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July 15, 2005
Inside With: Giulia Rozzi
Storyteller and standup, Giulia Rozzi, can be seen around town in Mortified, a bi-coastal showcase involving people reading their most private and secret diary entries and hallway notes they scribbled as a teen. The beautiful and talented Giulia dropped by The Apiary to somehow explain her reasoning for doing such a mortifying thing.
Could you tell us a little bit about the origins of Mortified and share what it is that motivates you to dredge up your awkward teenage years in public?
The show was created by Dave Nadelberg in LA and I was in the debut cast. I think most of our teenage selves wrote diaries, poems, notes, etc. in the hopes that secretly someone would find it, read it, and understand our woes, so I was thrilled to have a venue to share my teenage drama.
What is so amazing about the show is that anyone can be in it, not just comics or actors, but anyone who has mortifying material from their youth. Everyone can relate to the show. Most people have a favorite reader whom they personally feel connected to through their piece.
Seeing the show inspires people to go home and dig up their own teenage diary, notes, etc which is an experience in itself; it gets people to revisit their past, seeing how far they've come in life and possibly how similar they have remained. Pretty therapeutic I think.
Where are you from? What other gigs do you have going on, Giulia?
I came to NYC last February after doing stand up at the Comedy Store in LA for 3 1/2 years and improv at Improv Olympic (I'm from Boston and I missed the East Coast). I still dabble in stand up (Comedy Social, Chicks n' Giggles, $1 Room) and have enjoyed how much alternative comedy NYC has to offer. I do readings, produce Brutal Honesty, improv when I can find people to play with, a solo show "Stupid Foriengers"--which is on a rewrite hiatus right now--and other stuff.
Mortified NYC is this Sunday, July 17th, 8PM @ The Magnet Theatre - $10
Brutal Honesty, a similarly structured storytelling style show, is 9PM Wednesday, July 20th at Otto's Shrunken Head, 14th Street (btw Aves A & B) - FREE!
Posted by The Apiary at July 15, 2005 9:24 AM