How to Drive Yourself Crazy at Fallout Theater
September 20, 2024
Several times during the musical sketch comedy show created, produced, and performed by Holly Hart and Mimi Meier, I thought to myself, is this the new generation Tina Fey and Amy Poehler? This duo had an electric vibe to every thing they did during the debut performance of How to Drive Yourself Crazy at Fallout Theater during Hacksfest, a celebration of scripted comedy.
Meier is a trained singer and it came through in her musical numbers. And while that’s not to say that Hart can’t sing, between Meier’s singing range and the combined duo’s comedic chops, the show felt like it could have staged at an intimate Off-Broadway venue. Am I manifesting? Yes, but my guess is I’m not the only one that night who felt incredible energy watching this comedy musical.
The packed audience attending the show gave back so much energy and love to the performers who performed vignettes about the insanity of womanhood. Was the audience largely female? Sure. Was everything said and sung on stage something that resonated with every single person in the audience? Absolutely. The relatability, the humor, the musical numbers, the disclosing of personal pain were all part of the mix.
The sixty minute performance began with our two “characters” (largely based on true experiences) in a make-believe doctor’s office and closed at the same office creating the perfect bookends with development of the two characters in between. We can’t reveal the closing line since we try to be PG-13 over here, but suffice it to say, it perfectly encapsulated the Meier character’s journey to, shall we say, self-discovery. Hart’s character development revealed a common human trait — once you change something about yourself, you assume everything about you will be all fixed, only to realize, you either learn to accept yourself, or continue chasing changes.
I loved watching this experience. Mostly because I’m such a huge fan of Meier and Hart and think they’ve created something so utterly magical. How to Drive Yourself Crazy can easily translate to a Youtube series, or an Off-Broadway musical. Lucky for us, before it reaches those milestones, we get to enjoy it all to ourselves for at least one more performance at Fallout Theater at the end of the month.
And then it’s off to Broadway. Ok, not yet. I’m sorry, I was manifesting again.
Need to Know
How to Drive Yourself Crazy (Mimi Meier and Holly Hart)
Next Date: Saturday September 28
Location: Fallout Theater
Tickets: $12 online - eventbrite.com
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