Colin Campbell's GRIEF: A ONE MAN SHITSHOW Extends at Theatre Row
Campbell has channeled his shock, anguish, and rage into this tragic-comic exploration of our culture’s inability to talk about grief.
By: Chloe Rabinowitz Apr. 12, 2023
The New York premiere of Grief: A One Man ShitShow from Los Angeles-based writer and performer Colin Campbell at Theatre Row has extended to April 23, 2023. After a drunk driver killed both his teenage children, Campbell channeled his shock, anguish, and rage into this tragic-comic exploration of our culture's inability to talk about grief. The production, which opened on April 2, is directed by Michael Schlitt. Tickets are now on sale at www.griefaonemanshitshow.com
In Grief: A One Man ShitShow, Campbell gets into the weeds of grief - what happens to the marriage after the kids are killed? How do you ever get back to having sex? What do you say to people in grief? Campbell discovers that no one knows how to talk to him. His grief is too scary. He turns to grief groups and grief books but finds no relief from his fury. And then, against his will, Campbell finds his heart stretched and his compassion for others in grief expands. Slowly, he starts to pull apart his own misconceptions about loss and heartbreak, discovering other, deeper layers of loss that he had never even thought about. What begins as the feel-bad show of the year turns surprisingly redemptive. And it's funny, too, believe it or not.
Performances of Grief: A One Man Shitshow follow the publication of Campbell's first book, Finding The Words: Working Through Profound Loss with Hope and Purpose, which was published on March 14 by Tarcher Perigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
"We've lost the insights of the ancient Greeks, and no longer know how to process intense grief, or talk to the grieving," says master storyteller Campbell. "People are often too scared to say anything other than 'there are no words,' but I've come to learn that we grieve so that we are able to live more fully. It's essential. Being able to share my story with New York audiences on dates that include my children's birthdays brings me a kind of solace."
Performances of Grief: A One Man ShitShow will now take place through April 23, 2023, at Theatre Row, located at 410 W 42nd St in Manhattan. The performance schedule is Thursday-Saturday at 8 PM and Sunday at 2 PM. The running time is 75 minutes with no intermission. General admission tickets, which start at $37.50, are available at www.griefaonemanshitshow.com. Standard ticketing fees apply.
Form Theatricals (Anthony Francavilla and Reed Ridgley) serves as General Manager.
Please visit www.griefaonemanshitshow.com for more information.
About the Artists
Colin Campbell
(writer, performer) is a writer and director for theater and film. He was nominated for an academy award for Seraglio, a short film he created with his lovely and talented wife, Gail Lerner. His production of The Ballad of Ricardo Flores Magon at the Ford Theater was broadcast on KCET TV. His Variedades on Olvera Street was also broadcast on KCET TV. His production of his play, Golden Prospects was nominated for five LA Weekly awards and was Critic's Pick in Time Out NY and LA Times. His webseries, Dealbreakers, is on Amazon Prime. Campbell has written and directed for Instant Films, winning Best Writer, Best Director and numerous Best Film Awards. He has taught Theater and/or Filmmaking at Chapman University, Loyola Marymount University, Cal Poly Pomona University, Relativity Education, and to incarcerated youth through The Unusual Suspects. He has worked with numerous theater companies in LA including Cornerstone Theater, Actors Gang, A.S.K. Theater Projects, Taper New Works Festival, Theater Neo and Neurotic Young Urbanites. His book, Finding The Words: Working Through Profound Loss with Hope and Purpose, comes out March 14, 2023 for Tarcher Perigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House. https://colincampbellauthor.com/
Michael Schlitt
(director) is a founding member of the Actors' Gang theater company, two-time winner of the FringeNYC's Outstanding Solo Performance award, and a co-recipient of the LADCC Margaret Harford award for outstanding contribution to Los Angeles Theater. By day, he worked in creative marketing for almost 20 years, producing TV commercials for multiple campaigns-The Social Network, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Amazing Spiderman, and others. His radio reporting can currently be heard on KCRW's Unfictional and Greater LA. His original podcast series Early Bird Special is available on iTunes.
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