About the Show
Bethany Hall’s one-uterus comedy show, About Those Miscarriages and Other Messes I’ve Made is a hilariously savage glimpse into the realities of motherhood and miscarriages. Raising kids and building a family is so complicated and invigorating that it makes you want to shout and cheer and cry all at the same time. About Those Miscarriages and Other Messes I’ve Made rejects the isolation, shame and guilt surrounding miscarriages and parenting. With great humor, it thoughtfully combines pain and grief with the thrilling, breathtaking (and exhausting) joy that is parenthood.
Previous Shows
This show came together through the combined talent of three Montclair moms living on the same street. They are:
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Bethany Hall is a writer, producer, adjunct professor and comedian who spent 1,000 years on ‘The Chris Gethard Show’ on TruTV. She is the Creative Director of Comedy Initiatives at the Center for Media & Social Impact (CMSI) and Co-Creator and Executive Producer of ‘GoodLaugh’ at CMSI. Hall is also proud to serve as the Creative Director of the Yes, And...Laughter Lab. She’s an Executive Producer on ‘We Disrupt this Broadcast’, a podcast made in partnership with CMSI and the Peabody Awards. She Executive Produced and co-created the series,‘Thanksgiving’ on Amazon Prime as well as ‘‘By Us For Us,’ an original comedy by Color of Change. Hall has performed at Bonnaroo, SXSW, ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien’ and as the TGS writer, Bethany, on NBC’s ‘30 Rock’.
Follow her:
Instagram: @beebophall
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Maureen Towey is a director working across artistic mediums. Towey has directed videos and visuals for musicians such as Arcade Fire, Ray LaMontagne, Esperanza Spalding, Tune-Yards, and Sharon Van Etten. For The New York Times, Towey directed many short immersive documentaries including “Sensations of Sound” which won a Lumiere Award for Best VR Documentary of 2017. Her acclaimed short film, “The 8th Year of the Emergency”, starred Phillipa Soo, Mary Beth Peil and Jeffrey DeMunn; it also had an original score from Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw. A highlight of her live performance work was directing Black Mountain Songs, which was conceived by Bryce Dessner of The National and starred the Brooklyn Youth Chorus (BAM in NYC, Barbican in London). Towey has been recognized as a Fulbright scholar (South Africa), a Princess Grace fellow, a TCG Leadership U grantee (Berkeley Rep), and as a PBS/AOL MAKER.
Follow her:
Instagram: @mtowey66
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Anne Eisendrath is a musical theatre composer and electronic music producer who loves to combine her intense love for beats and electronica with creative and innovative storytelling. She is currently writing music and lyrics for a musical adaptation of Maylis de Kerangal’s novel ’The Heart,’ which was featured in New York Stage and Film’s 2024 summer season. In addition to her musical theatre composition, she writes, records, produces and performs her own brand of theatrical synth-pop as the artist “Anniee.” She will release her first LP album in spring of 2025.
Follow her:
Instagram: @anniee_music
Creative Consultants:
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Keith Haskel is a comedy producer, director, writer and when the situation calls for it, total doofus. He moonshines as The World’s #1 Leading Spotted Lanternfly Squisher, and is currently recording his debut scat album.
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In addition to keeping "big sunscreen" in business, Kelly pushed the boundaries of both late-night and branded content as executive producer and head writer of Scary Mommy's Up Early Tonight (Streaming on Hulu). She served as Head of branded content for Scary Mommy at Bustle Digital Group where she shared her award-winning humor with First Lady Michelle Obama as well as major brands like Huggies, Target and Audi. Her unique voice has appeared on the front pages of CollegeHumor.com, Huffington Post Comedy, ScaryMommy.com, and Time Out New York Magazine.
About those audience quotes…
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“I’ve spent the past fifteen years watching Bethany Hall make creative work that is weird and funny, thoughtful and kind. This show is the synthesis of all of those qualities and all of those years.”
- Chris Gethard, Comedian, Author, Podcast host
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“Deliriously funny, hilariously honest, and utterly unique. If you have ever experienced marriage, pregnancy, or the ill-timed clogging of a coffee shop toilet, her comedy will speak right to your soul. This show will make you want to scream into a dish towel with joy.”
- Una LaMarche, Comedy Writer & Novelist
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"Bethany Hall's show is a delightful romp through radical love, the funny labor of caregiving, and the triumph of working through life's hard bits. You will laugh, cry, shake your booty -- and hug your kids (or be grateful you never had any!)."
- Caty Borum, Co-founder, Yes, And...Laughter Lab; author, ‘The Revolution Will Be Hilarious’
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"With great humor and deep honesty, Bethany proves the power of comedy to break down taboos and help people feel less alone. This is a show for parents and caregivers everywhere."
- Ai-jen Poo, Executive Director, Caring Across Generations
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“Bethany has the unique ability to remember the worst things I’ve ever said and done and then share these stories with a theater full of people who seem to enjoy laughing at my expense.”
-Keith Haskel, Producer, Comedian, Bethany’s Husband
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“As a non-offspring person, I was surprised by how thoughtful, relatable, and funny this show is. Bethany makes a cozy blanket that warms us all.”
-Kenice Mobley, Comedian
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“Deep within our reservoirs of pain lies humor. Bethany is an expert at extracting those gems and presenting them to us all.”
- Roy Woods Jr, former ‘Daily Show’ correspondant & Host of ‘Have I Got News for You’
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“There is nothing I wouldn't do to get tickets to this show! Bethany is a genius!”
-Michael Cruz Kayne, Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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“This woman delivers incredible jokes…and babies.”
- Negin Farsad, Writer, Comedian, Director
