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Come quick: Head to Union Hall on Jan. 12 for Molly Brenner’s orgasmic new show “I’m Coming.” Photo by Steven Polletta
Home coming show
Comedian talks about her long, hard road to pleasure
COURIER LIFE, JANUARY 10-16, 2020 45
By Bill Roundy She’s come a long way, baby!
A Fort Greene comedian has
finally had her first orgasm — and
she wants to tell you all about it! The
creator and star of 2018’s “Molly Brenner
is Not Coming,” will perform her new
show “I’m Coming” at Park Slope’s Union
Hall on Jan. 12. Brenner said she was
very happy to update the autobiographical
material.
“When I first decided to write ‘Molly
Brenner is Not Coming,’ I really hoped
I would have to update it,” she said. “I
pictured the triumphant sequel, with all
my adoring fans… Mostly I was just very
happy and elated.”
The hour-long comedy show describes
Brenner’s victory over vaginismus,
an involuntary muscle spasm that can
make any kind of sexual activity painful.
After performances of her last show, she
was deluged with advice from audience
members.
“Everyone had these tips,” she said.
“It was really heart-warming how badly
people wanted me to come. I felt this
community form around my orgasm. That
was really sweet.”
Other audience members told her that
they were grateful to hear Brenner’s lighthearted
take on a seriously personal topic.
“I think it is helpful to people who
have vaginismus or who haven’t had an
orgasm,” she said. “Everyone’s experience
is different, but I get a lot of people who
relate. People appreciate that I’m being
open about it.”
The new show, she said “goes a little
deeper” into the issues that were keeping
her from experiencing the Big O.
“It’s not just about ‘How does this
orgasm happen,’ ” she said. “It’s about
my relationship with pleasure, and about
things that can make pleasure difficult to
let in. It’s got some nuance.”
Brenner has traveled the world with her
show, performing at the Edinburgh Fringe
Festival, Orlando Fringe Festival, and in
Boston and San Francisco, but this will
be her first performance in her Brooklyn
home. Plans for future shows are “still
simmering,” she said.
The Jan. 12 performance will feature
two opening acts: comedians Ophira
Eisenberg and Dulce Sloan, who
Brenner said are both hilarious, and
who straddle the same sort of genres as
her solo act.
“The show’s at the intersection of standup
and storytelling, and I wanted someone
who got that vibe,” she said. “And I always
book people I look up to.”
“I’m Coming,” at Union Hall 702
Union St. between Fifth and Sixth
avenues in Park Slope, (718) 638–4400,
unionhallny.com. Jan. 12 at 8 pm. $12
($10 in advance).
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