On November 17, 2014, comedian Dave Maher woke up and checked his Facebook account, where he saw that his friends and family had been mourning him as if he were already dead. That’s because on October 22 he went into a diabetic coma—for three and a half weeks his condition had shown no signs of improvement, and friends and family assumed he was lost. But after being moved to a hospital in his hometown of Cincinnati he was revived, just days before his parents had to decide whether or not to take him off life support. Now, the 31-year-old stand-up tells his story on stage at the Annoyance in the Dave Maher Coma Show.
Maher has discovered a medical-focused audience of nurses and doctors who rarely see their coma patients a year later. They’ve told him that it’s comforting to see how someone in his state is doing. The Coma Show has also been helpful for Maher’s family, specifically his parents, who are grateful that he’s become healthy and transformed a negative life experience into creative expression, and his sister, who is pursuing family medicine after dealing with so many medical professionals.
Through 12/18: Fri 8 PM The Annoyance Theatre 851 W. Belmont 773-697-9693theannoyance.com $8
