Memory Artist And Oral Historian Nancy Gershman Interviews Darkly Funny People About Their Experiences With Loss And Regrets, Meaning-Making And Memory To Prove – Once Again – That Laughter Reminds Us To Breathe.
Tragicomedia with cartoonist Keith Knight on how our words live on
How to keep our minds "flowing comedically" after a death with smart phones, comic strips and…
Tragicomedia with writer Penny Slusher on somber-free rites
Buying presents for the dead and gifting them; knowing your "mama dance" and texting as the deceased:…
Tragicomedia with improv artist Marc Hershon on vision quests for mourners
Fasting on water, chanting his heart out and beating a drum for 4 solitary days in a pine…
Tragicomedia with poet Dana Jerman on griever dreams and signs
Not only is there is no wrong way to interpret dreams and signs, but they can…
Tragicomedia with writer J.W. Basilo on starting fresh when the Old Guard is gone
How to use the death of a matriarch and birth of a baby to foster a new culture of decency around…
Tragicomedia with comic Yisrael Campbell on uplifting the dying
Be a DJ on a pretend radio station with your friend's name in the call letters:…
Tragicomedia with playwright Taren Sterry on finding the funny in awfulness
Taren Sterry is a comedic actress and playwright who also teaches improv, presentation coaching, public…
Tragicomedia with comic Lynn Ruth Miller on sentimentality
Every day Lynn Ruth Miller lives a full life for the people she's loved -- who…
Tragicomedia with Anita Milner on doing standup comedy about her late husband
Marriage jokes about her late husband's snoring. Widow jokes about their one-sided conversations. This and…
Tragicomedia with playwright Ann Randolph on creative writing about grief
How is a performance and a post-show creative writing workshop sparking a national discourse on…
Tragicomedia with comic Brian Karem on saying goodbye
We need to say goodbye early on by listening and loving more. This and more…
Tragicomedia with playwright Gary Rudoren about last words
What's there to talk about in the 24 hours before "your son, the serial killer"…
Tragicomedia with comic Steve Mittleman about forgiving hard parents
It's easy to forgive the hardest parent when they thank you through tears with: "Nobody…
Tragicomedia with comic Janice Messitte on being a newly wedded widow
In the space of two weeks, how did the supporters of a newly wedded 44-yr…
Tragicomedia with comedian Steve Jameson on shattered self-worth
How to love one's own "character" after loss - this and more from London-based comedian,…
Tragicomedia with comic John DeBellis on grandfather loss
End of life for Al, an ex-mobster versus John, who in his 80's believed he…
Tragicomedia with comic Rashida Lucas on parental loss as a twin
As Daddy's girls, she and her twin practically cried themselves dry after their father's death…
Tragicomedia with comic and chaplain, Hollie Laudal on drama-free dying
From the smoking granny who asks to die before the family arrives, to the ranting…
Tragicomedia with comedian Bobby Kelton on death of a BFF
Can people actually cause their own death after saying stuff like ‘If they ever…
Tragicomedia with comedian Bea "Funny" Fiala on the accidental death of her grandson
Playing the Coulda-Woulda-Shoulda Game after an accidental death is as patently unhelpful as playing it after…
Tragicomedia with comedy writer, Joe Janes on truthful memorialization
Joe tickled by Mom stoically eating his tofurkey. Mom openly guzzling "horrible things" like caffeine-free…
Tragicomedia with improv performer, Marv Stottlemire on estrangement loss and denial
Is denial born of excess optimism? Can visualizing yourself in the improv game, Hitchhiker lead…
Tragicomedia with improv performer, Mike Rose on loss after a freak accident
When an antique mirror "pretty much slices off" your nose, even an actor must stop…
Tragicomedia with The Irreverent Widow, Sandi Amorello about young widows
What the bereavement support group dress code should be and why widows often say they've…
Tragicomedia with stand-up comedian Rev. Susan Sparks about Divorce, 9/11 & Breast Cancer
When there's a death but no body, is it ok for a 9/11 widow to…
Tragicomedia with Poor Widow Me's Carol Scibelli
Widows who ask themselves "What would my dead husband do?"; play the widow card and…
Tragicomedia with comedian Sam Pancake about Repressed Feelings and Suicide
"Be happy, well-behaved and don’t make trouble for anybody" is a credo that's led to suicide…
Tragicomedia with humorist, Regi Carpenter about burials and morticians
How to teach your dead husband's first wife a lesson with your burial plot and…
Tragicomedia with stand-up Jay Nog about a friend's suicide
Pranksters commit suicide too; eat/work-out/meditate before an emotional death anniversary; and why public Remembering should…
Tragicomedia with Chicago playwright, Rebecca Langguth
Why special treatment from friends makes the bereaved act out; whether to carry on your…
Tragicomedia with sketch performer Beth Crosby on her BFF's suicide
Hospital patients as life coaches; testing "What would Bette Midler do?" in the face of…
Tragicomedia with Don Hall, host of Chicago's The Moth
Why you should live your dead guy's life for a day; the 3-day rule for…
Tragicomedia with NYC stand-up, Jordon Ferber
Schadenfreude on a bus, a missing watch and losing a leg are just a few…
Tragicomedia on grief with comedian David Himmel
Memory artist Nancy Gershman launches "Tragicomedia" - her new oral history series about loss and regrets, meaning-making and memory…