Alison Larkin’s GRIEF...A COMEDY at The Mahaiwe To Be Filmed Before Live Audience
Alison Larkin's one-woman show will be directed by Scott Floyd Lochmus, with music by Gary Schreiner.
Alison Larkin's hit show, "Grief... A Comedy," comes to the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, June 12 and 13, where it will be filmed before a live audience for an upcoming television special, directed by Scott Floyd Lochmus ("Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn") with music by Gary Schreiner. Performances are June 12 at 7 p.m. and June 13 at 2 p.m.
After marriage, divorce, and raising two children, Alison - now in her 50s - had made peace with the idea that great romantic love had passed her by. Then she met Bhima at The Red Lion Inn in the Berkshires. What followed was a once-in-a-lifetime love story that would change everything and become the heart of "Grief... A Comedy."
Hailed by The Times of London as "hugely entertaining, marvelously light-footed" Larkin's electrifying performance takes audiences on a funny, moving, life-affirming journey that uplifts them and brings them hope long after the curtain falls.
Entertainment Now called Larkin's show "An exquisite piece ... beautiful and moving...This is truly a show that could change your outlook on life."
Larkin's Mahaiwe performances are rare opportunity to be part of the audience for the live filming of a show that is inspiring audiences around the world.
About Alison Larkin
Alison Larkin was adopted and raised in England and Africa. After finding her birth parents in the U.S., she moved to New York and became a stand-up comic, because what else do you do?
Her solo show on the subject led to three years under Hollywood studio development to star in her own sitcom and her bestselling autobiographical novel, The English American.
She is now an internationally acclaimed writer/comedian and the award-winning narrator of over 280 audiobooks, including "The Complete Novels of Jane Austen" and the recently released "Wuthering Heights."
She is the founder of Alison Larkin Presents, an award-winning audiobook company based in the Berkshires.
As an actress she appeared on and Off-Broadway. Her wide range of voices can be heard in countless movies, games and cartoons from "Grand Theft Auto 5" to the movie "Fargo" to "The Wonder Pets."
An earlier incarnation of the show, then called "Grief... The Musical," was seen in 2022 at the Great Barrington Public Theatre. It later evolved into "Grief... A Comedy," selling out at Barrington Stage in 2024 before headlining at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Soho Theatre in London, to packed houses and high critical acclaim.
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