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Preview performance of Alison Larkin's "Grief...a Comedy" at The New Marlborough Meeting House on 8/26

By Sarah LaDuke

Published August 24, 2023 at 11:33 AM EDT

Alison Larkin

Alison Larkin will present a special preview version of her new solo show “Grief… a Comedy” on Saturday, August 26 at 4:30 p.m. at the New Marlborough Meeting House in New Marlborough in New Marlborough, Massachusetts. She will be accompanied by Emmy award winning composer Gary Schreiner.

Larkin is an internationally acclaimed comedienne, award winning audiobook narrator, producer, voice artist, t.v. comedy writer, actress and the bestselling author of The English American, a novel which sprang from her first autobiographical one woman show of the same name. An earlier version of Alison’s show, called “Grief the Musical ...a Comedy,” sold out the Great Barrington Public Theatre in 2022.

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Sarah LaDuke

Sarah has worked in radio since she graduated from college in 2006. In her work with WAMC, she often interviews regional and global artists in all fields including music, theatre, film, television, and visual arts. During the main thrust of the Covid-19 pandemic shut-down, Sarah hosted a live Instagram interview program "A Face for Radio Video Series." On it, Sarah spoke with artists about the creative activities they were accomplishing and/or missing. She is on the board of WAM Theatre and lives in Albany, New York with her husband, Paul, and their dog, Doritos.

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