CHRISTINE COVODE

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About the show:
 

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Dear Mom, Sorry For Being a Bitch is a one-woman (with guests!) comedic play, written by and starring Christine Covode. The show details the evolution of a girl's relationship with her mom as time takes them through the ages. Starting in elementary school, when Mom is your best friend, through middle and high school when she becomes the bane of your existence, all the way until college and beyond when you finally begin to appreciate her. Speaking into her video diary for the entirety of the performance, the story makes its way inside the mind of a distressed teenager as she slowly grows to love and understand the person who was always by her side. Come ride the hilarious yet deeply moving roller coaster ride and watch as Christine peels back the woman behind the minivan wheel.  With the help of a Motley crew of characters, our protagonist travels back in time and retells each bitchy phase of life with honesty, humor and deep apology. There are boys (you know who u are), haunting college counselors, silly bandz, razor phones, layered tank tops, first kisses and even some HAWT makeouts on stage. Just kidding, it’s middle school. COME ONE COME ALL! 

 

From Christine:

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I went to hell and back with this show and all I can say is I am damn proud of myself and my crew. That’s a wrap on Dear Mom, folks. I’ll always have her in my back pocket where she burns bright in my bermuda shorts. From 2019-2024, this show has been plucked from the top shelf of my mind time and time again, each iteration glistening with new details of my story. This has been my greatest contribution to “us” thus far, whatever that means. She shines so fucking bright on that shelf with blood sweat and tears coating every corner. If you saw it, I want you to have it. It’s always been for you! Love you mom, thanks for the Uggs 💞

Background:

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After its premiere at the 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival the show made its way to the iconic iO Theatre in Chicago for 2 nights of sold-out performances. From then, the pandemic hit and the show went up on Christine’s shelf for a while. Then, Dear Mom, Sorry for Being a Bitch made its NYC and Off-Broadway premiere during its 5-performance run in September 2022. After its first run at Soho Playhouse SOLD OUT, in large part due to the creator’s grassroots style social media marketing campaign, the production returned for a two-week run Nov 2-13 on the mainstage. From its previous runs, audiences praised Dear Mom, Sorry for Being a Bitch for its “Brilliantly natural, witty dialogue and a flawless transition to an achingly gorgeous sobering ending”, often commenting on Covode’s “truly universal content forms a bridge for everyone to explore life’s sometimes messy back pages”. The Larchmont Review called it “charming and funny as hell” and that it “perfectly expresses the awkwardness of coming of age." Christine put the show up one last time in May of 2024 and it meant the world to her.

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