OVERVIEW
It was the worst of times. It was the worst of times. It was funeral after funeral after funeral. Five in all. In two years. And a divorce. Hear how stand-up comedian Mike Geither relied on his body to get him through.
PRICE
$15.00
RUN TIME
65 minutes
SHOW TIMES
Thu 7/21 @ 9:00PM
Fri 7/22 @ 10:00PM
Sat 7/23 @ 5:30PM
Fri 7/22 @ 10:00PM
Sat 7/23 @ 5:30PM
DETAILS
TYPE OF SHOW
Fringe
Recommended For
Ages 18+
GENRE(S)
One Person Show, Performance Art, Stand-Up Comedy
CONTENT WARNING
Grief
VENUE FEATURES
SYNOPSIS
It's going to sound weird but the pandemic came along at nearly the perfect time for Mike. His sister had just died and he had a lot to process. In fact, his best friend had just died too, and another friend, and his father, and his nephew. And he was newly divorced. Things were piling up and The Body is the Best is the result of him having the time to work through all of it. And now he's convinced that we all come pre-programmed with a kind of wordless knowledge that lets us get through times likes these. This is stand-up comedy meeting stand-up tragedy.
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Additional Info
Mike Geither is a playwright, solo performer and stand-up comic whose work has been seen in San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax, New York and London. He is a four-time Ohio Arts Council fellow and has served as a resident artist at Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito. Recent works include The Body is the Best (Lit Youngstown, 2022), Heirloom (convergence-continuum, 2019), Ismene (U of Ottawa, 2017), The Events of the Warren County Fair as Observed by a Young Astronaut (Independent Production, 2017 - 2019), Objectively/Reasonable (Playwrights Local, 2016/17), Creation Myth (convergence-continuum, 2016), how small, how far away (Zuppa Theatre, Halifax, 2016), Flame Puppy (Playwrights Local, 2015), Tear It Off (convergence-continuum, 2015), and Loki and Lucy (Talespinner, 2014). He is currently a Professor of English at Cleveland State University where he teaches in the Northeast Ohio MFA in creative writing.
