show

It's All A Joke

The Whitefire Theatre · Ages 17+ · 75 mins

flashing lights one person show world premiere

About the Show

After her stand up show in Los Angeles, a comic settles into her nightly routine at home until a world apocalypse hits outside her apartment. She then embarks on a life threatening comedic journey of trying to get to her parents home in Montana in hopes they are still alive. Along the way she takes an awkward van ride, gets rescued by doomsday prep-per’s, learns to tie knots, and tries to find her place in this every changing world where creatives are no longer needed. However just because the world stops needing her doesn’t mean she stops laughing. Throughout her journey she copes with her changing circumstances by creating different comedic personas and writing jokes that she improvises on the spot while imagining herself at an open mic. Even during this devastating experience she is still reminded that if you look hard enough, there’s funny in everything. With the hilarious writing of Marissa Fennell and brilliant direction of Andrew Ceglio we get to piece together what it feels like to be an artist in the ever changing definition of artistry. Because when the world ends do we stop creating? No. We just pretend to talk to a fake audience.  TRIGGER WARNING: Explosions and gun shot sounds in the first 15 min.

Production Team

Marissa Fennell

marissa fennell 

writer/performer
David Hardy

david hardy 

producer/warm up comic
it's all a joke