This live comedy show offers free therapy — if you’re willing to air your problems on stage
NY Post
The Living Room at the Arlo SoHo hotel is completely booked as people gather for a session of group therapy — sort of.
A new comedy show offering “therapy” for under $25 is selling out in New York City, hosted by “untrained professionals” Karolena Theresa and Melissa Rich.
“We fancy ourselves bootleg therapists,” Rich told The Post. “We think that we could get an office and open up shop any second.”
“Cheap Therapy By Hoes With Feelings” is a podcast-turned-comedy show where people share their problems on stage. The show, which debuted in January and occurs about twice a month, sees a rotation of comedians who sit down with Theresa and Rich after their sets for a five-minute “therapy session.”
“Sometimes you see a comedian and you’re like, ‘that was kind of crazy that they just talked about that’ and you have more questions for them,” Rich explained ahead of the next show slated for Friday. “You’re like, ‘Wait, you just glossed over this whole thing about you having a crush on your friend’s mom when you were little’ or something like that. So we wanted to try to delve into what’s behind their comedy.”
In between sets, audience members can also air their grievances in anonymous written submissions. However, so many enter that they don’t get to all of them during the show.
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