RocHaha presents: MY GRANDMOTHER’S EYEPATCH by Julia VanderVeen

RocHaha presents: MY GRANDMOTHER’S EYEPATCH by Julia VanderVeen

By Julia VanderVeen

Directed by Isaac Kessler

A lovable idiot holds a memorial service for a long-deceased family member and puts "the fun in funeral.

Thu, Sep 26 at 7:00pm* ASL Interpreted 

Sat, Sep 28 at 7:00pm

* The performance of MY GRANDMOTHER’S EYE PATCH on Thu, Sep 26 will be an ASL interpreted performance.

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Ticket Prices 

Standard Ticket - $ 25 

Supporter - $35 

All are Welcome - $15 

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What happens when a lovable idiot leads a memorial service for a long-deceased family member? In this off-the-wall comedy, New York-based comedian, improvisor and clown Julia VanderVeen leads the audience through wild stages of grief as she attempts to honor her beloved Grandmother. The show is an original concept first devised in 2019 with Brighton, England-based physical comedy masters Spymonkey’s Artistic Director Aitor Basauri  

"A solo tour-de-force." - Hartford Courant  "Puts the fun in Funeral" - Orlando Sentinel  "A masterclass in cringe comedy...Carol Burnett-esque." - Orlando Weekly  WINNER Best Solo Comedy and Best of the Fest - Orlando Fringe 2023   BEST SOLO CLOWN SHOW and EstroGenius awards - 2022 NYC FRIGID Fringe

About the Company  Julia VanderVeen is a New York based actor and physical comedian. She has a degree in Music Theatre from Illinois Wesleyan University. She was studying Classical Theatre and High Comedy at BADA (British American Drama Academy) when her grandmother died in 2006, and, as a result, missed attending her memorial service.   

Julia has trained extensively in Clown and Bouffon, and apprenticed under head of physical theatre at Yale University, Christopher Bayes. As an actor, Julia has worked all over the United States, and performed in places as remote as Alaska, and as tropical as the Mediterranean; appearing in Hairspray on Royal Caribbean's Symphony of the Seas.