Why Female Comics Are Turning to the Theater with One-Woman Shows

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KATE’s self-conscious personal myth-making is a prime example of how female comics have been innovating the stand-up form with one-woman shows. Like her podcast co-host Jacqueline Novak, who staged her own critically-acclaimed performance Get On Your Knees at the Cherry Lane Theatre in 2019 and has been touring the show in the UK and Brooklyn this summer, Berlant is just one of many female comedians bringing comedy out of the club and into the theater—and finding their greatest creative success there.

Source: Why Female Comics Are Turning to the Theater with One-Woman Shows – Paste