Premieres
Curating high-impact premiere panels and festival conversations linking entertainment releases directly with community mental health.
CAA Foundation premiere of Remedy in the Rhythm with Dr. Alfiee Breland-Noble (AAKOMA Project).