Local stand-ups get their heads examined at ‘Psych! A Stand-Up Therapy Comedy Show’

Winter Park’s Breakthrough Theatre hosts this innovative hybrid comedy event Friday. Psych! — subtitled “A Stand-Up Therapy Comedy Show” — takes that careworn comedy trope of a comedian pouring out their slightly skewed hearts to a therapist offstage and turns it on its head. (See the sublime animated series Dr. Katz for the apotheosis of this form.) The therapy sessions happen onstage here.

To wit, comedians Roo Nafasat, Donald Evans and Austin Kleeman perform stand-up sets and then engage with host, comedian and mental health professional Aimee LeCours for free-wheeling debriefings. “Spontaneous revelations” are promised, and we’re thinking that’s not hyperbole for once.

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This article appears in Jan 3-9, 2024.