Thursday, July 2
If you’re still seeking therapy for your traumatic teen
years involving dateless Saturday nights, an unrequited love for Luke Perry,
and/or elaborate orthodontic headgear, boy, do we have the event for you. Stop
enduring looks of pity from the professional you’re paying $200 an hour to
listen and nod, and instead come to terms with your most awkward stages by
laughing your ass off at those of others. Mortified: Greatest Hits
is a collection of the most outrageous, poignant, and hilarious teen crap that
Boston has to offer, featuring a hand-picked roster of readers, including the
Boston Phoenix’s Chris Faraone and STUFF’s resident
boozehound Sara Faith Alterman. By now, these folks are seasoned pros at
humiliating themselves onstage in front of a crowd of strangers. If you
still somehow consider your moments of teen agony the most horrific in the room
after hearing the unintentionally hysterical diary entries, poems, and love
letters of these all-star readers’ younger selves, there are plenty of bars in
the surrounding area where you can drown your sorrows. The healing begins at 8
p.m. at Mottley’s Comedy Club (61 Chatham Street, Boston,
877.615.2844). Tickets are just $15 at www.mottleyscomedy.com, so you’ll have
money left over to buy that new mirror for your daily affirmations.
