Birmingham VA Medical Center and the UAB School of Nursing, identified the development of mental health simulation videos as an objective of the program. These mental health simulations are a partial response to the growing issue of patients with psychiatric diagnoses being treated on medical-surgical floors of the hospital. In fact, among the top 10 diagnoses treated on medical-surgical floors, three are related to mental health (i.e., posttraumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, schizophrenia). To help nurses working on these floors better care for these veterans, mental health simulation videos are being developed. To develop high-quality simulations, the Department of Theatre at UAB was asked to participate in this program.