Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
We have affordable, high quality shows seven nights a week in NYC and LA. Our original comedy videos have garnered the national spotlight. We also run the first nationally accredited improv and sketch comedy school in the country. For information on our courses visit the Training Center.
- Show
- If Ornaments Had Lips
- Note
- Price
- Free
- Date
- Sat December 8, 2001
- Time
- 8:00pm EST
- Address
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307 W. 26th St.
New York, NY 10001
Reservations
If Ornaments Had Lips
Written and peformed by Lauren Weedman, If Ornaments Had Lips is a dark comedy about Debraa (her name's spelling is just part of her bounteous creativity). She loves Christmas, because it gives her a bunch of new ways to focus on the wonders that are her. These include her track-skipping medley of Christmas carols, her eccentric storytime sessions with her preschool class, and her collection of Christmas tree ornaments. This year, she's got a new boyfriend to share all of this with, a homeless jazz musician who composes long poems where he compares her to a piece of food stuck on a lightbulb. In so many ways they're a perfect couple, but troubles arise, and it just doesn't look like a happy holidays is on the cards.
Lauren Weedman is a correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show. However, she started her career in Seattle, Wash. to hone her writer/performer comedy skills as a cast member for the long running local comedy show "Almost Live" (that birthed the talents of such folks as Bill Nye the Science Guy). While in Seattle Lauren wrote and performed four solo shows - "Homecoming" about being adopted and wishing she was black and or jewish; "If Ornaments Had Lips" a christmas musical; "Amsterdam" and "They Got His Mouth Right" a little ditty about death anxiety.
It was while performing another solo show, "I Thought You Were Dead" at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City, that she found her way to the Daily Show. Lauren is a regular on NPR's "Rewind" and appeared in her solo show "Homecoming" Off-Broadway at the Westside Theatre this fall.
Lauren Weedman is a correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show. However, she started her career in Seattle, Wash. to hone her writer/performer comedy skills as a cast member for the long running local comedy show "Almost Live" (that birthed the talents of such folks as Bill Nye the Science Guy). While in Seattle Lauren wrote and performed four solo shows - "Homecoming" about being adopted and wishing she was black and or jewish; "If Ornaments Had Lips" a christmas musical; "Amsterdam" and "They Got His Mouth Right" a little ditty about death anxiety.
It was while performing another solo show, "I Thought You Were Dead" at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City, that she found her way to the Daily Show. Lauren is a regular on NPR's "Rewind" and appeared in her solo show "Homecoming" Off-Broadway at the Westside Theatre this fall.