Maria Mainelli's BABY BIPOLAR To Make West Coast Premiere
Maria Mainelli's solo show, directed by Fiona Campbell, will play The Hobgoblin Playhouse in June.
Created as a reclamation of her identity following a bipolar 1 diagnosis during the Covid-19 pandemic, Maria Mainelli's Baby Bipolar is a solo show about grief, joy, community, and leaving a scathing review for a therapist. A mixture of manic moments, depressive episodes, and the horrors of CVS pharmacy, Maria's journey towards acceptance and advocacy takes us through her first five years of being officially bipolar and the moments that led to that diagnosis. Equal parts comedy and tragedy, it leaves audiences ready to discover the levity in the heaviest parts of life.
"With Baby Bipolar, Maria gives us an honest, shameless, and wickedly funny telling of the search for radical self love. This show is the dose of hope and the hearty serving of belly laughs we've all been needing." -Fiona Campbell, director of Baby Bipolar
The show will run June 7 at 8pm, June 15 at 7pm, June 19 at 10pm and June 21 at 1:30pm at The Hobgoblin Playhouse, 1516 N Gardner St, Los Angeles, CA 90046. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the Hollywood Fringe website.
More About Maria Mainelli
Maria Mainelli is a comedian, writer, and creative based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. As an actor, she won The Helen Hayes Awards for Best Play and Best Ensemble for her work in Blood at the Root with Theater Alliance in Washington, D.C.. Mainelli began writing during the pandemic, getting pieces published online and in anthologies. She recently ended a tour of her debut solo show, Fly Trap, and has previously performed at Edinburgh Fringe, The Kennedy Center, Dad's Garage, UCBNY, Camden Fringe, Pittsburgh Fringe, SoloCOM NYC, Atlanta Fringe, and the PIT NYC.
More About Fiona Campbell
Fiona Campbell [she/they] is a director, actor, and improviser from the swamplands of Orlando, FL. After earning her B.A. in Theatre Arts from Rollins College, she migrated to Atlanta, GA and completed the Meisner intensive with The Atlanta Conservatory. She is grateful to be making her Hollywood Fringe debut with Baby Bipolar, and is particularly thrilled to be working with the brilliant brain of Maria Mainelli.
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